Director/Senior Director of Software Engineering, Salesforce

$237.7-401.4k

+ Employee stock purchasing program

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Redis

Terraform

Salesforce

Golang

Pulumi

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

World's leading CRM provider

Open for applications

World's leading CRM provider

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseInternal toolsLead generationAnalyticsCloud ComputingSales

Open for applications

$237.7-401.4k

+ Employee stock purchasing program

SQL

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Java

Redis

Terraform

Salesforce

Golang

Pulumi

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseInternal toolsLead generationAnalyticsCloud ComputingSales

Company mission

To empower companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Engineering Pedigree: 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a significant leadership role (Manager of Managers preferred for Sr. Director)
Distributed Systems Mastery: Proven track record of building and operating large-scale distributed systems (Microservices, Service Mesh, Event-driven architectures)
Backend Tech Stack: Deep familiarity with modern backend languages (Java, Go, or Python) and data persistence layers (SQL, NoSQL, or distributed caches like Redis/Memcached)
Public Cloud & Cloud-Native: Strong experience architecting on AWS or GCP, with a deep understanding of Kubernetes (K8s), containerization, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Pulumi)
The "Matrix" Skillset: Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and navigate complex organizational structures to get "Buy-in" for large technical migrations
Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

What the job involves

As a Director/Sr. Director of Software Engineering, you will lead a mission-critical segment of Salesforce’s Engineering organization
You will be responsible for the architectural integrity, scalability, and reliability of distributed services that power millions of customer interactions every second
Strategic Technical Leadership: Define and execute a long-term roadmap for backend services, focusing on high availability, low latency, and massive scalability
Navigate the Salesforce Matrix: Drive alignment across cross-functional "Clouds" (Sales, Service, Marketing, etc.). You will collaborate with dotted-line stakeholders and Architecture Councils to ensure your team's output integrates seamlessly into the broader ecosystem
Team Scaling & Mentorship: Hire, develop, and retain a world-class org of 15–40+ engineers (including Managers and ICs). You will foster a culture of "Ownership" where engineers feel empowered to innovate
Architectural Diplomacy: Act as a bridge between executive leadership and deep-tech engineering. You must be able to translate complex backend constraints into strategic business risks and opportunities
Operational Excellence: Own the full software development lifecycle (SDLC). You will champion CI/CD, automated testing, and "Security-by-Design" to ensure our B2C-scale services are rock-solid
Hands-on Technical Acumen: While you aren't coding daily, you are expected to participate in high-level design reviews and troubleshoot architectural bottlenecks in Java, Golang, or Python environments

Our take

Salesforce is a global cloud computing company, best known for its on-demand, comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. The company was launched to mitigate the doubts that business owners felt regarding third party companies holding their data.

By providing essential, customer-oriented CRM software, Salesforce places itself at the heart of digitised businesses. Furthermore, by building out its AI capabilities, the company removes the complexity of AI, enabling any business to deliver smarter, personalised and more predictive customer experiences.

Due to the continued innovation offered by the company, over 150,000 companies, both big and small, are growing their business with Salesforce today. Despite a tumultuous 2023 filled with activist investors, a boardroom shake-up and the unprecedented step-down of Co-CEO Bret Taylor, Salesforce continues to close several acquisition deals and managed to drive up its stock value by 96% from the end of 2022 to 2023.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4)

Trustpilot (1.4)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jun 2001

$46.9m

SERIES D

Nov 1999

$13.2m

SERIES C

Total funding: $64.5m

Company benefits

With 9 standard holidays and four floating holidays, you get a total 13 paid days off each year

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Marc Benioff

(Chair & CEO)

Previously Senior Vice President at Oracle Corporation for 13 years.

Parker Harris

(CTO)

Previously worked as a Software Engineer for over six years. Harris also co-founded Left Coast Software.

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