Database Engineering Associate

Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 25, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: Salesforce
Location: California – San Francisco
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $111,000 – $122,000 annually

About the Role

The GovCloud Database team is committed to the security and efficiency of data and database management. We build technology solutions for the diverse needs of our government cloud customers, including services that keep our databases and applications running smoothly. As an Associate Database Engineer, you’ll help deliver scalable data migration, capacity management, and cloud infrastructure improvements. We’re looking for database automation engineers who are ready to take on significant challenges and drive innovation in database technology.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Performance & Scalability: Come up with innovative ideas to improve performance, scalability, and resilience in a large-scale platform.
  • Testing & Quality Assurance: Implement comprehensive functional and system tests for your area of responsibility and for overall database quality.
  • Troubleshooting & Debugging: Debug, conduct root cause analysis, and diagnose defects; participate in production Incident Management and Escalation Management calls and drive incidents to resolution.
  • Automation & Deployment: Participate in database automation and feature enhancement on premises and in public cloud platforms.
  • Availability & Reliability: Take responsibility and accountability for the availability and reliability of all production databases.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with other Engineering teams to triage issues and collaborate with stakeholders to give them detailed feedback on resiliency initiatives.
  • Monitoring & Alerting: Define, develop, and deploy system monitoring requirements and thresholds, as well as corrective actions; improve system reliability through predictive analysis.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Strong background in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Located in North America.
  • Proficiency in Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) skills.
  • 0-2 years of experience deploying distributed applications using containers (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, EKS, GKE).
  • 0-2 years of hands-on AWS experience, including building and operating production-grade infrastructure.
  • 0-2 years of database engineering experience (relational, NoSQL, or both).
  • 0-2 years of Linux system engineering experience.
  • 0-2 years of scripting or programming experience in Shell, Python, and/or Golang.
  • Willing and ready to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) operating on U.S. Soil who does not hold dual citizenship and has the ability to meet customer and government screening standards, including a Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) screening with fingerprint scan and a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • Practical experience using AI tools, such as AI coding assistants or generative AI.
  • Experience with log management and analytics platforms such as Splunk or the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
  • Kubernetes and Cybersecurity fundamentals.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL.
  • Experience with monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, etc.

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Time off programs
  • Medical, dental, vision, and mental health support
  • Paid parental leave
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k) and an employee stock purchasing program

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment.

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