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Software Engineering

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and were looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforces core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Salesforce powers some of the largest companies on the globe with its core CRM offering, and our customers access Salesforce data from around the world. The Hyperforce Networking team develops mission-critical network software services that ensure secure connectivity within Salesforce, as well as between Salesforce and its external customers.

Our work includes developing advanced network observability capabilities and a comprehensive IP Address Management (IPAM) platform to ensure optimal performance, efficient IP usage, and a seamless customer experience.

Shape the Future of Cloud Networking at Salesforce

Are you a strong engineer ready to lead the design and implementation of critical services, including a new cloud-native IP Address Management (IPAM) system that will be used across all of Salesforce? Were transforming our software stack, embracing cloud-native primitives to build a highly reliable, scalable, and feature-rich delivery platform. This role offers the unique opportunity to reshape networking for Salesforce in the public clouds, solving challenges at an unprecedented scale!

Our foundation lies in cutting-edge open-source projects such as OpenvSwitch, BIRD, LibreSwan, ETCD, Linux Xfrm, and BPF. Youll have significant opportunities to innovate, enhance these capabilities, and contribute directly to the open-source community. Were looking for experienced distributed systems engineers who are passionate about new challenges and eager to make a significant impact on our vision.

Attributes of a Successful Candidate

Passion for Service Ownership: Experience and passion for building reliable, self-healing services.
Complex Problem Solver: Ability to work effectively in a complex team environment, delivering under pressure and dependency constraints.
Large-Scale Distributed Systems: Experience building large-scale distributed systems, especially in cloud environments.
Agile & Quality Focused: Experience with Scrum or other agile development methodologies, with a strong focus on code quality and delivering secure code.
Balanced Approach: Proven ability to balance live-site management, feature delivery, and the retirement of technical debt.
Resilience Advocate: Excited by building reliable, self-healing services on unreliable hardware.

Requirements

8+ years of proven experience designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems that run across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centers, with a focus on Networking technologies
Expert experience developing with Golang, Python, or C/C++
Strong knowledge of network technologies such as BGP, IPSec, TCP/IP, DNS, and TLS.
Linux/UNIX data center environment experience
Production Ownership: Experience with live site / production service ownership.
Familiarity with public cloud services including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Mission-Critical Operations: Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a mission-critical service.
Development Methodologies: Experience with Agile development methodology and Test-Driven Development.
Data-Driven Operations: Experience using telemetry and metrics to drive operational excellence.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A related Technical degree required

Benefits & Perks
Check out our benefits site which explains our various benefits, including wellbeing reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and more.

Salesforce Information
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Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

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: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.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.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $200,800 to $334,600.