Senior Cloud Backend Engineer – Python & Kubernetes

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Backend Software Engineer to design, implement, and operate large-scale cloud systems. You’ll build resilient distributed services, leverage Python, and work across data centers to ensure availability and performance.

The role emphasizes Linux administration, cloud provisioning, and container orchestration. You will collaborate on infrastructure as code, open-source tooling, and monitoring with Grafana, while supporting agile and test-driven development

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend software development experience (Python) with Cloud Architecture.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting knowledge.
• Proven Python expertise with OOP, design patterns, data structures and concurrency.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) and cloud-scale provisioning/migration.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools (Terraform, Spinnaker, Puppet, Ansible, etc.).
• Knowledge of DNS, Load Balancing, SSL, TCP/IP, HTTP, and SQL networking.
• CI/CD experience (Jenkins, Travis CI).
• Experience maintaining monitoring platforms (Grafana).
• Agile and Test Driven Development familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools and validation platforms.
• Develop resilient distributed systems across data centers and thousands of nodes.
• Write and maintain infrastructure as code and open-source contributions.
• Develop microservices on containerization platforms (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Address complex issues to improve system availability, resilience and performance.
• Balance live-site management with feature delivery and technical debt retirement.
• Participate in on-call rotation to keep services operational.

Skills

Python

Linux admin

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

DNS

GCP/AWS/Azure

Networking

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Mesos

Spinnaker

Terraform

Git

Grafana

Puppet

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Backend Software Engineer to design, implement, and operate large-scale cloud systems. You’ll build resilient distributed services, leverage Python, and work across data centers to ensure availability and performance.

The role emphasizes Linux administration, cloud provisioning, and container orchestration. You will collaborate on infrastructure as code, open-source tooling, and monitoring with Grafana, while supporting agile and test-driven development