What you'll do
- Operate and enhance large-scale, highly-available database infrastructure using MySQL and Vitess.
- Develop tools for self-service and self-managing database capabilities to support other engineering teams.
- Collaborate with multiple teams to advise on database storage needs throughout the development lifecycle.
- Create tools and dashboards to monitor and analyze database performance for actionable insights.
- Participate in on-call rotations and work with operations to triage and resolve production issues.
What you should know
- Ideal candidates have 5+ years experience in data storage or distributed systems at scale.
- Strong communication skills are essential to explain complex technical concepts across teams.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (especially AWS) and deployment automation tools is important.
- The role involves operating and debugging distributed systems in a collaborative team environment.
- Applicants should be prepared for on-site work in Seattle and participation in on-call rotations.
About the company
- Salesforce is a leading AI CRM company focused on innovation and workforce transformation.
- The company values ambition, trust, and collaboration, fostering a culture of inclusion and support.
- Slack, a Salesforce product, supports massive scale communication with billions of messages and database queries weekly.
- Salesforce emphasizes equity, diversity, and equal opportunity in hiring and workplace policies.
- The company offers comprehensive benefits and supports work-life balance and employee growth.
Key required skills
MySQL - databaseVitessGoPHPAWSTerraformAnsible