Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal)

Salesforce.com, inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce.com, inc. is seeking a Distributed Systems Software Engineer for Public Cloud at mid/senior/lead/principal levels. You will work on a large-scale distributed platform delivering high reliability and performance for millions of users.

The role emphasizes backend work with Java/Go/Python/Ruby, cloud tooling, and AI-first engineering. You will design, build, and operate core services, participate in on-call rotations, and drive secure, production-grade software.

Qualifications

• Related technical degree required.
• 3+ years backend software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, Python or Ruby.
• Experience operating multiple instances of critical services.
• AI-first approach with structured prompts and reliable system context.
• Agile development and Test Driven Development.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, logging, and reporting.
• Knowledge of distributed databases and PostgreSQL a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver, design, and operate resilient distributed systems at scale.
• Develop cloud infrastructure tooling, Terraform IAM and CI/CD pipelines.
• Build microservices with Kubernetes, Docker, and related stacks.
• Contribute to AI-driven development workflows and tooling.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.
• Evaluate code quality, security, and performance.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Go

Python

Ruby

AI-first engineering

Prompt engineering

Agile / TDD

Monitoring / Logging

Distributed databases

Postgres

Education

Related technical degree

Job description

Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal)

Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Senior/Lead/Principal)

Note: By applying to the Public Cloud - Distributed Systems Software Engineer posting, recruiters and hiring managers across the organization hiring software engineers will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams.

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Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of millions of users across all industries every day. Our users count on our platform to be highly reliable, lightning fast, supremely secure, and to preserve all of their customizations and integrations every time we ship.

You will need deep experience with concurrency, large scale systems, proficiency with solving real-world data management challenges, a strong understanding of how to craft solutions that are highly available, and a proven ability to design, develop, and optimize the core back-end systems. This role also requires Advanced prompt engineering skills — the ability to write precise, structured prompts and cultivate the system context that makes AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready.

Your Impact:

Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms on our public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba

Designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems that run across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers

Using and contributing to open source technology (Spinnaker, Zookeeper, etc.)

Developing Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform

Writing microservices on containerization frameworks such as Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos

Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow by pushing the boundaries of AI development tools (Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, OpenAI API) to deliver secure, optimized, and high-quality code.

Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into human workflows, driving efficiency and innovation at scale.

Contribute to building and maintaining the shared system context, an explicit repository of system designs, constraints, and standards that enables AI to operate accurately and reliably.

Critically evaluate code (Human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance.

Resolving complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system availability, resilience, and performance

Eat, sleep, and breathe services. You have experience balancing live-site management, feature delivery, and retirement of technical debt

Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available

Required Skills:

A related technical degree required

3+ years backend software development experience

Deep knowledge of programming in Java, GoLang, Python, or Ruby

Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critical service

A demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering. Using AI to move faster, build fluency across the stack, and contribute well beyond your core specialty.

Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts and cultivate the system context that makes AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready.

Experience with Agile development methodology and Test Driven Development

Experience with critical infrastructure services including, monitoring, alerting, logging, and reporting applications

Experience with distributed database system and relational databases like postgres is a plus.

Benefits & Perks
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At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.
The typical base salary range for this position is $117,200 - $313,700 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $141,200 - $344,700 annually.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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