Lead Network Engineer - Backbone Engineering

Benefits

Parental leave

26 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

12 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Not verified
• Adoption assistance: Not verified
• Surrogacy assistance: Not verified

Mental health support

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Relocation assistance

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Childcare support

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Learning budget

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Verification

Source-linked checked May 7, 2026

Salary

$208K-$286K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

Reported from DOL Form 5500 industry filing (not employer-specific)

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

112% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Senior From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Company

Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered Verified - SEC 10-K source checked Jun 20, 2026

Application

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Assessment

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Deadline

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About this role

Lead Network Engineer - Backbone Engineering Virginia - Mclean; Washington - Bellevue; California - San Francisco As a Lead Network Engineer at Salesforce, you will be part of the Infrastructure Strategy and Data Center Operations team, a dynamic, global team delivering and supporting technology infrastructure in the Salesforce Global Network to meet the substantial growth needs of the business. In this role, you will collaborate with field teams, vendor sourcing teams, Global Network Operations teams, and application owners who are delivering innovative solutions in an agile, and dynamic environment. A successful candidate will have the ability to communicate and demonstrate both deep and broad knowledge across multiple areas of information technology in support of a SaaS infrastructure. We are looking for enthusiastic technologists who thrive on efficiency by contributing to the development of standards, processes, and automation requirements that lead to operational excellence The Backbone Engineering team is responsible for network capacity and connectivity strategy for the Salesforce core network, including peering relationships, capacity planning, decision making for new PoP builds. The team is also responsible for the design and maintenance of backbone routing architecture including any automation to make configuration changes easier and more predictable. The Salesforce Backbone is the architecture over which Salesforce customers transit to have access to their Salesforce applications and data. Customer success and trust are beacons for how the team approaches engineering on the Salesforce core network. Responsibilities Include: Act as a liaison with the vendor sourcing team Helping to develop and maintain metrics

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