Performance Engineer (Senior or Lead)

Salesforce is seeking a Performance Engineer to join their engineering team in San Francisco. This role is crucial for maintaining and improving the performance of their system that processes over 5+ billion transactions daily. The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating performance experiments, developing automation frameworks, and optimizing systems end-to-end. They'll work on sophisticated challenges involving artificial intelligence, IoT, Platform, APIs, and mobile UI experiences.

The position requires a strong background in Java programming and performance engineering, with at least 5 years of experience. The role combines technical expertise in system architecture, database optimization, and load testing with the responsibility of being the performance specialist for their scrum team. The successful candidate will influence the future expansion of next-generation cloud solutions for speed, scale, and high availability.

Key responsibilities include creating and evaluating performance experiments, developing automation frameworks, and optimizing systems across the stack. The role requires expertise in database performance, middleware components, and operating system tuning. For mobile performance positions, additional expertise in hybrid mobile applications and JavaScript debugging is necessary.

Salesforce offers a comprehensive benefits package including wellbeing reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, and fertility benefits. The company's scale and impact, processing billions of transactions daily for organizations ranging from Fortune 100 companies to startups, provides an exciting opportunity to work on performance challenges at scale.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone passionate about software performance, automation, and working with exceptional engineers. The role offers the chance to make a significant impact on the performance and scalability of enterprise-scale systems while working with cutting-edge technologies in AI, IoT, and cloud computing.