Lead/Principal Backend Distributed Systems Engineer

Lead/Principal Member Technical Staff (LMTS/PMTS) - Software Engineering - Backend Distributed SystemsLocation - Bellevue - WAJob DescriptionOur Security Software Engineering team builds and operates highly scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems to deliver cloud-scale security software services. We provide the fundamental building blocks to improve and preserve customer trust in Salesforce's products across multiple public cloud substrates and our own network infrastructure. We architect and implement our services to protect Salesforce products/infrastructure and defend against malicious attacks. You will have the unique opportunity to learn from the best industry security experts and integrate that into your software and service engineering. The DnR Data Transform team provides large-scale ETL capabilities to security big data pipeline. Our vision is to provide a world-class security log data extraction, transformation and load platform which is self-service, elastic, agile, resilient, and provides an easy-to-use experience to security teams for their consistent threat detection, data exploration, analysis, and compliance needs and help maintain ‘Trust’ as our #1 core value for Salesforce customers. We process up to 6 million events per second across Salesforce, enabling detection and searching capabilities for our security engineers. This is a great opportunity for ambitious engineers who want technical growth in both distributed systems development and application security vulnerabilities while operating on a large scale cloud platform.ResponsibilitiesArchitect and implement ETL platforms with open-source technologies such as Spark on Kubernetes, EMR, S3 / SQS Iceberg, Delta Lake, etc.Advance and operate the ETL platforms in a full DevOps modelOperate in an Agile development environment, including participating in daily scrumsSupport the team’s engineering excellence by performing design reviews, code reviews and mentoring junior team membersProvide on-call supportRequired Skills/ExperienceB.A/B.Sc. in Computer Science/Engineering with 8+ years of industry experienceExtensive experience building large scale distributed systems using cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)Deep understanding of object-oriented programming and experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (Java, Python)Experience with Big Data platforms such as Apache Spark, EMR, EKS, FlinkExperience building services with Docker and KubernetesExperience with Scrum or other agile development methodologies, with attention to code quality, delivering secure codeExcellent written and verbal communication skills with outstanding attention to detailHave a passion for working together as a team and ensuring team members’ success. Lead and mentor junior members of the team.Sole US citizenship requiredDesired Skills/ExperienceExperience with relational and NoSQL databases, message queues (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.), and other components in data pipelinesExperience building services with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, and SpinnakerStrong fundamentals knowledge in security concepts: authentication/authorization frameworks (e.g., SSO, SAML, Oauth), secure transport (e.g., SSL, TLS), identity management (e.g., certificates, PKI)Good knowledge with operating system and network technologies, such as TCP/IP, DNS, or LBIf you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.At Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. Each of us has a responsibility to drive Equality in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, inclusive benefits, and more.Salesforce is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Salesforce does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Salesforce will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Salesforce.For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $176,800 to $296,400.

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