Engineering Manager-Salesforce Pune, India Office

Fictiv Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology firm in Pune seeks a Salesforce engineering leader to build and manage a high-performing team. You will ensure delivery excellence while collaborating across functions to address business objectives and facilitate technical integrations. Candidates should have over 12 years in engineering, with at least 7 years in Salesforce development and team leadership. You will foster a culture of continuous learning and performance development within your team, ensuring alignment with business goals.

Qualifications

• Over 12 years of experience in engineering with a focus on Salesforce.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in Salesforce development.
• Experience leading engineering teams in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage high-performing Salesforce engineering teams.
• Define technical vision and manage complex Salesforce integrations.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders for technical requirements.

Skills

Salesforce solutions development

Agile methodologies

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Salesforce

Apex

Visualforce

Lightning Web Components

Mulesoft

Job description

Opportunity To Unlock Your Creativity

Think of all the times you were held back from trying new ideas because you were boxed in by bureaucratic legacy processes or old school tactics. Having a growth mindset is deeply ingrained into our company culture since day 1 so Fictiv is an environment where you have the creative liberty and support of the team to try big bold ideas to achieve our sales and customer goals.

Opportunity To Grow Your Career

There are plenty of jobs out there. The question is whether any of them will help you grow in your career? Will you be challenged by teammates to achieve your potential? Or are they roles that will ask you to do more of what you've already mastered. At Fictiv, you'll be surrounded by supportive teammates who will push you to be your best through their curiosity and passion.

Impact In This Role

As a Salesforce engineering leader at Fictiv, you will build and manage high‑performing teams by making strategic, culture‑aligned hiring decisions and using data to optimize capacity. You’ll foster an environment of ownership and continuous learning, coaching Scrum teams in Agile excellence to ensure consistent, high‑quality delivery.

By bridging the gap between business goals and technical execution, you will define a clear technical vision, manage complex integrations, and partner with Architects to modernize the roadmap while reducing tech debt. Ultimately, you take full accountability for engineering deliverables, ensuring they are scalable, on schedule, and held to the highest standards of quality and excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and take ownership of the Salesforce engineering team and drive excellence.
• Brainstorm ideas of how to improve training, process, hiring, etc.
• Participate in your team’s coaching, personal development, performance management, and career growth.
• Set clear expectations and goals for team members and create opportunities for team members to showcase their work.
• Facilitate team‑building activities.
• Build an in‑depth understanding of the code owned by the team.
• Encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Identify and address recurring issues in development cycles and improve speed of development.
• Ensure code quality and best practices.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders in understanding the requirements and translating them into technical designs.
• Provide high‑level technical recommendations, approaches, and feedback.
• Create and maintain project timelines.
• Identify dependencies between different systems and facilitate communication between cross‑functional teams.
• Drive the execution and delivery of features by collaborating with many multi‑functional teams, architects, product owners and engineers.
• Conduct risk assessments throughout the project’s lifecycle and provide updates to the stakeholders’ progress of each project you manage.
• Resolve cross‑team coordination issues that may impact progress.
• Manage expectations and negotiate scope changes.
• Facilitate decision‑making processes when trade‑offs are necessary.
• Ensure smooth handoff between development, QA, and plan for the software releases.
• Identify repetitive tasks that can be automated.
• Encourage the development of internal tools to boost productivity.
• Allocate time for refactoring and system improvements.
• Encourage experimentation with new tools or methodologies.
• 12+ years of overall experience in engineering.
• 7+ years of hands‑on experience working in Salesforce.
• Proven experience in developing Salesforce solutions with a deep understanding of Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, and Salesforce APIs.
• Have worked in Salesforce CPQ, Sales, Manufacturing, Service, Data Cloud.
• Experienced in designing and implementing custom solutions that align with business needs.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce data modeling, reporting, and database design.
• Has played the role of an Architect.
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining integrations between Salesforce and external applications.
• 3+ years of leading software engineering teams in an agile environment.
• Experience in hiring, mentoring, and leading engineers.
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce product and platform features, capabilities, and best use of it.
• A good understanding of enterprise architecture principles is strongly preferred.
• Active Salesforce Certifications are desirable (preferably Development Lifecycle & Deployment Architect, Application Architect).
• Experience in Mulesoft is a plus.
• Ability to quickly grasp and distinctly explain technological and business concepts.
• Experience in CI/CD.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies and practices.
• Prior experience leading teams in an agile environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to set priorities and multi‑task in a fast‑paced environment.
• Demonstrates analytical thinking, problem‑solving.
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and product management to understand requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.

Who We’re Looking For

• Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
• Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
• Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
• Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
• Help us continue to build a world‑class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.