Senior Director - Software Engineering

Salesforce

Multiple Locations
Base: $218,400 - $365,200 annually; base: $263,200...
On-site
Leading engineering organizations
Designing and delivering large-scale services
Salesforce platform ecosystem mastery
Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the Unified Automation and Activations team, focusing on creating scalable automation and AI-driven solutions for Marketing and Sales. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software engineering leadership, particularly within the Salesforce ecosystem, and demonstrate exceptional strategic and technical skills

Job Summary

  • Lead and motivate a high-performing engineering organization responsible for building and operating massively scalable, mission-critical transaction platforms.
  • Own the design, operation, and reliability of massively scalable automation and transactional platforms, ensuring seamless and performant execution of core systems.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a large engineering organization, cultivating a high-velocity culture defined by technical excellence, ownership, and professional growth.

Matching Summary

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Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the Unified Automation and Activations team, focusing on creating scalable automation and AI-driven solutions for Marketing and Sales. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in software engineering leadership, particularly within the Salesforce ecosystem, and demonstrate exceptional strategic and technical skills.

Salary

Base: $218,400 - $365,200 annually; Base: $263,200 - $401,400 annually (select cities); Bonus/Equity: company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity; Benefits: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), employee stock purchasing program

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • leading engineering organizations
  • designing and delivering large-scale services
  • Salesforce Platform ecosystem mastery
  • Data Engineering and SaaS platforms
  • building and scaling enterprise automation
  • driving Agile and Lean methodologies
  • executive communication and storytelling
  • engineering operational excellence

Nice-to-have

  • marketing technology experience
  • sales enablement platforms experience
  • Generative AI and Autonomous Agents
  • cloud-native architectures
  • machine learning or LLMs

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years software engineering experience
  • 5+ years Director/Senior Director experience
  • Manage 30+ engineers across teams
  • Hands-on Java/Node JS experience
  • Salesforce, Flow, Heroku, Mulesoft, APEX mastery
  • Data Engineering/Analytics/SaaS platform mastery
  • Experience building 24x7 automation/ML/AI products
  • Agile/Lean methodologies experience
  • Executive communication skills
  • Engineering operational excellence definition
  • Technical product/platform strategy experience
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

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