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salesforce.com, inc. lists this Lead Software Engineer - Platform Services opportunity in new york, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Category
Software Engineering
Lead Software Engineer - Platform Services
About the Role
This role sits within the Platform Services team in Salesforce's Digital Marketing Technology organization. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will provide hands‑on technical leadership across architecture, platform innovation, and large‑scale distributed systems.
You’ll partner closely with engineering, product, architecture, and platform teams to design and build scalable cloud‑native services that power Salesforce’s global digital ecosystem. This is a highly collaborative individual contributor role focused on solving complex technical challenges while mentoring engineers and elevating engineering standards across teams.
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
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape technical roadmaps aligned with business goals
Design and deliver high‑scale distributed systems and APIs supporting Salesforce’s global digital experiences
Champion engineering excellence through best practices in system design, testing, observability, scalability, and operational maturity
Drive innovation in Agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud‑native engineering practices
Evaluate and adopt modern technologies and AI‑assisted engineering workflows that improve developer productivity and software quality
Mentor and coach engineers while fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Help evolve platform capabilities that enable dynamic and personalized customer experiences globally
Who We’re Looking For
Strong technical leader with deep experience building and scaling distributed systems
Hands‑on engineer passionate about solving complex platform and architecture challenges
Experience working within modern digital, marketing technology, or customer identity ecosystems
Strong collaborator who can influence technical direction across organizations
Engineer who effectively leverages AI‑assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and accelerate software delivery
Passion for building scalable, reliable, and secure customer‑facing systems
Qualifications
8+ years of professional software development experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining large‑scale, highly performant, and resilient production services
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related technical subject area or equivalent combination of education and 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 databases like DynamoDB, graph databases such as Neo4j, Neptune, and data streams like Kafka, Kinesis
Experience developing back‑end software using JavaScript or TypeScript and runtimes such as Node.js (preferred)
Experience with web security, including JWT lifecycle management, CORS, CSP, and XSS prevention
AI fluency and proven experience using AI coding assistants (Cursor, Windsurf, Codex, etc.) to accelerate the SDLC
Experience in test‑driven development and testing frameworks like Jest, Playwright, etc.
Experience in service orchestration using tools like Terraform (preferred)
Experience in consumer/B2C identity package implementations such as Okta/Auth0 and identity protocols like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (preferred)
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form.
Posting Statement
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non‑discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that's inclusive, and free from discrimination. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit.
Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal.
Benefits and Compensation
In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 – $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $207,800 – $285,800 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.
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Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
Who can apply
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