Software Engineering SMTS

Join Salesforce as a Software Engineering SMTS, where you'll be part of a team responsible for architecting, developing, and testing the next generation of cloud-native databases. You'll work on complex scalability problems, develop new architecture and designs, and implement comprehensive tests. This is a hybrid role that values end-to-end service ownership and offers a fast-paced, collaborative, and agile environment.

• Design and develop core distributed database system functionality, including new architecture and designs to solve complex scalability problems.
• Implement comprehensive functional and system tests for your area of responsibility and for overall database quality, and actively participate in the release and deployment process.
• Debug issues, conduct root cause analysis, and diagnose defects, while generating ideas to improve robustness and performance.

• Strong CS fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Ability to learn quickly and deliver high-quality code in a fast-paced, dynamic, agile team environment.
• Strong Java or C programming skills
• BS or higher degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with a results-oriented approach and good ideas for innovation.
• MS or PhD in databases or distributed systems is a plus.
• Deep expertise in distributed computing (e.g., system architecture, communication, distributed consensus, and transactional protocols).
• 6+ years of experience in systems or database internals programming.
• Strong understanding of low-level operating system concepts, including multi-threading, memory management, networking, storage, performance, and scale.