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Software Engineer (Big Data) -Lead/Principal

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173K-345K Annually
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San Francisco, CA
173K-345K Annually
Senior level
Seeking a Software Engineer with 7+ years in backend development to own and operate large-scale distributed services using technologies such as Java, Python, and Apache projects.
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Note: By applying to the Software Engineering posting, recruiters and hiring managers across the organization hiring Software Engineers will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams.
Interested in joining a large scale data platform running on public and private cloud substrates? Salesforce is building out our Big Data Platform Services team to reinvigorate the way we architect, deliver, and operate the platforms and services that run in our own data centers and also in public clouds - at consumer web scale! We are looking to add software engineers and leads, with experience building and owning distributed services, who can step up and own big chunks of this vision.

Your Impact:

  • Working with Phoenix, HBase, MapReduce, Yarn, Kafka, Spark, Hive, Presto, or equivalent large-scale distributed systems technologies on a modern containerized deployment stack

  • Become an Open Source contributor by working with teams that have PMCs and committers on various Apache projects

  • Building Database services on AWS, GCP or other public cloud substrates.

  • Eat, sleep, and breathe services. You have experience balancing live-site management, feature delivery, and retirement of technical debt

  • Designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems that run across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers

  • Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available

Required Skills:

  • A related technical degree required

  • 7+ years backend software development experience

  • Deep knowledge of programming languages: Java, C++, and/or Python

  • Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critically important service

  • Experience with Agile development methodology and Test Driven Development

  • Experience using telemetry and metrics to drive operational excellence

  • Have strong, heartfelt opinions on CAP theorem, can sketch out four different consistency models on a single napkin and defend each of them, and understand Paxos, Raft, and Zookeeper at an implementation level

Benefits & Perks
Check out our benefits site which explains our various benefits, including wellbeing reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and more.
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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 $172,500 - $313,700 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $207,800 - $344,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

Top Skills

AWS
C++
GCP
Hbase
Hive
Java
Kafka
Mapreduce
Presto
Python
Spark
Yarn
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