Senior/Lead Backend Engineer

SalesforcePalo Alto, United Stateslast year

US170000USD - 280000USD

What you will be doing

As a Software Engineer on the Provisioning team, you will be working to ensure that the CI infrastructure is available, secure, and cost-effective, while ensuring a great experience for Tableau developers. Some of the things you will be doing include:

Design, build and automate processes and systems.
Breakdown and estimate work, select and incorporate the appropriate tools and frameworks for the job.
Provide technical leadership at a component or service scope.
Continuously evaluate existing processes & systems, identify optimization opportunities, design and implement changes for better efficiency.
Lead platform upgrade projects.
Take ownership of patching, upgrading, validating and releasing the AMIs supporting the CI systems across the supported platforms.
Participate in on-call activities, identify and respond to issues affecting the service health, collaborate across teams to mitigate them.
We have a strong mandate to operationalize AI solutions related to our scope - you are expected to help identify opportunities, prototype and roll-out one or multiple teams and use cases.

Qualifications

You have 5+ years industry experience coding commercial software and a passion for solving complex problems in large-scale distributed systems.
You have solid development skills with object-oriented languages (preferably Python) and good understanding of CI systems, containerized environments (Kubernetes), and cloud infrastructure technologies.
You are experienced in leading projects across development teams, particularly using Agile methodologies.
You have 3+ years hands-on experience with AWS services and Terraform.
You have a good understanding of the particularities of Linux, macOS and Windows.
Experience with Bash shell and Windows PowerShell is a plus.
Excellent understanding of the agile software development lifecycle.

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Is the Senior/Lead Backend Engineer position at Salesforce remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Backend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
What is the salary for the Senior/Lead Backend Engineer role?: The posted salary range for this position is 170000USD - 280000USD.
When was this Senior/Lead Backend Engineer job posted?: This listing was posted on May 16, 2025 and is still open for applications.
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