Senior Systems Architect, Scalable Mesh Networking (Equity)

Salesforce; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Systems Architect for MeshMesh to shape the technical foundation and long-term architecture of our mesh networking platform, collaborating with engineering leaders to ensure the system scales with demand.

The ideal candidate has 10–15 years of experience architecting distributed systems, can communicate trade-offs to diverse audiences, and has hands-on experience guiding multiple teams and leveraging Claude and modern AI coding tools to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience in software architecture.
• Proven track record designing distributed systems at scale.
• Ability to explain complex trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience guiding architecture across multiple engineering teams.
• Experience designing systems using Claude and AI coding tools to accelerate delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and document the overall system architecture across services and components.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and guide major design decisions.
• Partner with engineering leads to ensure architectural consistency as the platform grows.
• Identify scalability, performance, and reliability risks early and design solutions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cross-team leadership

Technical trade-off comms

AI tooling (Claude)

Tools

Claude AI tools

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Systems Architect for MeshMesh to shape the technical foundation and long-term architecture of our mesh networking platform, collaborating with engineering leaders to ensure the system scales with demand.

The ideal candidate has 10–15 years of experience architecting distributed systems, can communicate trade-offs to diverse audiences, and has hands-on experience guiding multiple teams and leveraging Claude and modern AI coding tools to accelerate delivery.