Backend Software Engineer Principal

Salesforce is seeking a Principal Backend Software Engineer to join their Trust Intelligence platform (TIP) team, focusing on Autonomous Security Posture Management. This role is crucial in developing and architecting the Security Log Platform, which supports USPM vision through log collection, transformation, and search capabilities.

As a Principal Engineer, you'll be working on sophisticated distributed systems, optimizing platform performance, and ensuring enterprise-scale security signal aggregation. The position requires deep expertise in building large-scale distributed systems and enterprise-grade SIEM platforms, with a focus on cybersecurity and compliance.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of software development experience, strong knowledge of cloud services, and expertise in object-oriented programming. You'll be responsible for driving strategic technology initiatives, crafting architectural principles, and ensuring engineering excellence across the platform.

Key responsibilities include building a self-healing, autonomous platform for cybersecurity needs, coordinating end-to-end architecture, and participating in on-call rotation to maintain high availability. You'll work with various Salesforce engineering and security teams to improve platform availability, cost efficiency, and quality.

This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned engineer who is passionate about security, distributed systems, and architectural design. You'll be at the forefront of developing solutions that protect Salesforce's vast ecosystem while working with cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing, big data, and security.