Lead Software Engineer, Platform Services

Salesforce

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CAPalo Alto, CAChicago, ILNew York, NYSeattle, WAIndianapolis, IN
Salary
$172,500–$260,100 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
20 days ago
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Confirmed live today
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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

Salesforce currently has 221 open roles on FindRole.

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The Lead Software Engineer - Platform Services joins the Platform Services team within the Digital Marketing Technology organization. In this individual contributor role, you will provide hands-on technical leadership to design and build scalable, cloud-native distributed systems and APIs that power global digital experiences. You will lead architecture, drive technical strategy, and mentor engineers while ensuring operational maturity across the platform. Key technologies include JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js, alongside AWS components like Lambda, SNS, SQS, and ElastiCache. You will also utilize NoSQL databases, Kafka, Terraform, and GraphQL. The role focuses on solving complex technical challenges within digital marketing and customer identity ecosystems, specifically building a unified platform to deliver personalized, intelligent, and scalable experiences across the broader Trailblazer ecosystem.

Skills

AWS GCP Node.js TypeScript JavaScript Terraform Kafka DynamoDB GraphQL Microservices CI/CD Jest Playwright Okta Auth0 OAuth 2.0 OpenID Connect Neo4j Kinesis ElastiCache AppSync SNS SQS Lambda Domain Driven Design

What you'll do

  • Lead the architecture and design of scalable, secure, and resilient platform services.
  • Drive technical strategy and influence architectural decisions across multiple engineering teams.
  • Design and deliver high-scale distributed systems and APIs for global digital experiences.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape technical roadmaps aligned with business goals.
  • Champion engineering excellence through best practices in system design, testing, and observability.
  • Drive innovation in Agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native engineering practices.
  • Evaluate and adopt modern technologies and AI-assisted engineering workflows to improve productivity.
  • Mentor and coach engineers while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of professional software development experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining large-scale production services.
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related technical subject area or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in microservices architecture, domain-driven design, and RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
  • Experience building high-scale microservices on AWS (preferred), GCP, or other public cloud substrates.
  • Experience with AWS components like API Gateway, Lambdas, SNS, SQS, ElastiCache, AppSync, and NoSQL or Graph databases.
  • Experience developing back-end software using JavaScript or TypeScript and runtimes like Node.js (preferred).
  • Experience with web security, including JWT lifecycle management, CORS, CSP, and XSS prevention.
  • Experience with AI coding assistants, test-driven development, and service orchestration tools like Terraform (preferred).

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