Senior AI-First Backend Engineer

salesforce.com, inc.; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a software engineer to advance AI-driven software development, focusing on secure and scalable systems that leverage AI agents and LLM integrations. The role emphasizes building production-grade code, testing, and robust observability within a secure, multi-service backend.

You will design AI-powered workflows, contribute to monorepo architecture with Bazel/Maven, and collaborate across teams using Jenkins, Docker, and cloud services like AWS.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional Java development experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software ,with AI as a core part of your development workflow by pushing the boundaries of AI development tools 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.
• Architect and maintain resilient backend services integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) via external APIs, while implementing robust observability frameworks (logs, metrics, traces) to monitor long-running AI jobs.
• Critically evaluate code (Human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance.
• Develop test automation and quality tooling, focusing on unit/CI test generation, test failure analysis, and flake awareness.

Skills

Java

AI-first approach

AI tools

LLM prompts

RESTful APIs

AWS

Bazel/Maven

CI/CD

Docker

TypeScript

Python

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Claude Code

S3

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a software engineer to advance AI-driven software development, focusing on secure and scalable systems that leverage AI agents and LLM integrations. The role emphasizes building production-grade code, testing, and robust observability within a secure, multi-service backend.

You will design AI-powered workflows, contribute to monorepo architecture with Bazel/Maven, and collaborate across teams using Jenkins, Docker, and cloud services like AWS.