Salesforce Cloud Engineer

Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.; Kennesaw (GA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) and Profit Sharing

Fertility Benefits

37.5 hour work-week

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life and AD&D Insurance

Wellness Program

Short-Term Disability Coverage

Long-Term Disability

Student Debt Repayment Benefits

Ability to borrow Yamaha product

Job summary

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA is seeking a Salesforce Cloud Engineer to join our Digital Transformation group in Kennesaw, GA. You will design, build, and scale a Customer Data Platform that delivers a true Customer 360, focusing on data engineering, analytics enablement, and growth strategy across product lines.

Candidates should have 7+ years of data engineering experience, including experience with Salesforce Data Cloud, SQL, BigQuery, Python, and dbt.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field.
• 7+ years data engineering experience, including 5+ years with enterprise CDPs and 3+ years with Salesforce Data Cloud.
• Strong SQL expertise and cloud data warehouse work (BigQuery).
• Experience with Python, dbt, and modern data platforms for analytics-ready data pipelines.
• Experience with identity resolution, data modeling, and enterprise data integration.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a Salesforce Data 360/CDP for customer data.
• Design scalable data pipelines and identity resolution models.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and privacy (PII).
• Translate business questions into data structures for analytics/ML.
• Collaborate with analytics, marketing and product teams.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies for roadmap decisions.

Skills

SQL

Data Warehousing

Python

dbt

APIs/ETL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field

Tools

BigQuery

Salesforce Data Cloud

GA4

Job description

Yamaha has an opportunity for a Salesforce Cloud Engineer to join our Digital Transformation group in Kennesaw, GA (relocation not available). This position will design, build, and scale a Customer Data Platform (CDP) that delivers a true Customer 360. This role will be responsible for data engineering, analytics enablement, and growth strategy, powering cross-sell, CLV measurement, and propensity modeling across product lines.

(Note: Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. Visa sponsorship is not available)

What You'll Be Doing:

• Architect and develop a Customer 360 using Salesforce Data 360 (formerly Data Cloud), integrating first-party and digital data (GA4, CRM, transactional, product usage).
• Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance (PII handling, consent, privacy).
• Translate business questions into data structures that support analytics, AI/ML, and activation.
• Develops and deploys propensity models to support customer segmentation, targeting, and personalization initiatives
• Design and maintain scalable data pipelines (batch and zero-copy) to ingest, unify and activate customer data.
• Build identity resolution and data harmonization models to support cross-product insights and personalization.
• Partner with analytics, marketing and product teams to enable cross-sell identification, CLV modeling and propensity-to-buy use cases.
• Contribute to CDP roadmap decisions and evaluate emerging data technologies.

What You Need to be Successful:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or a related field.
• 7+ years of data engineering experience, including 5+ years with enterprise CDPs and 3+ years with Salesforce Data Cloud (or equivalent).
• Strong expertise in SQL, cloud data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery), and building analytics- and activation-ready data pipelines using Python, dbt, and modern data platforms.
• Experience with digital and behavioral data (e.g., GA4), identity resolution, customer data modeling and enterprise-scale data integration.
• Hands‑on experience with APIs, ETL/ELT tools and Salesforce Data Cloud ingestion, modelling, and governance.
• Ability to design scalable data architectures independently while balancing technical best practices with business outcomes.

What's in it for you:

• 401(k) and Profit Sharing
• Fertility Benefits
• 37.5 hour work-week
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Short-Term Disability Coverage (for hourly roles)
• Long-Term Disability
• Student Debt Repayment Benefits
• Ability to borrow Yamaha product

Reports to: Digital Marketing Campaign Manager

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, veteran or disability or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.