Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Distributed Systems

salesforce.com, inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a senior backend Java engineer to design, develop, and operate distributed services for Edge Control plane and Edge Intelligence. You will own multi-service deployments, ensure real-time analytics, and help scale the platform across cloud environments, delivering reliable, self-healing capabilities.

The role emphasizes live-site management, performance optimization, and data-driven decision making, with collaboration across product, security, and operations teams in a

Qualifications

• 10+ years engineering experience required.
• Strong object-oriented programming knowledge, preferably Java.
• Solid database knowledge and experience with Agile methods.
• Experience with telemetry and metrics to drive reliability.
• Open source contributions are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing and operations of Edge Control plane and Edge Intelligence services.
• Build and operate resilient distributed systems in cloud environments.
• Drive live-site management, feature delivery and debt retirement with data-driven feedback.

Skills

10+ years exp

Java

Distributed systems

Public cloud

Kubernetes

Docker

APIs (REST/SOAP)

Telemetry/metrics

Design patterns

Concurrency

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helios

Fleet

Mesos

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a senior backend Java engineer to design, develop, and operate distributed services for Edge Control plane and Edge Intelligence. You will own multi-service deployments, ensure real-time analytics, and help scale the platform across cloud environments, delivering reliable, self-healing capabilities.

The role emphasizes live-site management, performance optimization, and data-driven decision making, with collaboration across product, security, and operations teams in a