Job Description

Salesforce is seeking a candidate for a role in their Core Infrastructure team at Slack, focusing on maintaining and enhancing a large database infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data storage and distributed systems, and will collaborate with engineering teams to ensure high performance and reliability.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in data storage, core infrastructure, or distributed systems
Professional experience using Go, PHP/Hacklang, Python, Ruby, or Java
Experience operating a distributed system at scale
Proficient in deploying server software on Linux
Experience with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS
Familiarity with deployment automation/configuration management tools like Chef, Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet
Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

Operate and enhance large, highly-available database infrastructure using MySQL and Vitess
Develop tools for self-service and self-managing capabilities of database infrastructure
Collaborate with engineering teams on database storage needs
Write code to capture database performance and create actionable insights
Participate in on-call rotation and resolve production issues
Support FedRAMP and DoD SRG activities

Benefits

Employees at Slack, as part of Salesforce, are often offered comprehensive benefits focused on wellbeing and inclusion, including competitive health-care coverage, time off to rest, recharge and volunteer, and holistic programs that support mental health, family planning and overall work–life balance.