Lead/Principal Performance Engineer

Job Summary The Lead/Principal Performance Engineer is a high-level technical leader and a performance and scale subject matter expert who drives innovation, designs high-scale automation frameworks, and ensures product reliability. They prevent bottlenecks before they happen through architectural influence, database tuning, and deep root‑cause analysis. The role follows a hybrid schedule of 1-3 days per week in office. Responsibilities Lead performance efforts across multi‑team projects by designing traffic models, establishing scale goals, and implementing sophisticated automation and monitoring strategies. Serve as the expert in database tuning and system optimization, driving design meetings by questioning implementation choices and proposing high‑performance alternatives. Rapidly build proofs of concept and lead research spikes to test ideas and address critical scale issues through rapid prototyping and fast iteration. Coach and mentor engineers at all levels, lead code and design reviews, and partner with product managers to ensure performance is a core part of the definition of done. Qualifications 10+ years of experience as a software engineer or developer building platforms and applications at massive scale, including hands‑on automation development. Expert‑level proficiency in Java, including JVM performance tuning and garbage collection mechanisms, along with experience in Python, C, or Ruby on Rails. Deep understanding of key performance metrics across throughput, latency, memory, CPU, disk, and network, with the ability to debug and resolve bottlenecks across all of them. Strong communicator with a proven track record in API design, concurrency, resource efficiency, and the ability to present technical findings clearly to both engineers and executives. Even Better If Professional experience applying AI tools in automation or performance engineering contexts. Familiarity with distributed data and transport systems such as Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, or Apache Spark. Salesforce platform experience or Salesforce certifications. A related technical degree. Benefits and Compensation In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well, including time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 – $313,700 annually; in select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the range is $207,800 – $344,700 annually. The range represents base salary only and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable. EEO Statement Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non‑discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. All employees and potential employees will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications—without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. #J-18808-Ljbffr Centaur Labs