Sr. Software Engineer, DNS & Cloud Infrastructure

Salesforce; Washington; On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an experienced backend engineer to build and optimize large-scale cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. You will develop Python-based services, implement infrastructure as code, and work with Kubernetes, Docker, and various CI/CD tools across data centers.

Responsibilities include designing resilient systems, addressing real-world data management challenges, and participating in on-call rotations to maintain high availability.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of backend software development experience (Python) working with Cloud Architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Linux administration and troubleshooting; strong Linux internals knowledge.
• Solid Python experience; strong OOP, design patterns, data structures and concurrency understanding.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) including provisioning and migration at cloud scale.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and AI-assisted tooling for DNS and infra management.
• Experience with containerization/orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Knowledge of network tech (DNS, load balancers, TCP/IP, HTTP).
• CI/CD experience (Jenkins, Travis CI) and agile development practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms on public cloud platforms.
• Design, develop, debug, and operate resilient distributed systems across data centers.
• Write microservices on containerization frameworks; develop IaC.
• Resolve complex technical issues to improve availability, resilience, and performance.
• Participate in on-call rotations to address real-time issues and keep services up.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Cloud Architecture

Linux systems

OOP & design patterns

Concurrency

Communication skills

Agile

Test driven development

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Mesos

Terraform

Puppet

Spinnaker

Git

Grafana

Splunk

Jenkins

Travis CI

Ansible

Job description

Job Category

Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Experience

Our Public Cloud engineering teams are responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of millions of users across all industries every day. Our users count on our platform to be highly reliable, lightning fast, supremely secure, and to preserve all of their customizations and integrations every time we ship. You will need deep experience with concurrency, large scale systems, proficiency with solving real-world data management challenges, a strong understanding of how to craft solutions that are highly available, and a proven ability to design, develop, and optimize the core back-end systems.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms on our public cloud platforms
• Designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems that run across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers
• Using and contributing to open source technology
• Developing Infrastructure-as-Code
• Writing microservices on containerization frameworks such as Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos
• Resolving complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system availability, resilience, and performance
• Balancing live-site management, feature delivery, and retirement of technical debt
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available

You're Our Person If You Have:

• Minimum of 5+ years of backend software development experience (Python) working with Cloud Architecture
• In-depth, hands‑on experience with Linux Systems Administration and Troubleshooting, servers, and Cloud architecture. Good knowledge of Linux internals.
• Proven professional work experience with Python. In‑depth understanding of OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and concurrency.
• Public cloud engineering on GCP, AWS, and or Azure platforms. Cloud provisioning, infrastructure, and migration at cloud scale.
• Use of AI assisted development tools to automate DNS and infrastructure management.
• Solid understanding of configuring, deploying, managing, and maintaining large cloud-hosted systems.
• Experience with container and orchestration systems like Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools like Splunk, Puppet, Spinnaker, Terraform, git, etc.
• Strong understanding of fundamental network technologies like DNS, Load Balancing, SSL, TCP/IP, SQL, HTTP, Switches, Routers.
• CI/CD experience with tools like Jenkins, and Travis CI.
• Implementation experience of large infrastructure projects.
• A continuous learner, a critical thinker, and a team player with excellent communication skills.
• Embrace a culture and work environment that promotes diversity and inclusion.
• Configuration management with open‑source tools, ideally Puppet, Chef, Salt, or Ansible.
• Experience maintaining monitoring platforms like Grafana.
• Experience with Agile development methodology and Test Driven Development

Even Better If You Have:

• Experience using AWS Route 53.
• Working in high‑availability, 24x7x365 large‑scale multi‑datacenter environment
• Highly skilled in packet analysis, network analysis tools, troubleshooting, and analytical fault diagnosis.
• Security hardening of network infrastructure, such as DNSSEC

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best , and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best . Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.