GovCloud Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Cloud Scale

Salesforce; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Software Engineer for GovCloud to help design and operate scalable back-end services across a secure cloud platform in the United States. The role emphasizes AI-first engineering, concurrency, and robust data management for millions of users.

The candidate will own critical services, write production-grade code in Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable cloud infrastructure and AI-enabled workflows.

Qualifications

• A related technical degree is required.
• 3+ years of backend software development experience.
• Deep knowledge of Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems across data centers.
• Build and ship high-quality production-grade software using modern engineering practices with AI as a core part of development workflow.
• Critically evaluate code for security, quality, and performance and resolve complex issues to improve availability.

Skills

Backend software development

Java

Golang

Python

Ruby

Agile development

Test Driven Development

Distributed systems

Postgres / databases

AI-first engineering

AI tools in workflows

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Mesos

Spinnaker

Zookeeper

Terraform

Claude

Cursor

Windsurf

OpenAI API

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Software Engineer for GovCloud to help design and operate scalable back-end services across a secure cloud platform in the United States. The role emphasizes AI-first engineering, concurrency, and robust data management for millions of users.

The candidate will own critical services, write production-grade code in Java, Golang, Python, or Ruby, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable cloud infrastructure and AI-enabled workflows.