Senior Data Engineer – AI‑Powered MDM & API Orchestration

salesforce.com, inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking experienced software engineers at SMTS and LMTS levels to join our Master Data Management (MDM) Engineering organization in New York. You will design, develop, and operate AI-powered MDM capabilities, including entity resolution, golden record management, and data integration using MuleSoft, Airflow, and cloud services.

You’ll lead architecture discussions and collaborate with global teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, enterprise integration, or MDM platforms.
• Proven experience leveraging modern AI-assisted development platforms (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to improve engineering productivity.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience building MuleSoft integrations, API orchestration services, Airflow workflows, ETL/ELT pipelines, and large-scale data engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain AI-powered developer tools, engineering automation, and productivity accelerators using modern AI platforms such as Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and related technologies.
• Build and maintain end-to-end MDM integration systems, including MuleSoft integrations, Airflow-based workflows, API orchestration layers, event-driven architectures, Change Data Capture (CDC), and batch processing pipelines.
• Implement entity resolution, golden record lifecycle management, hierarchy processing, data quality validation, and governance capabilities.
• Build production-grade solutions with strong monitoring, alerting, operational supportability, and security by design.
• Collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Skills

8+ yrs exp

Java

REST APIs

Microservices

MuleSoft

Airflow

Kafka

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

SQL / Data modeling

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Informatica MDM

MuleSoft

Airflow

Kubernetes

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Salesforce is seeking experienced software engineers at SMTS and LMTS levels to join our Master Data Management (MDM) Engineering organization in New York. You will design, develop, and operate AI-powered MDM capabilities, including entity resolution, golden record management, and data integration using MuleSoft, Airflow, and cloud services.

You’ll lead architecture discussions and collaborate with global teams.