Washington, USA On-site USD 157,600 – 334,600 / year

Salesforce, Inc. is hiring a Software Engineer, Backend (Staff & SWE II) - Slack

About the Role

Develop high-impact backend services that power core product functionality, ensuring robustness and scalability across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement backend services for real-time messaging and collaboration features
  • Collaborate with frontend, product, and design teams to deliver integrated solutions
  • Optimize system performance and reliability at scale
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Participate in technical design and code reviews
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
  • Contribute to API design and evolution
  • Work with data storage and retrieval systems
  • Support incident response and on-call rotations
  • Drive improvements in observability and monitoring
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies
  • Mentor engineers across teams
  • Improve development tooling and workflows
  • Ensure code meets security and compliance standards
  • Scale infrastructure to handle growing user demand

Nice to Have

  • Experience with real-time communication systems
  • Background in messaging or collaboration platforms
  • Knowledge of scalability challenges in high-traffic services
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools
  • Experience with observability tooling
  • Understanding of security best practices
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines
  • Familiarity with microservices architecture

Compensation

Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package commensurate with experience.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility based on location and team needs.

Team

Part of a focused engineering team building core backend infrastructure for a widely used collaboration platform.

About the Team

Work within a dedicated group focused on backend systems that power real-time interactions and data flow.

Impact

Deliver features and improvements that directly affect millions of users and teams worldwide.

Visa sponsorship may be available for qualified candidates.

Required Skills
PHPJavaMySQLLinuxDistributed SystemsDatabasesAPI DesignSoftware Development LifecycleProblem SolvingCommunication
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