Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal)

Salesforce • Boston, MA

304d • $125,700 - $306,600

About The Position

Salesforce is looking for a Distributed Systems Software Engineer for their Public Cloud team. This role involves innovating and maintaining a large-scale distributed systems engineering platform that serves tens of millions of users daily. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with concurrency, large-scale systems, and a strong understanding of crafting highly available solutions. The position requires designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems across multiple data centers, as well as delivering cloud infrastructure automation tools and frameworks. The role also includes participating in on-call rotations to address complex problems in real-time.

Requirements

• A related technical degree required.
• 3+ years backend software development experience.
• Deep knowledge of programming in Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby.
• Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critical service.
• Experience with Agile development methodology and Test Driven Development.
• Experience with critical infrastructure services including monitoring, alerting, logging, and reporting applications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms on public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba.
• Design, develop, debug, and operate resilient distributed systems that run across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers.
• Use and contribute to open source technology (Spinnaker, Zookeeper, etc.).
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Write microservices on containerization frameworks such as Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos.
• Resolve complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system availability, resilience, and performance.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available.

Benefits

• Wellbeing reimbursement.
• Generous parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Fertility benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree