Sr. Software Engineer, DNS Engineering and Automation

Salesforce's DNS team seeks a Senior Engineer to join the DNS Operations team. This team is responsible for 24x7 support of the Salesforce public cloud environments. As a member of the DNS Operations team, you will be responsible for incident management on all aspects of the production DNS solution, including performing break/fix and proactive maintenance to resolve outages and minimize the potential for future impact. This includes building, upgrading, and decommissioning public cloud environments. You will support Hyperforce DNS-related customer issues and ensure thorough root cause analysis is completed on all the customer-impacting problems., * Develop software services to manage DNS, DHCP, IP Allocation Management infrastructure in a distributed systems environment

• Write clean, reusable, testable REST APIs in an agile environment
• Work closely with a cross functional team of software developers, network engineers and system engineers to define the tools, processes and implementation to support agile software development
• Support management of the team's technical infrastructure (e.g., repository, build system, testing system)
• Participate in on-call rotation to support the team's live site services
• Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow by pushing the boundaries of AI development tools to deliver secure, optimized, and high-quality code.
• Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into human workflows, driving efficiency and innovation at scale.
• Contribute to building and maintaining the shared system context, an explicit repository of system designs, constraints, and standards that enables AI to operate accurately and reliably.
• Critically evaluate code (Human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Minimum of 5 years object-oriented coding experience in Go/Python.
• Experience developing, using, and maintaining REST services and clients.
• General understanding on the functions and management of network services including DNS, DHCP and IPAM.
• Working experience with source code management, testing frameworks, code packaging, and build/release processes
• Working experience in Linux OS environments
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong troubleshooting skills, especially in a complex application stack
• A demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering. Using AI to move faster, build fluency across the stack, and contribute well beyond your core specialty.
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, etc.) in development workflows
• Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts and cultivate the system context that makes AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready
• A related technical degree required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building and maintaining continuous integration tests. Jenkins and Puppet experience
• Experience using Infoblox devices and WAPI interface

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. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.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. At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is, $148,500 -

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