Software Engineering Principal Architect

Salesforce

San Francisco, California, US
Base: $257,500 - $496,400 annually; bonus/equity: ...
Scalable, resilient, fault-tolerant systems
Transactional and distributed systems architecture
Kubernetes expert-level
We are building the next generation of trusted enterprise computing in the cloud, specializing in transactional systems, distributed systems, and enterprise-grade reliability, availability, and scale

Job Summary

  • We are building the next generation of trusted enterprise computing in the cloud, specializing in transactional systems, distributed systems, and enterprise-grade reliability, availability, and scale.
  • This is a strategic, hands-on architecture role with end-to-end ownership of the Transactional Layer Storage and Compute stack, responsible for shaping and driving the architecture for metadata persistence, log persistence, data persistence, and database compute.
  • 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.

Matching Summary

We are building the next generation of trusted enterprise computing in the cloud, specializing in transactional systems, distributed systems, and enterprise-grade reliability, availability, and scale.

Salary

Base: $257,500 - $496,400 annually; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Included

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • scalable, resilient, fault-tolerant systems
  • transactional and distributed systems architecture
  • Kubernetes expert-level
  • Java development in Unix/Linux
  • object-oriented programming, design patterns
  • telemetry, metrics, observability
  • Agile development environments

Nice-to-have

  • highly inventive, pragmatic, delivery-focused
  • influencing technical direction and engineering culture
  • collaboration across teams and levels
  • continuous improvement mindset

Key Requirements

  • 20+ years professional experience
  • Master’s degree in relevant field with 12+ years experience
  • Proven experience designing and building scalable systems
  • Strong leadership and communication skills
  • Experience with relational databases is a strong plus

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