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[Remote] Senior / Lead / Principal Software Engineer - Foundations Team (Infrastructure/Platform)

Remote-first Full-time Now hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where innovation and customer success drive the company's mission. The Senior / Lead / Principal Software Engineer will join the Foundations Team to build and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability for customer interactions.

Responsibilities

  • Architect & Build: Lead the design and implementation of secure, fault-tolerant, and highly available cloud infrastructure on public cloud services
  • System Optimization: Continuously improve system performance, identify bottlenecks, and deploy optimizations for smooth operation at scale for highly-trafficked services
  • CI/CD Evolution: Lead the evolution of our Continuous Integration and Deployment pipelines in a multi-service environment, reducing complexity and increasing resilience
  • Infrastructure Management: Plan and execute timely infrastructure upgrades and changes using infrastructure-as-code to enable faster execution, improved scale, and increased cost efficiency
  • Observability: Leverage tools like DataDog, Sentry, and others to monitor system infrastructure, configure alerts for anomalies, and proactively ensure system health
  • Documentation & Standards: Define, promote, and maintain runbooks, operating procedures, and system architecture diagrams. Uphold high standards of quality through rigorous testing and code reviews
  • Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier by providing technical guidance, mentoring other engineers, and fostering a culture of engineering excellence
  • Agility: Embrace a culture of flexibility and efficiency, moving fast to capture opportunities while wearing multiple hats in a startup environment

Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in professional software development with a strong emphasis on backend systems, cloud platforms, and infrastructure
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, Typescript, or Ruby
  • Deep experience architecting secure solutions on cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure)
  • Proven experience in automated provisioning using tools like Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, or Pulumi
  • Experience with automated deployments using container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes, AWS ECS, or Docker
  • Strong hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools such as DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK
  • Familiarity with SQL, RDBMS (PostgreSQL preferred), and data warehousing solutions (e.g., ClickHouse)
  • Proficiency in AI-assisted software development (e.g., Claude, Cursor, etc.); you are capable of leveraging these tools to significantly accelerate your output from day one
  • B.S. or Master's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience

Benefits

  • Wellbeing reimbursement
  • Generous parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Fertility benefits
  • Time off programs
  • Medical, dental, vision
  • Mental health support
  • Paid parental leave
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Employee stock purchasing program

Company Overview

  • Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.salesforce.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Salesforce has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 324 in 2026, 1883 in 2025, 2296 in 2024, 1850 in 2023, 2849 in 2022, 2124 in 2021, 1960 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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