Senior DNS & Cloud Networking Engineer

salesforce.com, inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a senior backend software engineer in McLean, VA to design, develop, and operate highly available distributed back-end services across multiple data centers. You will focus on performance, reliability, and scalability while contributing to open-source technologies.

You’ll work with cloud automation, IaC, and containerized microservices, leveraging Kubernetes and Docker, with strong Linux expertise and cloud experience across AWS/GCP/Azure.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of backend software development experience (Python) in cloud environments.
• Hands-on Linux systems administration and troubleshooting; strong knowledge of Linux internals.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms.
• Develop and operate resilient distributed systems across data centers and thousands of nodes.
• Write and maintain infrastructure-as-code and microservices on Kubernetes/Docker.

Skills

Python

Linux

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

DNS/SSL

Tools

Puppet

Grafana

Splunk

Spinnaker

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a senior backend software engineer in McLean, VA to design, develop, and operate highly available distributed back-end services across multiple data centers. You will focus on performance, reliability, and scalability while contributing to open-source technologies.

You’ll work with cloud automation, IaC, and containerized microservices, leveraging Kubernetes and Docker, with strong Linux expertise and cloud experience across AWS/GCP/Azure.