Salesforce

Lead/Principal Performance Engineer

Salesforce$172K — $344K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in software engineering or development on large-scale platforms
  • Expert-level in Java, with strong JVM performance tuning skills
  • Proficient in Python, C, or Ruby on Rails
  • Deep understanding of performance metrics like throughput and latency
  • Ability to communicate technical findings to varied audiences

Responsibilities

  • Lead performance initiatives across multi-team projects
  • Expertly tune databases and optimize systems during design meetings
  • Rapidly prototype solutions for critical scale issues
  • Coach and mentor engineers through reviews and collaborations
  • Integrate performance as a key metric in product completion

Benefits

  • Resources to achieve work-life balance
  • Access to AI tools that enhance productivity
  • Focus on personal and professional growth
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
Full Job Description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

The Experience

The Lead/Principal Performance Engineer is a high-level technical leader and you are a performance and scale subject matter expert who drives innovation, designs high-scale automation frameworks, and ensures product reliability. You prevent bottlenecks before they happen through architectural influence, database tuning, and deep root cause analysis. You bring a multiplier effect to every team you join — elevating engineers around you and owning the most complex, systemic performance challenges from initial design through production. This role follows a hybrid schedule of 1-3 days per week in office.

What You'll Actually Be Doing
  • 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.


You're Our Person If...
  • 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 Java Virtual Machine (JVM) performance tuning and Garbage Collection (GC) mechanisms, along with experience in Python, C, or Ruby on Rails.
  • Deep understanding of key performance metrics across throughput, latency, memory, central processing unit (CPU), disk, and network — with the ability to debug and resolve bottlenecks across all of them.
  • Strong communicator with a proven track record in Application Programming Interface (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.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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