Lead Backend Engineer, Product (Fileforce)

Engg; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is hiring a Lead Software Engineer to design and build components for a scalable distributed filesystem on our cloud platform. You will influence architecture, mentor engineers, and work across cross-functional teams in a hybrid setting.

Ideal candidates have deep expertise in systems design, Java/Python, and experience with SaaS on public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP). You will drive quality, performance, and reliability while delivering high-impact features for millions of users.

Qualifications

• Mastery of systems design and programming fundamentals across languages and platforms.
• Deep knowledge of distributed filesystems and cloud deployments.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational/non-relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and develop software components and frameworks for distributed filesystems.
• Build production-ready code for a multi-tenant SaaS cloud environment.
• Mentor engineers, lead code reviews, and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align roadmaps and deliverables.

Skills

Systems design

Java

Python

SQL

Distributed systems

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

Elasticsearch

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.

About Salesforce

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.

Role Description

Salesforce has immediate opportunities for Lead software engineers who want their lines of code to have significant and measurable positive impact for users. We pride ourselves on writing high-quality, maintainable code that strengthens the stability of the product and makes our lives easier. We embrace the hybrid model and celebrate the individual strengths of each team member while encouraging everyone on the team to grow into the best version of themselves.

As a Lead Software Engineer, your job responsibilities will include: Envision and Build new and exciting components/frameworks in distributed filesystems in an ever-growing and evolving market technology to provide scale and efficiency. Design and Develop high-quality, production-ready code that can be used by millions of users of our cloud platform. Build efficient components/algorithms on a microservice multi-tenant SaaS cloud distributed filesystem environment, Code review, mentoring junior engineers, and providing technical guidance to the team.

Job Duties

• Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs.
• Update software or enhance existing software capabilities.
• Contribute to the success of the scrum team through code reviews, deployment process automation, documentation, refinement, planning, and retros.
• Lead, collaborate, communicate, and mentor others on the team and in the company.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver a roadmap to meet shared business goals.
• Resolve complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system scalability, robustness, and availability.
• Troubleshoot issues with the services that team develops and owns.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to keep services operational and highly available.
• Create, maintain, and share technical documentation used by engineers and other team members.

Required Skills

• Mastery in Systems design & Mastery of programming language(s) and platforms 8+ years of software development experience.
• Deep knowledge of designing distributed filesystems in both on-prem & cloud.
• Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming and other scripting languages: Java, Python along with Strong SQL skills and experience with relational and non-relational databases e.g. (Postgress/Trino/).
• Experience with developing SAAS products over public cloud infrastructure - AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Proven experience in designing and developing distributed systems at scale.
• Proficiency in queues, locks, scheduling, event-driven architecture, and workload distribution, along with a deep understanding of relational database and non-relational databases.
• A deeper understanding of software development best practices and demonstrate leadership skills.

Preferred Skills

• Design patterns & Experience with Big-Data/ML and S3.
• Hands-on experience with Streaming technologies like Kafka.
• Experience with Elastic Search.
• Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker.
• Experience working in a high-paced and rapidly growing multinational organization.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form. Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions.

Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, disciplin