This role pays more than
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of similar roles. Most pay
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versus about
$212k
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Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing
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Listed pay typically runs
$148,500–$227,000
across 110 roles with salary data.
Director of Software Engineering (Data) leads the Data Engineering team to oversee technical strategy and execution for enterprise-scale data ingestion platforms. This role involves managing a team of senior engineers to build high-volume, high-throughput batch and real-time systems that power analytics, ML models, and AI agents. The candidate will architect scalable pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows while optimizing data models across Snowflake, Data360, and lakehouse environments. Key technologies include MuleSoft, Informatica, Spark, dbt, Iceberg, Kafka, and Airflow, alongside proficiency in SQL and Python. The role addresses the challenge of ingesting data from over 100 enterprise systems into a unified infrastructure that ensures reliability, security, and observability. By establishing standardized patterns and automated frameworks, the leader ensures the platform remains scalable and accessible for internal teams to support complex business operations.
Data Engineering
AWS
Azure
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MLOps
Data Lakes
Metadata Management
Distributed Data Systems
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Software Engineering
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