Backend Software Development Engineer - Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal
InformaticaBase Salary
$117k - $314k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop backend applications for Salesforce cloud products and services.
- Design, implement, and tune robust APIs and API framework features for scalable multi-tenant environments.
- Handle large datasets in cloud platforms and integrate internal and external systems.
- Build and ship production-grade software using testing, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices.
- Use AI development tools and advanced prompt engineering to produce secure, optimized, high-quality code.
- Design systems in which AI agents integrate into human workflows and maintain shared system context for reliable AI operation.
- Review human- and AI-generated code for correctness, quality, security, and performance.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to resolve complex issues and maintain service availability.
- For Big Data roles, work with large-scale distributed systems technologies on a containerized deployment stack.
Requirements
- A related technical degree is required.
- At least 3 years of backend software development experience is required.
- Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming languages including Java, C++, Go, C#, Ruby, Scala, Python, Node.js, or JavaScript.
- Broad knowledge of API-related web standards including REST, SOAP, XML, WSDL, HTTP, and JSON.
- Experience with Spring, gRPC, REST, and the HTTP protocol.
- Experience with Agile development methodology.
- A demonstrated AI-first engineering approach and experience using AI tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Cursor.
- Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to create reliable system context for AI outputs.
- Willingness to participate in on-call support.
- Big Data roles may require experience with Phoenix, HBase, MapReduce, YARN, Kafka, Spark, Hive, Presto, or equivalent distributed-system technologies.
Benefits
- Hybrid Office-Flex arrangement: in-person three days per week, or 10 days per quarter for some engineering teams.
- 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.
- Salesforce provides reasonable accommodations during the application and recruiting process.
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About Informatica
Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, helps businesses unlock the full value of their data and AI. As data grows in complexity and volume, Informatica’s Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ delivers a complete, end-to-end platform with a suite of industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage and unify data across any cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. Powered by CLAIRE® AI, Informatica’s platform integrates natively with all major cloud providers, data warehouses and analytics tools— giving organizations the freedom of choice, avoiding vendor lock-in and delivering better ROI by enabling access to governed data, simplifying operations and scaling with confidence. Trusted by approximately 5,000 customers in nearly 100 countries—including over 80 of the Fortune 100—Informatica is the backbone of platform-agnostic, cloud data-driven transformation. Informatica. Where data and AI come to life.™ Contact: PR@informatica.com