Database Engineering Associate
Salesforce24 hours ago
Base Salary
$111k - $133k/yr
Responsibilities
- Improve the performance, scalability, resilience, and reliability of large-scale database platforms.
- Implement functional and system tests and support overall database quality.
- Debug defects, perform root-cause analysis, and diagnose production issues.
- Develop database automation and feature enhancements across on-premises and public cloud platforms.
- Own the availability and reliability of production databases.
- Define and deploy monitoring requirements, thresholds, and corrective actions.
- Participate in incident and escalation management and drive 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.
- Experience with Python, AWS, and relational database management systems.
- 0-2 years of experience deploying distributed applications with Docker and Kubernetes-based platforms such as EKS and GKE.
- 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 in Shell, Python, and/or Golang.
- Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
- U.S. citizenship, residence on U.S. soil, no dual citizenship, and ability to meet applicable customer and government screening requirements.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with AI coding assistants or generative AI, Splunk or the ELK stack, PostgreSQL, Grafana, and Prometheus.
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 requires participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
- The position supports U.S. federal, state, and/or local government customers and requires a Criminal Justice Information Services screening, fingerprint scan, Minimum Background Investigation, and other applicable clearances.
Tech Stack
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.