GovCloud Distributed Systems Software Engineer

Engg; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce seeks a Senior/Lead Distributed Systems Software Engineer for GovCloud to design and optimize large-scale back-end platforms. You will craft highly available services, drive AI-enabled development, and lead efforts to deliver automation and resilient infrastructure across cloud environments.

The role emphasizes a deep understanding of concurrency, data management, and production-ready code, with on-call responsibilities and a strong focus on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend software development experience.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Golang, Python or Ruby.
• Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critical service.
• Familiarity with Agile development and Test Driven Development.
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, logging and reporting tools.
• Experience with distributed databases and Postgres is a plus.
• A genuine AI-first approach to engineering and using AI tools in workflows.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools and validation platforms on public clouds.
• Design, develop, debug, and operate resilient distributed systems across data centers.
• Build production-grade software with modern engineering practices and AI integrations.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform.
• Write microservices on Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Contribute to system context and standards for reliable AI operations.
• Participate in on-call rotations to keep services available.

Skills

Backend experience

Java

Golang

Python

Ruby

5+ years

Agile

Test Driven Development

Monitoring/Logging

Distributed databases

AI-first engineering

AI tools

Programming in multiple languages

Curiosity about data management

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Spinnaker

Zookeeper

OpenAI API

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. 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.

Applications will be accepted until 02/01/2027. Must be a U.S. Citizen operating on U.S. Soil with ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role, including a Criminal Justice Information Services screening with fingerprint scan. Due to the citizenship requirement for this role, which supports U.S. federal, state, and/or local government customers, citizenship will be verified through two of the following REAL ID Act documents: U.S. Passport, Passport Card, REAL Driver's License, Global Entry Card, U.S. Government CAC/PIV.

Distributed Systems Software Engineer - GovCloud (Senior/Lead)

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 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 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. 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 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
• 5+ 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, etc.) in development workflows
• 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.

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