Director, Software Engineering

Salesforce, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 314,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off programs

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead and scale a multi-layered engineering group responsible for the Artifact Platform and Salesforce Files Platform.

You will shape technical strategy, mentor managers, and drive reliability and delivery across complex, cross-functional initiatives. You will manage multi-quarter roadmaps, align with Product and GTM, and communicate effectively with executives, ensuring autonomous leadership and high-performance teams across the

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years in a Director role.
• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale services with high availability.
• Strong architectural background for deep vetting of technical designs and RCAs.
• Proactive operator enabling autonomous teams and avoiding micromanagement.
• Executive-level communication to distill status updates for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive multi-quarter technical roadmaps with cross-functional alignment.
• Mentor Engineering Managers and Leaders to operate autonomously and lead agile ceremonies.
• Set technical strategy and architecture in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Ensure reliability, SLA adherence, and incident response with scalable improvements.
• Deliver complex, cross-functional projects from PRD through production rollout with clear timelines.

Skills

Leadership

Architectural design

Incident management

Executive communication

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Software Engineering Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Experience

Artifact Platform (EAP) organization serves as the core deployment and management engine for Salesforce's multi-framework applications and the agentic Headless Experience Layer. Within this broader organization, your team will act as the crucial connective tissue, owning the middle-tier services that power these headless experiences. This includes driving the global branding architecture for all agentic interactions across our multi-framework offerings. Beyond these forward‑looking initiatives, your group will also operate, maintain, and scale the Salesforce Files Platform—the large scale, foundational service supporting every line of business across the entire Salesforce ecosystem. We are seeking a visionary and operationally rigorous Director of Engineering to lead and scale a multi‑layered engineering group dedicated to building robust, high‑impact platforms.

Lead and Mentor the Team

Develop your organization by establishing clear growth paths, empowering Engineering Managers and Engineering Leaders to operate autonomously, and cultivating top engineering talent.

Build a High‑Trust, High‑Standards Culture

Foster an environment of high operational rigor and open communication, providing your team with clear strategic context and ensuring seamless visibility across the broader organization.

Drive Delivery and Execution

Commit to ambitious quarterly goals with precise milestones, maintain predictable delivery timelines, and proactively navigate complex cross‑functional dependencies.

Set Technical Strategy and Architecture

Guide engineers with clear architectural direction, deeply vet technical designs, and secure alignment with stakeholders on long‑term technical investments.

Own Reliability and Operational Excellence

Uphold exceptional standards for system performance, SLA compliance, and incident response, driving continuous improvements in platform resiliency at scale.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

Own and synthesize multi‑quarter technical roadmaps, securing buy‑in and alignment from cross‑functional stakeholders in Product, Go‑To‑Market, and overarching Engineering leadership. Proactively identify resourcing gaps, architectural risks, and timeline blockers, presenting fully researched mitigation plans before escalations occur. Represent the engineering organization in high‑level stakeholder and business unit meetings with accuracy, executive presence, and deep technical context. Manage, mentor, and delegate effectively to Engineering Managers and Engineering Leaders, transitioning them into fully autonomous leaders who can independently run their agile ceremonies and represent their respective domains. Proactively manage organizational performance by conducting continuous gap analyses, identifying top performers for advanced technical challenges, and executing structured remediation plans for underperformers. Own the downward communication of strategic shifts, organizational changes, and roadmaps, ensuring your engineers have clear context and connection to the broader business goals. Build, implement, and hold teams accountable to rigorous, scalable systems for SLA compliance, bug hygiene, and incident management (RCAs). Drive complex, cross‑functional project deliveries from initial PRD through production rollout, defining exact delivery dates and ensuring on‑time execution. Establish unified dashboarding and standardized reporting metrics across all your teams to integrate with broader organizational standards, moving the team from reactive firefighting to predictable delivery. Provide proactive, highly accurate visibility into your teams’ sprint deliverables, capacity constraints, and blockers without requiring prompting or chasing from executive leadership. Maintain a high standard of technical and leadership communication, ensuring that all status updates, timeline shifts, and technical justifications are thoroughly vetted before being presented.

You’re Our Person If...

• Experience: 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years at the Director level managing multiple teams and managing managers.
• Scale & Reliability: Proven experience designing, building, and operating large‑scale services with high availability requirements.
• Technical Depth: Strong architectural background capable of deeply vetting technical designs, root‑cause analyses (RCAs), and resolving complex technical debt at scale.
• Proactive Operator: A proven track record of implementing operational systems that allow teams to function autonomously without requiring the Director to act as a day‑to‑day project manager.
• Exceptional Communicator: Ability to distill complex engineering statuses into clear, actionable updates for executive stakeholders, while also being a highly responsive and reliable collaborator.
• Crisis Resilience: Proven ability to handle production incidents and escalations calmly while maintaining strict focus on overarching operational baselines and project milestones.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

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