Senior / Lead / Principal Software Engineer - Foundations Team (Infrastructure/Platform)
Core
Architecting and building secure, fault-tolerant, highly available cloud infrastructure and critical systems that power Salesforce's operations and enable great customer experiences.
Role type
Senior/Lead/Principal Software Engineer (Infrastructure/Platform)
Builds
Highly scalable cloud infrastructure, robust CI/CD pipelines, advanced observability, and top-tier engineering tools.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud architecture (AWS/GCP/Azure), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CDK), Container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker), Observability (DataDog/Prometheus/Grafana), SQL/RDBMS, AI-assisted development
Preferred skills
Backend systems, multi-service environments, startup pace
Technologies
Go, Python, Typescript, Ruby, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, Pulumi, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, Docker, DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse
Responsibilities
Architect and build secure, fault-tolerant, highly available cloud infrastructure; Optimize system performance and deploy optimizations for scale; Lead CI/CD pipeline evolution; Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades using IaC; Monitor system health and configure alerts; Define and maintain runbooks and architecture diagrams; Mentor engineers and foster engineering excellence
Seniority
Senior/Lead/Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
