Senior Backend Software Engineer

Overview

Senior Backend Software Engineer at Salesforce—a leading AI CRM focused on customer success and innovation.

Job Category

Software Engineering

Responsibilities

As a Backend Software Engineer, your responsibilities include:

• Building new and exciting components/frameworks in distributed file systems.

• Developing high‑quality, production‑ready code for a cloud platform used by millions.

• Building efficient components/algorithms in a microservice, multi‑tenant SaaS cloud distributed file system environment.

• Performing code review, mentoring junior engineers, and providing technical guidance to the team.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

• 7+ years of software development experience with mastery of programming languages and platforms.

• Strong object‑oriented programming, Java & Python, and SQL skills with relational (Postgre

SQL) and non‑relational databases.

• Experience developing SaaS products on public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Proven experience designing and developing distributed systems at scale.

• Proficiency with queues, locks, scheduling, event‑driven architecture, and workload distribution.

• Deep understanding of software development best practices and demonstrated leadership skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with big‑data/ML and S3, streaming technologies like Kafka.

• Experience with Elasticsearch.

• Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker.

• Experience working in a high‑paced, rapidly growing multinational organization.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll have limitless growth and balance, supported by AI agents that accelerate your impact.

Accommodations

If you require assistance due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form.

Posting Statement

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.

More details about company benefits can be found at the following link:  Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary Range

For California‑based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $172,000 to $236,500.

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