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Lead Distributed Systems Engineer in Activity Platform, Sales Intelligence Platform

at Salesforce

📍 2 Locations Onsite 💰 $164K – $260K USD / year Posted March 31, 2026
Salary $164K – $260K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience lead
Exp. Years 7+ years
Education A related technical degree required.
Category Software Engineering

Lead Distributed Systems Engineer for the Activity Platform within the Sales Intelligence Platform; responsible for architecture and operation of high-scale distributed services and real-time data pipelines.

  • Architect and implement distributed services for Activity Platform and Sales Intelligence Platform
  • Lead distributed systems engineering team
  • Ensure reliability with monitoring, logging, alerting
  • Manage data pipelines and streaming with Kafka/Flink/Spark
  • Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence

Experience across Java/Go/Python/C++, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD (Jenkins, Spinnaker, Terraform), NoSQL/SQL databases, and streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink, Spark). Emphasis on telemetry, monitoring, and high availability in cloud environments.

The ideal candidate is an experienced distributed systems engineer with leadership experience, capable of designing and operating scalable real-time data pipelines; strong in multiple languages and cloud platforms; experienced with monitoring and incident response.

7+ years experience in distributed systems at scaleExperience with Java/Go/Python/C++/RubyExperience with AWS OR GCP OR AzureJenkinsTerraformSpinnakerDockerKubernetesKafkaFlink/Spark/StormCassandra/Zookeeper/MongoDBPostgreSQLSQLREST APIsDistributed SystemsOO designTelemetryMonitoringLogging
JavaGoPythonC++RubyKubernetesDockerTerraformJenkinsSpinnakerGitKafkaFlinkSparkStormCassandraZookeeperMongoDBPostgreSQLSQLREST APIsDistributed SystemsAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureTelemetry
JavaGoPythonC++RubyKubernetesDockerTerraformJenkinsSpinnakerGitKafkaFlinkSparkStormCassandraZookeeperMongoDBPostgreSQLSQLREST APIsDistributed SystemsAWSGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureTelemetry
LeadershipMentorshipCross-functional collaborationCommunicationProactiveAttention to detail
Industry Salesforce
Job Function Lead distributed systems engineer for enterprise sales analytics platform
Role Subtype Lead Distributed Systems Engineer
Tech Domains Java, Go, Python, C++, Ruby, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Kafka, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
Lead Distributed Systems EngineerActivity PlatformSales Intelligence Platformdistributed systemscloud frameworksAWSGCPAzureKubernetesDockerTerraformJenkinsSpinnakerFlinkSparkStormCassandraZookeeperMongoDBPostgreSQLSQLREST APIsTelemetryMonitoringLoggingDistributed SystemsKafka

Lack of distributed systems experience, No Kubernetes or Docker experience, No experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

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