Senior Backend Engineer - Cryptographic Asset Monitoring

Salesforce; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate backend systems powering critical infrastructure at scale. You will own components end-to-end, mentor engineers, and integrate AI into daily development workflows.

You’ll design reliable services, craft scalable data models, and participate in reviews while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software. This role emphasizes AI-first engineering and production readiness.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Java, Python, or Rust) and distributed systems experience.
• Experience designing and operating RESTful or gRPC services, including database design and query optimization.
• Experience deploying and operating services in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, testing practices, and modern software delivery workflows.
• Ability to work independently on ambiguous problems and drive to resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• AI-first approach to engineering and familiarity with AI tools in development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs with high reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Make architectural and technical tradeoffs on evolving requirements.
• Write resilient, well-tested, observable code for production.
• Design and maintain scalable data models, storage, and integrations.
• Instrument services with logging, metrics, and tracing for incident response.
• Debug complex production issues and implement durable fixes.
• Participate in code and design reviews, mentoring engineers.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Contribute to on-call rotations and incident response.
• Push AI-enabled, production-grade software using modern engineering practices.
• Orchestrate AI agents within human workflows to improve efficiency.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend programming

RESTful/gRPC services

CI/CD pipelines

Code reviews

Independent problem solving

Communication skills

AI-first engineering approach

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Go

Java

Python

Rust

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate backend systems powering critical infrastructure at scale. You will own components end-to-end, mentor engineers, and integrate AI into daily development workflows.

You’ll design reliable services, craft scalable data models, and participate in reviews while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software. This role emphasizes AI-first engineering and production readiness.