Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Salesforce

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San Francisco, CA
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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Software Engineering

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager - Software Engineering The Senior Manager - Software Engineering leads the Reliability Engineering team responsible for the multi-cloud compute platform. This role involves managing a team of platform engineers to ensure the security and high availability of Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Ingress Gateway, and Identity services across more than 1,000 clusters on AWS, Alibaba Cloud, and Google Cloud. Key responsibilities include setting the technical vision for next-generation Service Mesh and Identity architecture, orchestrating microservices, and maintaining platform observability. The position requires expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, and networking protocols like DNS and TLS. Candidates should possess skills in Go, Python, Terraform, Argo, Prometheus, and Grafana. The work focuses on solving large-scale infrastructure reliability and reliability engineering problems within a complex multi-cloud environment.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $281300 from 43 postings across 15 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of platform engineers to build a culture of ownership and accountability.
  • Set the technical vision and roadmap for the next-generation Service Mesh and Identity architecture.
  • Orchestrate and monitor the availability of microservices across a fleet of over 1,000 clusters.
  • Maintain the reliability, observability, and self-healing capabilities of the multi-cloud compute platform.
  • Partner with architects and product owners to deliver features and proactively identify technical issues.
  • Integrate AI tools into the team's daily development cycle while guarding architectural integrity and security.
  • Evaluate the quality and security of AI-generated code and multi-agent workflows.

What we're looking for

  • You must have 10+ years of software engineering experience.
  • You must have 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
  • You must have hands-on depth in Kubernetes, service mesh, networking, and a major public cloud.
  • You must have the technical depth to judge the architecture and quality of AI-generated output.
  • You must have a related technical degree.
  • You should have programming experience in Go or Python (preferred).
  • You should have used infrastructure-as-code and delivery tools such as Terraform and Argo (preferred).
  • You should have used observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Elasticsearch (preferred).

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