Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - DNS & Kubernetes

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

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure. You will build resilient distributed systems, write microservices, and implement infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform and Git.

Expected focus on Python, Linux, and container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker, with on-call responsibilities to sustain high availability. We value experience across GCP/AWS/Azure, CI/CD, and monitoring with Grafana.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software development in the cloud.
• Strong Python, OOP, data structures and concurrency.
• Experience with Linux systems administration and cloud provisioning.
• Hands-on cloud engineering on GCP, AWS, or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools and validation platforms.
• Design and operate resilient distributed systems across data centers.
• Develop infrastructure as code and write microservices.
• Maintain containerization with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Address complex issues to improve availability and performance.
• Participate in on-call rotations and manage live-site needs.

Skills

Python

Linux

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Networking

Tools

Splunk

Puppet

Spinnaker

Git

Grafana

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and operate large-scale cloud infrastructure. You will build resilient distributed systems, write microservices, and implement infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform and Git.

Expected focus on Python, Linux, and container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker, with on-call responsibilities to sustain high availability. We value experience across GCP/AWS/Azure, CI/CD, and monitoring with Grafana.