Tier-0 DNS Platform Leader (Cloud-Native & AI)

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead DNS Engineering, overseeing DNS, DDI platforms, and security across data centers and Hyperforce. You will define strategy, drive multi-year roadmaps, and own availability for Tier-0 services.

You'll build and mentor a diverse team, partner with platform and product groups, and push cloud-native migrations while championing AI-assisted tooling to cut toil and improve reliability.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of DNS and core internet protocols.
• Experience owning Tier-0 or Tier-1 services in multi-datacenter environments.
• Hands-on background in distributed systems and backend development.
• Experience with public cloud, containers, and IaC.
• Experience driving engineering productivity with AI and automation.
• Strong communication skills and influential abilities.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Set strategy and own delivery. Define multi-year vision and roadmap for DNS and DDI.
• Lead and grow a diverse, high-performing engineering organization.
• Own availability, latency targets, and incident management.
• Modernize the platform toward cloud-native, multi-provider DNS.
• Automate through AI and self-service APIs and tooling.
• Strengthen security posture with DNSSEC and DDoS resilience.
• Balance feature delivery, live-site work, and tech debt paydown.
• Partner with platform, networking, security, and product teams.
• Communicate progress and tradeoffs to senior leadership.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

DNS expertise

Distributed systems

Public cloud

Python

Go

Linux

TCP/IP

Security

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Spinnaker

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead DNS Engineering, overseeing DNS, DDI platforms, and security across data centers and Hyperforce. You will define strategy, drive multi-year roadmaps, and own availability for Tier-0 services.

You'll build and mentor a diverse team, partner with platform and product groups, and push cloud-native migrations while championing AI-assisted tooling to cut toil and improve reliability.