Job Summary:
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where innovation and customer success drive the company's mission. The Senior / Lead / Principal Software Engineer will join the Foundations Team to build and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability for customer interactions.
Responsibilities:
• Architect & Build: Lead the design and implementation of secure, fault-tolerant, and highly available cloud infrastructure on public cloud services.
• System Optimization: Continuously improve system performance, identify bottlenecks, and deploy optimizations for smooth operation at scale for highly-trafficked services.
• CI/CD Evolution: Lead the evolution of our Continuous Integration and Deployment pipelines in a multi-service environment, reducing complexity and increasing resilience.
• Infrastructure Management: Plan and execute timely infrastructure upgrades and changes using infrastructure-as-code to enable faster execution, improved scale, and increased cost efficiency.
• Observability: Leverage tools like DataDog, Sentry, and others to monitor system infrastructure, configure alerts for anomalies, and proactively ensure system health.
• Documentation & Standards: Define, promote, and maintain runbooks, operating procedures, and system architecture diagrams. Uphold high standards of quality through rigorous testing and code reviews.
• Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier by providing technical guidance, mentoring other engineers, and fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
• Agility: Embrace a culture of flexibility and efficiency, moving fast to capture opportunities while wearing multiple hats in a startup environment.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of experience in professional software development with a strong emphasis on backend systems, cloud platforms, and infrastructure.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, Typescript, or Ruby.
• Deep experience architecting secure solutions on cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure).
• Proven experience in automated provisioning using tools like Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Experience with automated deployments using container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, AWS ECS, or Docker.
• Strong hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools such as DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
• Familiarity with SQL, RDBMS (PostgreSQL preferred), and data warehousing solutions (e.g., ClickHouse)
• Proficiency in AI-assisted software development (e.g., Claude, Cursor, etc.); you are capable of leveraging these tools to significantly accelerate your output from day one.
• B.S. or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
Company:
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.