Director of Data Ingestion & AI Platform Engineering

100 Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 314,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to own the technical strategy for enterprise data ingestion platforms powering analytics, ML, and business apps. You will lead senior data engineers, drive architecture across Snowflake, Data360, and lakehouse environments, and ensure scalable, secure, and observable data ingestion.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and Governance teams to deliver reliable platforms, establish best practices, and mentor leaders across

Qualifications

• 15+ years in data engineering with data ingestion.
• 8+ years in engineering leadership.
• Proven experience with high-volume data ingestion.
• Deep Snowflake data architecture and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute technical strategy for data ingestion.
• Lead design of scalable pipelines using listed tech.
• Mentor senior data engineers and cultivate culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Enterprise data ingestion

Snowflake expertise

Spark processing

Stakeholder management

Tools

Snowflake

Apache Spark

Apache Iceberg

Apache Kafka

Airflow

MuleSoft

Informatica

dbt

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to own the technical strategy for enterprise data ingestion platforms powering analytics, ML, and business apps. You will lead senior data engineers, drive architecture across Snowflake, Data360, and lakehouse environments, and ensure scalable, secure, and observable data ingestion.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and Governance teams to deliver reliable platforms, establish best practices, and mentor leaders across