Senior Software Engineer

Leadout Capital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff to drive the design and delivery of large-scale, distributed systems within Salesforce’s Security ecosystem. The role is hands-on and focused on building scalable, reliable, and secure backend services with end-to-end ownership of complex initiatives.

The position involves influencing architectural decisions and collaborating cross-functionally to deliver high-impact security solutions at global scale.

Qualifications

• Senior and hands-on engineer with focus on distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems.
• Influence architectural decisions across teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-impact security solutions.

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Member of Technical Staff to drive the design and delivery of large-scale, distributed systems within Salesforce’s Security ecosystem. This is a hands‑on technical role focused on building scalable, reliable, and secure backend services. The role includes end‑to‑end ownership of complex initiatives, influencing architectural decisions, and collaborating cross‑functionally to deliver high‑impact solutions at global scale.

Team Overview

Our team leads the development of Security Mesh, a new Salesforce product that connects and analyzes security signals across multiple systems and platforms. This enables detection of complex threats, such as impossible logins occurring simultaneously across non‑Salesforce applications, indicating potential account compromise. Insights are surfaced through Security Center and proactively delivered via Agentforce.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• AI-first mindset: Strong orientation toward leveraging AI‑driven tools, automation, and intelligent workflows to improve developer productivity, system capabilities, and overall product value.
• Adaptable and results‑driven: Comfortable working in a fast‑evolving environment built on Salesforce Core and dependent on multiple teams (Data Cloud, Tableau Next, ATF, etc.).
• Strong collaboration skills: A proactive team player who engages across teams to drive solutions and improvements.
• Ownership and leadership: Takes full ownership of features end‑to‑end and actively contributes to design and architectural decisions.