Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer — AI-Driven Platform

Salesforce, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 345,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Slack's Data Infrastructure to design, build, and operate scalable data services at massive scale. You will own core data components like Pinot/Trino, ensure uptime, reliability, and cost efficiency while mentoring peers and shaping standards.

You will collaborate across data engineering, platform, and security teams, driving automation, observability, and secure, scalable data pipelines for analytics and ML workflows.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software, platform, or infrastructure engineering experience, including data-intensive systems.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Proven experience building, deploying, and operating distributed infrastructure at scale.
• Strong background with big data and infra tech such as EMR, Airflow, Pinot, Trino, Hive Metastore, Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, Bash, and SQL.
• Proficiency with CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Vault, Terraform, Chef, and Grafana.
• Deep understanding of reliability, observability, and cost efficiency in data infra.
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines or data engineering workflows is a strong plus.
• Ownership mindset with drive to deliver autonomous high-impact results.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable data infrastructure powering analytics, ML, and data-driven decision making.
• Serve as DRI for multiple core data services (e.g., Pinot, Trino) ensuring uptime and performance.
• Lead improvements in security, cost efficiency, and developer experience across data infra.
• Develop automation and self-service tools for data workflows across teams.
• Collaborate with data engineering, platform, and security teams on scalable, well-governed solutions.
• Enhance observability and monitoring with Grafana and related tooling.
• Mentor engineers and promote ownership and operational excellence.

Skills

Python

Golang

Bash

SQL

GitHub Actions

Vault

Terraform

Chef

Grafana

Kubernetes

EMR

Airflow

Pinot

Trino

Hive Metastore

Data infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Airflow

Kubernetes

EMR

Trino

Pinot

Hive Metastore

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Slack's Data Infrastructure to design, build, and operate scalable data services at massive scale. You will own core data components like Pinot/Trino, ensure uptime, reliability, and cost efficiency while mentoring peers and shaping standards.

You will collaborate across data engineering, platform, and security teams, driving automation, observability, and secure, scalable data pipelines for analytics and ML workflows.