Manager, Software Engineering - Cloud Atlas

salesforce.com, inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off programs

Medical

Dental

Vision

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an engineering manager to lead a high-impact team focused on authentication infrastructure and AI-augmented development. You will guide engineers with expertise in Java, REST/RPC, and microservices, while shaping strategy with PMs and architects.

You will drive code quality, security, and performance, coaching engineers to elevate system design and architecture, and ensuring alignment with Salesforce standards across distributed services.

Qualifications

• Direct people management experience leading software engineering teams.
• Strong software development experience with Java and web services.
• Familiarity with Linux/Unix, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.
• Hands-on proficiency with AI development tools and evaluating AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a software engineering team delivering APIs, logging/monitoring, and highly available datastore services.
• Develop short- and long-term product and operational strategies for Cloud Atlas with PM and architecture teams.
• Manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables using Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Drive software quality, performance, security, and resilience via CI and incident response.
• Coach engineers to grow into higher-level system design and architecture work in an AI-augmented environment.
• Integrate AI tools into daily development, manage configuration, feedback loops, and review processes for AI-generated output.
• Guard architectural integrity, security best practices, and technical standards with AI-influenced code.

Skills

People management

Java

Web services (REST/RPC)

Linux/Unix

AI development tools

Cross-team collaboration

Architectural integrity

NoSQL datastores

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

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.

Location: SF, Bellevue, Seattle

The Experience

Cloud Atlas is a globally distributed, highly available, multi-master replicated datastore powering user logins and authentication between Salesforce services. We're looking for an engineering manager to lead a friendly, high-impact team with expertise across Java, NoSQL, and DevOps practices, building, maintaining, and scaling critical authentication infrastructure.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Lead, empower, and develop a team of software engineers delivering application programming interfaces (APIs), logging and monitoring, performance tuning, and highly available datastore services.
• Develop short- and long-term product and operational strategies for Cloud Atlas in partnership with product management and architecture teams.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables using Agile methodologies, such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Drive software quality, performance, security, and resilience through code reviews, continuous integration, and incident response.
• Develop each engineer's ability to work effectively in an AI-augmented environment, moving beyond tracking output to actively coaching growth into higher-level system design and architecture work.
• Own how AI tools are integrated into the team's daily development cycle, including configuration, feedback loops, and the judgment calls about when human review is required to validate output.
• Serve as the guardian of architectural integrity, security best practices, and technical standards as AI increases code volume, coaching engineers to critically audit AI-generated code for logic flaws, vulnerabilities, and performance issues.

You're Our Person If...

• You have direct people management experience leading software engineering teams.
• You have strong software development experience with a solid grasp of Java, web services (representational state transfer/remote procedure call, or REST/RPC), and system architecture.
• You're familiar with Linux/Unix command line, bash, microservices architecture, and distributed systems.
• You have excellent oral and written communication skills, with a track record of cross-team collaboration.
• You have active, hands-on proficiency with AI development tools; full utilization is the baseline expectation, along with deep technical expertise sufficient to evaluate architectural integrity and make informed decisions about AI-generated output.
• You have experience assessing candidates on their ability to formulate effective prompts, evaluate AI outputs, and orchestrate multi-agent workflows in addition to foundational technical skills.

Even Better If...

• You have experience with NoSQL datastores.
• You know your way around containerization and orchestration platforms, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• You've deployed applications to public cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, or OpenStack.
• You have a solid understanding of web security, authentication and authorization frameworks, and public key infrastructure (PKI).

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)
• an employee stock purchasing program

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 $148,500 - $223,900 annually.

In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually.

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.