Senior Software Engineer, DNS & Cloud Infrastructure

Salesforce

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Work type
Remote
Location
Bellevue, WA
Salary
$148,500–$223,900 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Similar $180k
This role $186k
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This role pays more than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $144,350–$215,587 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $186k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, DNS & Cloud Infrastructure

Sr. Software Engineer, DNS & Cloud Infrastructure joins the Public Cloud engineering team to build and maintain a large-scale distributed systems engineering platform. This role involves delivering cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms while designing, developing, and operating resilient distributed systems across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers. The engineer will manage live-site operations, resolve complex technical issues, and perform infrastructure-as-code tasks to improve system availability and performance. Key technologies include Python for backend development, Linux systems administration, and cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure. Core competencies involve containerization with Kubernetes and Docker, configuration management using Puppet, Chef, Salt, or Ansible, and networking fundamentals such as DNS, Load Balancing, SSL, and TCP/IP. The role addresses the challenge of maintaining high-availability, secure, and scalable infrastructure for a massive multi-tenant user base.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

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What you'll do

  • Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms on public cloud systems.
  • Design, develop, debug, and operate resilient distributed systems across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers.
  • Write microservices using containerization frameworks such as Kubernetes, Docker, and Mesos.
  • Develop Infrastructure-as-Code to manage and automate large-scale cloud environments.
  • Resolve complex technical issues to improve system availability, resilience, and performance.
  • Balance live-site management, feature delivery, and the retirement of technical debt.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to resolve real-time problems and maintain service availability.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 5 years of backend software development experience using Python with Cloud Architecture.
  • In-depth, hands-on experience with Linux Systems Administration, troubleshooting, and Linux internals.
  • Proficiency in OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and concurrency.
  • Experience with public cloud engineering on GCP, AWS, or Azure platforms at scale.
  • Experience with container and orchestration systems such as Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation tools including Terraform, Puppet, Spinnaker, and Git.
  • Strong understanding of network technologies like DNS, Load Balancing, SSL, TCP/IP, SQL, and HTTP.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or Travis CI; experience with AWS Route 53 (preferred).

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