Systems Architect

Salesforce

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Work type
Remote
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$218,400–$365,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
9 days ago
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Above market

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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 150 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Systems Architect

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As a Systems Architect - MeshMesh, you will join the team to shape the technical foundation and long-term architecture of a mesh networking platform. You will be responsible for defining and documenting overall system architecture across various services and components while evaluating technical trade-offs and guiding major design decisions. Working closely with engineering leaders, you will ensure architectural consistency as the platform grows and proactively identify risks regarding scalability, performance, and reliability. The role requires extensive experience in architecting distributed systems at scale and communicating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. You must be an Agentic Engineer capable of designing workflows using Claude and modern AI coding tools like agent loops and context engineering. Relevant domain expertise includes networking, mesh, edge-computing systems, and infrastructure products used by other engineering teams.

Skills

Distributed Systems Mesh Networking edge-computing Claude AI System Architecture Scalability Infrastructure Context Engineering

What you'll do

  • Define and document the overall system architecture across various services and components.
  • Evaluate technical trade-offs and guide major design decisions for the mesh networking platform.
  • Ensure architectural consistency across multiple engineering teams as the platform grows.
  • Identify and mitigate scalability, performance, and reliability risks early in the development cycle.
  • Design systems and workflows that leverage Claude and modern AI coding tools to accelerate delivery.
  • Communicate complex technical trade-offs effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

What we're looking for

  • You have 10-15 years of experience.
  • You have significant experience architecting distributed systems at scale.
  • You are skilled at communicating complex technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • You have experience guiding architecture across multiple engineering teams.
  • You understand how to design systems and workflows that leverage Claude and modern AI coding tools.
  • You have prior experience with networking, mesh, or edge-computing systems (preferred).
  • You have experience in a platform or infrastructure product used by other engineering teams (preferred).

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