AI-First Senior Software Engineer — Distributed Systems Lead

Salesforce.com, inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce.com, inc. is seeking a Senior/Lead Software Engineer to develop scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with AI at the core. You will design, implement, and test to ensure high quality releases, while contributing to the shared system context used across teams.

The role emphasizes AI-centric development, prompt engineering, and collaboration in a fast-paced environment with a focus on reliability and security.

Qualifications

• Strong AI-first engineering approach and ability to push AI tooling into production.
• Experience designing scalable, distributed transactional systems in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in Java or C in a Unix/Linux environment and OO design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software with AI as a core part of development.
• Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate into human workflows.
• Contribute to building and maintaining the shared system context and standards.
• Critically evaluate code (human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance

Skills

AI-first engineering

Prompt engineering

Distributed systems design

Java or C interop in Unix/Linux

Telemetry & metrics

Agile development

Leadership & mentoring

Education

M.Sc. in relevant field

Tools

Kubernetes

GCP

Job description

Salesforce.com, inc. is seeking a Senior/Lead Software Engineer to develop scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems with AI at the core. You will design, implement, and test to ensure high quality releases, while contributing to the shared system context used across teams.

The role emphasizes AI-centric development, prompt engineering, and collaboration in a fast-paced environment with a focus on reliability and security.