Database Engineering Associate
Salesforce23 days ago
Base Salary
$111k - $133k/yr
Responsibilities
- Improve performance, scalability, resilience, and reliability across a large-scale database platform.
- Implement functional and system tests for database quality.
- Debug issues, conduct root cause analysis, and diagnose defects.
- Develop database automation and feature enhancements across on-premises and public cloud platforms.
- Manage production database availability and reliability.
- Define and deploy monitoring requirements, thresholds, and corrective actions.
- Participate in incident and escalation management and drive production incidents to resolution.
- Provide technical and platform support to customers and stakeholders.
Requirements
- Strong background in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Located in North America.
- Skills with Python, Amazon Web Services, and relational database management systems.
- 0–2 years of experience deploying distributed applications with Docker and Kubernetes-based orchestration platforms.
- 0–2 years of hands-on AWS experience building and operating production-grade infrastructure.
- 0–2 years of database engineering experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases, or both.
- 0–2 years of Linux system engineering experience.
- 0–2 years of scripting or programming experience with Shell, Python, and/or Golang.
- Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
- U.S. citizenship without dual citizenship, presence on U.S. soil, and ability to meet applicable customer and government screening requirements.
- Preferred experience with AI tools, Splunk or the ELK stack, PostgreSQL, Grafana, Prometheus, and cybersecurity fundamentals.
Benefits
- Benefits include time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.
- The role is based in North America and requires participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
- The position requires completion of a Criminal Justice Information Services screening, fingerprint scan, Minimum Background Investigation for a Moderate Public Trust position, and other applicable clearances.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Salesforce
Salesforce builds cloud-based customer relationship management software and a broader Customer 360 platform for sales, service, marketing, commerce, and analytics, sold by subscription to businesses and public-sector organizations. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, it trades on the NYSE under the symbol CRM. Its portfolio includes Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, MuleSoft integration, Tableau analytics, and Slack for collaboration, with extensive developer tools and APIs.