Senior Cloud Platform Engineer — AI-Driven Monitoring

Salesforce; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 246,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodations

AI-assisted tooling

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff for Monitoring Cloud Infrastructure. You will own automation, productize monitoring components, and ensure air‑gap security across multi‑cloud environments. This AI‑first role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and customer outcomes.

You will lead architecture decisions, manage on‑call responsibilities, and advance AI‑assisted development practices to accelerate delivery while maintaining high security and governance standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years proven track record in distributed systems, API platforms, infrastructure engineering, observability, or DevOps at scale.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes (K8s) and Terraform.
• Hands-on experience managing infrastructure in AWS and/or GCP.
• Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Java, Python).
• Experience managing or extending monitoring tools (Grafana), messaging systems (Kafka), Elasticsearch, and caching frameworks.
• Security-focused: understanding authN/authZ in isolated/restricted environments.
• AI-assisted development fluency: using AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code) as part of daily workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation frameworks using Terraform and Kubernetes to manage monitoring infrastructure.
• Productize core components (Grafana, Terraform providers) for reliable internal services.
• Own lifecycle of the Monitoring Cloud stack, including upgrades and performance tuning.
• Deploy and manage monitoring stacks in air‑gapped environments with secure access controls.
• Participate in on‑call rotations and perform RCA with AI-assisted tooling.
• Design and deliver platform features with enterprise standards and AI-driven development practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

API platforms

Infrastructure Engineering

Observability

DevOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Java

Python

Grafana

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Caching frameworks

AuthN/AuthZ

AI-assisted development

Tools

Grafana

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff for Monitoring Cloud Infrastructure. You will own automation, productize monitoring components, and ensure air‑gap security across multi‑cloud environments. This AI‑first role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and customer outcomes.

You will lead architecture decisions, manage on‑call responsibilities, and advance AI‑assisted development practices to accelerate delivery while maintaining high security and governance standards.