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Senior Software Engineer- Infrastructure & Distributed Systems

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San Francisco, CA, USA
149K-246K Annually
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San Francisco, CA, USA
149K-246K Annually
Senior level
Build and maintain production-ready distributed filesystem components and frameworks for Salesforce’s multi-tenant SaaS cloud platform. Design scalable microservice architectures, algorithms, and workload-distribution systems used by millions of users. Responsibilities include coding, code reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and providing technical guidance while applying software development best practices and AI throughout the SDLC.
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Role Description: 

Salesforce has immediate opportunities for senior software developers who want their lines of code to have significant and measurable positive impact for users. We pride ourselves on writing high-quality, maintainable code that strengthens the stability of the product and makes our lives easier. We embrace the hybrid model and celebrate the individual strengths of each team member while encouraging everyone on the team to grow into the best version of themselves.

Job responsibilities will include: Build new and exciting components/frameworks in developing distributed filesystems in an ever-growing and evolving market technology to provide scale and efficiency. Develop high-quality, production-ready code that can be used by millions of users of our cloud platform. Build efficient components/algorithms on a microservice multi-tenant SaaS cloud distributed filesystem environment, Code review, mentoring junior engineers, and providing technical guidance to the team

Required Skills: 
Mastery of programming language(s) and platforms 6+ years of software development experience. Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming and other scripting languages: Java, Python along with Strong SQL skills and experience with relational and non-relational databases e.g. (Postgress/Trino/). Experience with developing SAAS products over public cloud infrastructure - AWS/Azure/GCP.
- Proven experience designing and developing distributed systems at scale. - Proficiency in queues, locks, scheduling, event-driven architecture, and workload distribution, along with a deep understanding of relational database and non-relational databases.
- A deeper understanding of software development best practices and demonstrate leadership skills.
-Versatile in using AI in SDLC


Preferred Skills:

Experience with Big-Data/ML and S3 Hands-on experience with Streaming technologies like Kafka Experience with Elastic Search Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker Experience working in a high-paced and rapidly growing multinational organization

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At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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