Manager, Software Engineering - Cloud Atlas

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Flexible work options

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering for Cloud Atlas in a hybrid role across SF and Seattle-area locations.

You will lead a high-impact team responsible for APIs, authentication datastore services, and AI-driven development practices. The role emphasizes architecture discipline, security, and collaboration with product and architecture, with extensive experience in Java, REST/SOAP, and distributed systems required.

Qualifications

• Direct people management experience leading software teams.
• Strong development background with Java, REST/RPC, and large-scale systems.
• Experience with Linux/Unix, microservices, and distributed architectures.
• Proficiency with AI tools and evaluating AI outputs for architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a software team delivering APIs, logging/monitoring, performance tuning, 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, security, and resilience via code reviews, CI, and incident response.
• Own AI tool integration into daily development cycles with feedback loops and human review decisions.
• Guard architectural integrity and security, coaching engineers on AI-generated code quality.

Skills

Java

REST/ RPC

Distributed systems

Linux/Unix

Bash

Microservices

AI tools

Prompt engineering

Multi-agent workflows

System architecture

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP/Azure/OpenStack

Job description

## Manager, Software Engineering - Cloud AtlasApply: Office Tech-Flexible: California - San Francisco: Washington - Seattle: Washington - Bellevue: Full time: Posted Yesterday: JR359070*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 CategorySoftware EngineeringJob 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, SeattleThe 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 PotentialWhen 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. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.AccommodationsIf you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. 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