Software Engineering SMTS

Salesforce is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (SMTS) to join their Microservices Platform (Service Mesh) team. This role focuses on building a highly scalable and distributed load balancing and gateway service that handles all customer traffic into Salesforce. The team works with cutting-edge open source technologies like Envoy and Istio, offering opportunities to contribute to these communities.

The position requires an experienced distributed systems engineer with a proven track record in building and maintaining large-scale systems. You'll be working on providing simple declarative interfaces for L4/L7 load balancing, TLS termination, and end-to-end encryption, while supporting advanced traffic policies like blue/green deployments and access control.

The ideal candidate brings 6+ years of development experience, strong proficiency in languages like Golang, Java, or Python, and extensive experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments. You should be passionate about service ownership, building reliable systems, and working in geographically diverse teams.

At Salesforce, you'll be part of a company that values equality, innovation, and improving the state of the world. The role offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work on mission-critical systems that power one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. You'll have the chance to contribute to open-source projects and work with cutting-edge technologies while solving complex distributed systems challenges.