Platform Services Lead — Architect Cloud-scale APIs & AI

Salesforce; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid parental leave

401(k)

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Salesforce is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to guide the architecture and evolution of our platform services in New York. This individual contributor role offers hands-on leadership in designing scalable, cloud-native services while championing engineering excellence across teams.

You will collaborate closely with engineering and product leaders to drive technical strategy and innovation, mentoring fellow engineers through complex technical challenges. Candidates should have extensive experience in distributed systems and microservices architecture and promote a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience in large-scale services.
• Experience in microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of scalable platform services.
• Drive technical strategy across multiple engineering teams.
• Mentor and coach engineers fostering a culture of collaboration.

Skills

Distributed systems expertise

Technical leadership

Collaboration skills

Microservices architecture

AWS experience

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science

Tools

AWS

Node.js

Terraform

Jest

API Gateway

Job description

Salesforce is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to guide the architecture and evolution of our platform services in New York. This individual contributor role offers hands-on leadership in designing scalable, cloud-native services while championing engineering excellence across teams.

You will collaborate closely with engineering and product leaders to drive technical strategy and innovation, mentoring fellow engineers through complex technical challenges. Candidates should have extensive experience in distributed systems and microservices architecture and promote a culture of continuous improvement.