Distributed Systems Software Engineer, GovCloud - Senior/Lead
Salesforce1 day ago
Bellevue, WA, USA +2 moreSenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$149k - $286k/yr
Responsibilities
- Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms across public cloud platforms.
- Design, develop, debug, operate, and optimize resilient distributed systems spanning thousands of compute nodes and multiple data centers.
- Build and ship production-grade software using AI development tools and contribute to shared system context and AI-agent workflows.
- Use and contribute to open-source technologies, develop Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, and build containerized microservices.
- Evaluate human- and AI-generated code for correctness, security, quality, and performance.
- Improve service availability, resilience, and performance while balancing live-site management, feature delivery, and technical-debt reduction.
- Participate in the on-call rotation to resolve complex production issues and maintain highly available services.
Requirements
- A related technical degree is required.
- At least 5 years of backend software development experience is required.
- Deep programming knowledge in Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby.
- Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critical service.
- Experience with critical infrastructure services including monitoring, alerting, logging, and reporting applications.
- Experience with distributed database systems and relational databases such as Postgres is a plus.
- Experience using AI tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Cursor in development workflows.
- Advanced prompt engineering skills, including writing precise structured prompts and cultivating reliable system context.
- A demonstrated AI-first approach to engineering and ability to use AI across the technology stack.
- U.S. citizenship, operation on U.S. soil, and ability to meet applicable customer and government screening standards, including CJIS fingerprint screening.
Benefits
- Benefits include wellbeing reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, life and disability insurance, 401(k), paid time off, and an employee stock purchasing program.
- The role is subject to U.S. citizenship and government screening requirements, including verification through specified REAL ID Act documents.
Tech Stack
Alibaba CloudAWSAzureDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPostgreSQLPythonRubySpinnakerTerraform
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.