Principal Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Salesforce represents a unique fusion of software and systems engineering, focused on building and maintaining large-scale, fault-tolerant systems. As a Principal SRE, you'll be at the forefront of ensuring system reliability and optimal uptime for both internal and external systems. The role involves working with product teams to deploy customer-facing software across a multi-substrate engineering platform that serves tens of millions of users daily.

You'll be tackling complex challenges of scale, leveraging your extensive coding skills, algorithm knowledge, and system design expertise. The position requires deep experience with concurrency, large-scale systems, and data management challenges. You'll be responsible for crafting highly available solutions and optimizing core back-end systems.

The role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies including cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization frameworks (Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos), and various open-source technologies. You'll be contributing to critical infrastructure services, implementing monitoring solutions, and driving proactive operational awareness.

As a Principal Engineer, you'll lead initiatives to improve system availability and resilience, mentor team members, and participate in architectural decisions that impact the entire platform. The position offers competitive compensation, with salaries ranging from $223,000 to $323,400 in California, reflecting the senior nature of the role.

This is an ideal opportunity for experienced engineers who are passionate about system reliability, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and want to make a significant impact at a company that powers digital transformation for businesses worldwide.