Lead Software Engineer – AI, Cloud ERP & Finance Integrations

Salesforce, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a hands-on Lead Software Engineer for the DET IT Finance Engineering team to architect and deliver ERP and data platform solutions.

You will shape architecture across Workday-like platforms, APIs, and data integrations while guiding engineering teams and driving delivery across ERP applications and finance data platforms. The role emphasizes leading complex technical delivery, mentoring engineers, and applying AI-assisted development to improve productivity and finance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise software engineering experience with cloud ERP platforms such as Workday, Oracle Cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, NetSuite, or comparable platform.
• Strong hands-on programming in Java, Python, SQL, or equivalent with ability to write, review, debug, and optimize production code.
• Experience leading architecture and solution design for complex enterprise systems.
• Strong understanding of APIs, REST/SOAP services, authentication, asynchronous processing, and integration design patterns.
• Experience with source control, automated testing, CI/CD, and production monitoring.
• A related technical degree.
• Willingness to develop expertise in Workday and the broader finance technology stack.

Responsibilities

• Define technical architecture across cloud ERP, integration, and data platforms, establishing standards for security, scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Design, build, and operate integrations connecting Workday and other finance applications with Salesforce, revenue recognition, tax, banking, and enterprise data platforms.
• Develop solutions using ERP development, MuleSoft/API engineering, or data engineering strengths and collaborate across other disciplines.
• Build reliable APIs, event-driven integrations, data pipelines, and transformations with validation, reconciliation, error handling, and monitoring.
• Lead complex troubleshooting across application, integration, and data layers, addressing root causes and improving operational resilience.
• Modernize existing solutions using cloud services, automation, and reusable engineering components.
• Apply AI-assisted development and agentic tools to coding, testing, documentation, and support with attention to accuracy and security.
• Own technical delivery from design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Mentor engineers through design and code reviews and partner with product, finance, architecture, security, and platform teams.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

ERP Integration

API Engineering

MuleSoft

Data Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Workday

MuleSoft

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a hands-on Lead Software Engineer for the DET IT Finance Engineering team to architect and deliver ERP and data platform solutions.

You will shape architecture across Workday-like platforms, APIs, and data integrations while guiding engineering teams and driving delivery across ERP applications and finance data platforms. The role emphasizes leading complex technical delivery, mentoring engineers, and applying AI-assisted development to improve productivity and finance