Senior Data Engineer — Enterprise Pipelines & Real-Time Data

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 286,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a senior Data Engineer to design and deliver scalable data models and pipelines for its Enterprise data platform. You will partner with product, analytics, and backend teams to ensure high-quality data under strict SLAs.

The role requires 5+ years in data architecture and strong SQL/Python skills, with experience in governance, SDLC, and Agile practices. A background check for GovSlack authorization may be required for government-related data initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, master data management, or metadata management.
• Hands‑on expertise with relational modeling approaches — including columnar, star schema, snowflake, and dimensional modeling
• Proven track record optimizing schemas, tuning SQL, and scaling ETL pipelines in OLAP and data warehouse environments
• Experience with Airflow or a comparable workflow orchestration platform for data pipeline management
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks, SDLC, and Agile methodologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to partner effectively across technical and business teams
• U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, willing to undergo a background check for GovSlack authorization

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business requirements into scalable, reusable data models that are easy to understand and adopted across subject areas
• Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines that deliver high-quality data under defined SLAs
• Partner with product, analytics, and engineering teams to build trusted, well-documented foundational datasets aligned with business strategy
• Champion data strategy across multiple teams and use cases, driving consistency and reliability at scale
• Expand access to core company metrics through strong technical and process foundations
• Identify, document, and promote data engineering best practices across Slack

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Master data management

Metadata management

Relational modeling

SQL tuning

ETL pipelines

Airflow

Python

SQL

Data governance

SDLC

Agile

Communication

U.S. citizen / legal status check

Tools

Airflow

Spark SQL

AWS

Hadoop

Scala

NoSQL

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a senior Data Engineer to design and deliver scalable data models and pipelines for its Enterprise data platform. You will partner with product, analytics, and backend teams to ensure high-quality data under strict SLAs.

The role requires 5+ years in data architecture and strong SQL/Python skills, with experience in governance, SDLC, and Agile practices. A background check for GovSlack authorization may be required for government-related data initiatives.