Software Engineering, LMTS (Backend + Infra)

Salesforce; India; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking Lead Software Engineers to shape high-impact components for a cloud distributed filesystem within a hybrid work model. You will design scalable systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust software used by millions of users.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in software development, deep knowledge of distributed file systems and SaaS on public clouds, plus leadership skills to guide product roadmap and technical strategy.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience with mastery in systems design and programming languages/platforms.
• Deep knowledge of designing distributed filesystems in both on-prem & cloud.
• Experience developing SaaS products over public cloud infrastructure - AWS / Azure / GCP.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs.
• Update software or enhance existing software capabilities.
• Lead the team with the product owner role in collecting requirements, defining the roadmap, driving partners, and unblocking the team in execution.
• Contribute to the success of the scrum team through code reviews, deployment process automation, documentation, refinement, planning, and retros.
• Lead, collaborate, communicate, and mentor others on the team and in the company.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver a roadmap that meets shared business goals.
• Resolve complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system scalability, robustness, and availability.
• Troubleshoot issues with services the team develops and owns.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation to keep services operational and highly available.
• Create, maintain, and share technical documentation used by engineers and other team members.

Skills

Software development

Systems design

Programming languages

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Role Description

Salesforce has immediate opportunities for Lead Software Engineers 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.

• Envision and build new components/frameworks in distributed filesystems in an ever-growing and evolving market technology to provide scale and efficiency
• Design and develop high-quality, production-ready code 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, mentor junior engineers, and provide technical guidance to the team

Job Duties

• Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs
• Update software or enhance existing software capabilities
• Lead the team with the product owner role in collecting requirements, defining the roadmap, driving partners, and unblocking the team in execution
• Contribute to the success of the scrum team through code reviews, deployment process automation, documentation, refinement, planning, and retros
• Lead, collaborate, communicate, and mentor others on the team and in the company
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver a roadmap that meets shared business goals
• Resolve complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system scalability, robustness, and availability
• Troubleshoot issues with services the team develops and owns
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation to keep services operational and highly available
• Create, maintain, and share technical documentation used by engineers and other team members
• Telecommuting is an option; some travel to Salesforce offices may be required

Required Skills

• 10+ years of software development experience with mastery in systems design and programming languages/platforms
• Deep knowledge of designing distributed filesystems in both on-prem & cloud
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming and scripting languages: Java, Python ; strong SQL skills and experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, Trino)
• Experience 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
• Strong understanding of software development best practices with demonstrated leadership skills

Preferred Skills

• Design patterns & experience with Big Data / ML and S3
• Hands-on experience with streaming technologies like Kafka
• Experience with Elasticsearch
• Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience working in a high-paced, rapidly growing multinational organization

Leadership Expectations

• Demonstrate high proficiency in engineering best practices - scalability, security, fault tolerance, concurrency, and database modeling - to consistently ensure high-quality software delivery
• Lead by example, guiding the team in adopting these standards while effectively navigating risks and making strategic technical trade-offs
• Leverage deep domain expertise to anchor the team and personally drive the most complex and challenging deliverables
• Maintain a holistic, systems-level vision of how the team's work integrates into the broader organizational architecture
• Drive comprehensive technical design specifications and robust test plans to guide successful team execution

Unleash Your Potential

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