AI-Driven GovCloud Backend Engineer

Salesforce, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for GovCloud to design, develop, and operate large-scale distributed systems that power government workloads with high reliability and security.

You will build infrastructure automation tools, leverage AI-first development, and collaborate across teams to deliver production-grade software on cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure. This role requires strong prompt engineering and on-call responsibilities to keep services available.

Qualifications

• Requires 3+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby.
• Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critical service.
• Familiarity with Agile and Test Driven Development.
• Experience with distributed databases and Postgres is a plus.
• AI-first approach to engineering and using AI tools in workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate resilient distributed systems.
• Build cloud infrastructure automation tools and tooling.
• Collaborate on on-call rotations to keep services available.
• Write production-grade code and apply modern engineering practices.
• Leverage AI to accelerate development across the stack.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Golang

Python

Ruby

Agile

Test Driven Development

Distributed systems

AI tooling

Prompt engineering

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Spinnaker

Zookeeper

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for GovCloud to design, develop, and operate large-scale distributed systems that power government workloads with high reliability and security.

You will build infrastructure automation tools, leverage AI-first development, and collaborate across teams to deliver production-grade software on cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure. This role requires strong prompt engineering and on-call responsibilities to keep services available.