Backend Software Development Engineer – Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal

Salesforce

Backend Software Development Engineer at Salesforce developing robust APIs and software for Marketing, Sales, and Service platforms. Collaborating with engineers to ensure quality and performance through AI integration.

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $117,200 - $313,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCHerokuJavaJavaScriptNode.jsPythonRubyScalaSOAPSpring

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Backend application development for Marketing/Commerce/Sales/Big Data/Service/Einstein/MuleSoft/Platform/Industries Clouds/Slack and Heroku
Design, implement, and tune robust APIs and API framework related features that perform and scale in a multi-tenant environment.
Experience handling large data sets in the cloud (e.g. GCP, AWS, Alibaba and/or Azure platforms)
Integration with internal/external systems
Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow
Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into human workflows, driving efficiency and innovation at scale
Critically evaluate code (Human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance

Requirements

What you’ll need

A related technical degree required
3+ years backend software development experience
Deep knowledge of object oriented programming languages: Java, C++, Go, C#, Ruby, Scala, Python, Node.JS, or JavaScript
Broad knowledge of web standards relating to APIs such as REST, SOAP, XML, WSDL, HTTP, JSON, etc.
Experience with Spring, gRPC, REST and the HTTP protocol
Experience with Agile development methodology
A demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering.
Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts and cultivate the system context that makes AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready.
Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available

Benefits

Comp & perks

wellbeing reimbursement
generous parental leave
adoption assistance
fertility benefits
medical insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
mental health support
life and disability insurance
401(k) plan
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

backend application developmentAPI designAPI frameworkobject oriented programmingJavaC++GoC#RubyPython

Soft Skills

critical evaluationproblem-solvingteam collaborationinnovationefficiency

Certifications

related technical degree