Platform Engineering Lead — AI-Driven, Scalable Systems

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

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Platform Engineering leader to hire and grow a high-caliber team in a high-growth environment. You will own the platform's technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and ensure reliable deployment and incident response.

This role collaborates with AI-powered product teams to shape scalable infrastructure and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will guide complex cloud, data, and software platforms with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform, infrastructure, or foundational engineering teams in high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers, hiring and developing talent while maintaining a high technical and cultural bar.
• Build a high-trust, high-standards culture with visible day-to-day engagement and accountability.
• Drive delivery with quarterly goals, milestones, and predictable timelines.
• Set technical strategy and architecture, guiding decisions on speed, cost, and reliability.
• Own reliability and operational excellence, including on-call and deployment governance.

Skills

Platform leadership

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

Kubernetes

IaC

CI/CD

Observability

Go

Python

TypeScript

Ruby

PostgreSQL

Operational excellence

AI development

Driver mindset

Communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

IaC

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Platform Engineering leader to hire and grow a high-caliber team in a high-growth environment. You will own the platform's technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and ensure reliable deployment and incident response.

This role collaborates with AI-powered product teams to shape scalable infrastructure and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will guide complex cloud, data, and software platforms with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance, and