Salesforce
Senior Director, Performance Engineering
$218K–$401K
California - San Francisco · Office Tech-Flexible · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of engineering management, including 5+ years managing other managers; 15+ years in performance or software engineering on databases, storage, or distributed systems, including 5+ years leading performance, scalability, or release-qualification teams.
- Education
- BS or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads SalesforceDB’s performance engineering portfolio, setting strategy and architecture and delivering database performance, scalability, release qualification, and production reliability improvements.
What you'll do
- Set portfolio strategy and technical direction across the database engine, storage service, and query processing; own architecture and release performance qualification.
- Lead benchmarking, capacity planning, telemetry, production performance investigations, and response to performance-related incidents.
- Manage and develop engineering managers and teams, oversee resourcing, and partner with senior leaders across database, storage, infrastructure, and analytics.
What they ask for
- Expertise in performance of large-scale databases, storage, or distributed systems; technical depth to engage with designs and code in Java or C/C++.
- 10+ years of engineering management experience, including 5+ years managing other managers.
- 15+ years of performance or software engineering experience in databases, storage, or distributed systems, including 5+ years leading performance, scalability, or release-qualification teams.
- Hands-on load, benchmark, and regression testing; root cause analysis in complex distributed systems; strong SQL and performance data analysis.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in databases or distributed systems.
- Experience with Splunk or similar telemetry, dashboards, and fleet-scale performance management.
Pay
USD 218,400 - 365,200 annually (base salary); USD 263,200 - 401,400 annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C/C++, SQL, Splunk, Linux, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes
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