Principal Software Engineer (PMTS) - Backend - Infrastructure - Distributed Systems - Bangalore
Core
Design and operate foundational public cloud governance and infrastructure platforms securing Salesforce's trusted CRM and enterprise cloud ecosystem.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Backend Infrastructure)
Builds
Large-scale distributed control-plane systems, automation frameworks, and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions for multi-cloud provisioning.
Domain
Public Cloud Infrastructure / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Concurrency management, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), Kubernetes, Microservices, Object-oriented programming (Java, Python, Go, Node.js), Relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Observability (monitoring, alerting, logging), CI/CD pipelines, Agile development, System design leadership.
Preferred skills
Cloud governance and policy frameworks, Security protocols (mTLS, PKI, OAuth, SAML), Control-plane service development, Distributed data stores and streaming systems (Kafka, Spark, Zookeeper), NoSQL (HBase, Elastic Search), RESTful services, Distributed caching and load balancing.
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Java, Python, Go, Node.js, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Spark, Zookeeper, HBase, Elastic Search.
Responsibilities
Architect and optimize critical backend systems for global cloud infrastructure; Build automation frameworks and policy enforcement engines across multi-cloud environments; Develop secure Infrastructure-as-Code solutions for provisioning and guardrails; Design, develop, debug, and operate resilient services across multiple regions and compute nodes; Optimize concurrency, workload distribution, and data management at scale; Lead technical direction, code reviews, and mentor engineers; Act as technical escalation point for complex production challenges; Own and operate mission-critical Tier-0/Tier-1 services; Lead post-incident reviews and drive systemic reliability improvements.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
