Lead Software Engineer, Agentforce Reasoning

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Trailblazer to join the Agentforce Reasoning Engine team as a production AI backend engineer. Based in San Francisco, CA or Bellevue, WA, you will build scalable services powering multi-agent orchestration, enabling agents to reason, plan, and act at scale.

You’ll collaborate with PMs, architects, and AI researchers, own stateful session management with Redis, and optimize performance across the stack, from design to production.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building production AI systems and/or backend services.
• Strong Python programming skills and experience building production-grade async services (FastAPI or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with distributed, scalable systems and modern data storage frameworks such as Redis, Kafka, and Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience integrating with LLMs and prompt engineering in production systems.
• A related technical degree required.

Responsibilities

• Build and own scalable backend services powering multi-agent orchestration, supporting thousands of concurrent tenants at production scale.
• Design and improve stateful session management using Redis and distributed storage patterns, ensuring reliability across LLM call chains.
• Drive system performance through automation, including capacity planning, monitoring, and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Application Architects, and AI researchers to bring agent reasoning capabilities from concept to production.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Async services

Redis

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Redis

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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

The Agentforce Reasoning Engine team is a group of Generative AI Application Engineers building the core Python/FastAPI service that powers multi-agent orchestration at Salesforce — enabling intelligent agents to reason, plan, and act on behalf of millions of customers every day. Based in San Francisco, CA and Bellevue, WA, you'll join a collaborative team that loves to learn and teach, and you'll play a direct role in shaping the AI backbone of Agentforce.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

• Build and own scalable backend services powering multi-agent orchestration, supporting thousands of concurrent tenants at production scale.
• Design and improve stateful session management using Redis and distributed storage patterns, ensuring reliability across LLM call chains.
• Drive system performance through automation, including capacity planning, monitoring, and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Application Architects, and AI researchers to bring agent reasoning capabilities from concept to production.

You’re Our Person If...

• You have 6+ years of experience building production AI systems and/or backend services.
• You have strong Python programming skills and experience building production-grade async services (FastAPI or equivalent).
• You have hands‑on experience with distributed, scalable systems and modern data storage frameworks such as Redis, Kafka, and Docker/Kubernetes.
• You have experience integrating with LLMs and prompt engineering in production systems.
• A related technical degree required.

Even Better If...

• You have experience with multi‑agent orchestration or agentic AI frameworks.
• You're familiar with vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval systems.
• You have experience with conversational AI or voice-integrated services.
• You collaborate well across teams and communicate clearly in writing and in discussion.

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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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 the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. 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.