Salesforce
Software Engineering SMTS
$117K–$246K
California - San Francisco · Office Tech-Flexible · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years in system or database internals programming and 4+ years in technical leadership for enterprise server platform or systems architecture and design.
About the job
Leads development of core database systems, designing scalable architecture and improving the robustness, performance, and quality of mission-critical database software.
What you'll do
- Lead design and development of core database functionality and architecture for scalability, robustness, and performance.
- Implement functional and system tests; debug defects and conduct root-cause analysis.
- Participate in releases and deployments.
What they ask for
- 4+ years industry experience in system or database internals programming.
- 4+ years technical leadership in architecture and design of enterprise server platforms or systems.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems and consensus algorithms; experience with highly concurrent multi-threaded or multi-process data structures and design.
- Strong Java or C programming skills.
Nice to have
- PostgreSQL software development and community contribution experience.
- Experience building a high-performance, large-scale database platform.
Pay
$117,200 - $223,900 annually (base salary); $141,200 - $246,000 annually (base salary, select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area)
Tools
Java, C, PostgreSQL
AI focus
No AI development duties are stated. Salesforce says AI tools assist recruiters in assessing resumes and qualifications; humans make hiring decisions.
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