Senior Director, Engineering

San Francisco Job Board

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Distributed systems architecture
Database engineering expertise
High-scale data systems
** Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director of Distributed Database Systems Engineering to lead innovation in data architecture within an R&D-focused team. The ideal candidate will have over 20 years of experience in database engineering or distributed systems, emphasizing technical leadership and prototyping. **

Job Summary

  • Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM focused on innovation and workforce transformation in the agentic era.
  • The role involves setting technical vision and driving prototypes for next-generation distributed database architectures.
  • Salesforce offers inclusive recruitment, benefits supporting work-life balance, and AI tools to accelerate impact.

Matching Summary

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** Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director of Distributed Database Systems Engineering to lead innovation in data architecture within an R&D-focused team. The ideal candidate will have over 20 years of experience in database engineering or distributed systems, emphasizing technical leadership and prototyping. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • distributed systems architecture
  • database engineering expertise
  • high-scale data systems
  • performance tuning at scale
  • backend programming proficiency
  • technical leadership and mentoring

Nice-to-have

  • experience with AI-assisted workloads
  • benchmarking distributed systems
  • multi-tenant SaaS data environments
  • contributions to database engines

Key Requirements

  • 20+ years relevant experience
  • deep knowledge of CAP tradeoffs and consistency models
  • proven leadership in architecture strategy
  • mentoring senior technical talent

Work Rights

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