Lead Platform Engineer, Cloud Services & APIs

salesforce.com, inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 172,500 - 260,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid parental leave

401(k) plan with company match

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce.com, inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for their Platform Services team in New York, NY. This role involves providing hands-on leadership in developing scalable cloud-native services and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in software development, with strong skills in distributed systems and familiarity with AWS and microservices architecture. The position offers a competitive salary range of $172,500 – $260,100 annually, depending on experience and location.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience in large-scale services.
• Experience in microservices architecture, domain-driven design, RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Experience in test-driven development and testing frameworks like Jest.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of scalable platform services.
• Drive technical strategy and influence architectural decisions.
• Mentor and coach engineers while fostering collaboration.

Skills

Strong technical leadership

Distributed systems experience

Collaboration and influence

AI-assisted development tools

Building scalable systems

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Node.js

Terraform

Job description

Salesforce.com, inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for their Platform Services team in New York, NY. This role involves providing hands-on leadership in developing scalable cloud-native services and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have over 8 years of experience in software development, with strong skills in distributed systems and familiarity with AWS and microservices architecture. The position offers a competitive salary range of $172,500 – $260,100 annually, depending on experience and location.