Description The Salesforce Database Engineering team has the DNA of building highly scalable, mission critical enterprise products. As part of building our team, we are looking for engineers and leaders who are passionate about working on the RDBMS technology of massive scale and one that thrives with continuous innovation. The team is responsible for innovating and maintaining a large scale distributed systems engineering platform that ships hundreds of features to production for tens of millions of users across all industries every day. Our users count on our platform to be highly reliable, lightning fast, supremely secure, and to preserve all of their customizations and integrations every time we ship. You will need deep experience with concurrency, large scale systems, proficiency with solving real-world data management challenges, a strong understanding of how to craft solutions that are highly available, and a proven ability to design, develop, and optimize the core back-end systems.As a Principal Software Engineer on the Salesforce database team, you will be responsible for:Designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems that run across thousands of compute nodes in multiple data centersOwn delivery of technical outcomes on all project related issues Help with backlog planning, cross-team dependency planning and drive the team to execute on the plan.Demonstrate engineering expertise by working closely with architects, and engineering managers to execute on the strategy for your feature areas, help plan the backlogs, and enable your Scrum team to execute that roadmap flawlesslyCollaborate with architect and product owner to own and drive the design and development of the features for high qualityOwning and resolving Customer issues with utmost urgency and adhering to customer trustDrive cross team collaborative work environment with other Scrum teams and engineering managers that fosters autonomy, innovation, learning, respect and transparency while holding a high bar for deliveryResolving complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system availability, resiliency for Tier0 services supported on public cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or AlibabaRequired Skills:BS/MS in Computer ScienceExcellent communication skills and problem-solving skillsExperience with highly-scalable and highly-available distributed systems.Experience owning and operating multiple instances of a critical servicePrior experience with using Kubernetes to build and operate clusters is a mustPrior experience with CI/CD, Infra-as-a-Code is a mustExperience in Java development.15+ years in software development which includes experience in varying aspects of development cycle, including design, coding For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.