Senior Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems & Edge CDN

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a visionary, high-energy backend Java engineer to lead the design, architecture, and deployment of cutting-edge CDN services. You will build real-time analytics and intelligent automation that enable self-healing and self-optimizing operations across clouds and data centers.

Join a high-performance team delivering ultra-resilient distributed systems, live-site excellence, and rapid feature innovation in a multi-cloud environment (GCP/AWS/Azure/Alibaba).

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on, battle-tested engineering experience.
• Deep mastery of object-oriented programming with Java.
• Experience with modern database technologies.
• Enthusiasm for Agile development workflows, CI/CD, and comprehensive testing.
• Passion for telemetry and metrics to champion operational excellence.
• Fluency in design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and high-concurrency systems.
• Proven track record engineering top-tier public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure, Alibaba).
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, Docker, Helios, Fleet, or Mesos.
• Drive to own and operate mission-critical infrastructure services at scale (monitoring, alerting, logging, performance analytics).

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, and deployment of CDN services.
• Build real-time analytics and intelligent automation for self-healing and self-optimizing operations.
• Own and operate mission-critical multi-cloud infrastructure at scale (GCP/AWS/Azure/Alibaba).

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Telemetry/metrics

High concurrency

APIs

Networking

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helios

Fleet

Mesos

Nginx

Envoy

TCP/IP

CloudFront/CDN tooling

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a visionary, high-energy backend Java engineer to lead the design, architecture, and deployment of cutting-edge CDN services. You will build real-time analytics and intelligent automation that enable self-healing and self-optimizing operations across clouds and data centers.

Join a high-performance team delivering ultra-resilient distributed systems, live-site excellence, and rapid feature innovation in a multi-cloud environment (GCP/AWS/Azure/Alibaba).