Senior Cloud Infrastructure Lead, Foundations

Salesforce.com, inc.

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 117,000 - 314,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Stock options

Time off

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior/Lead/Principal Software Engineer for the Foundations team to build scalable cloud infrastructure, robust CI/CD pipelines, and advanced observability tools. You will influence architecture decisions and own end-to-end delivery across deployment and operations.

You should bring 5+ years in backend systems, cloud platforms, and IaC, with expertise in Go, Python, TS or Ruby. This role emphasizes high-ownership, fast execution, and mentorship in a dynamic enterprise

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development with backend focus.
Proficiency in Go, Python, Typescript, or Ruby.
Deep experience designing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
Infrastructure as code using Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation or Pulumi.
Containerization with Kubernetes or Docker.
Observability with DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK.
SQL and data warehousing with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse.
AI-assisted development tools experience beneficial.

Responsibilities

Architect and build secure, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure on public clouds.
Optimize system performance and reduce bottlenecks at scale.
Lead CI/CD evolution across multiple services and reduce deployment complexity.
Manage infrastructure changes via IaC for faster, scalable delivery.
Leverage observability tools to monitor health and detect anomalies.
Document runbooks, procedures, and architecture diagrams to raise standards.
Mentor engineers and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
Operate with startup-level agility in a fast-paced environment.