Senior Software Engineer – Agentic & Automation Engineering

Salesforce

Senior Software Engineer developing and deploying automation platforms in Salesforce's GovCloud. Collaborating with GSOC CSIRT analysts, using Python and modern AI tools.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeMcLean • Virginia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $148,500 - $223,900 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, implement, and operate Python-based playbooks, actions, integrations, and agents on the Luna platform
Partner directly with GSOC CSIRT analysts and incident responders to translate their tradecraft into trustworthy, auditable automation
Extend Luna's agentic capabilities into the GovCloud environment
Use AI-assisted software development tooling fluently and intentionally
Drive end-to-end ownership of the work you build: scoping, design, implementation, testing, deployment, observability, on-call support, and post-incident hardening
Raise the bar for the team's engineering practices
Support the team's engineering excellence by performing code reviews and mentoring other engineers
Business hour on-call to support software services owned by the team
Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional software engineering experience
strong track record of shipping production Python
Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD systems used in regulated deployments
Hands-on experience building automation, integrations, or backend services that interact with multiple third-party APIs
A demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering.
Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, etc.) in development workflows
Advanced prompt engineering skills
Experience reviewing AI-generated code
Strong fundamentals: clean code, thoughtful API design, testing, version control, CI/CD, observability
Experience with public cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

time off programs
medical
dental
vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonTerraformKubernetesDockerCI/CDAPI designautomationbackend servicesAI toolsprompt engineering

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringengineering excellencecode reviewsownershipteam collaborationproblem-solvingobservabilitytestingclean code