Systems Architect - MeshMesh

salesforce.com, inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Systems Architect on MeshMesh to shape the technical foundation and long-term architecture of our mesh networking platform. You will collaborate with engineering leaders to ensure the system scales with customer demand.

You should have extensive experience in distributed systems, strong communication of trade-offs, and a track record of guiding architecture across teams, including leveraging Claude and modern AI tools to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in software architecture or systems engineering.
• Experience architecting distributed systems at scale.
• Ability to communicate complex trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience guiding architecture across multiple engineering teams.
• Experience designing systems/workflows that leverage Claude and AI coding tools.

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 to address them.

Skills

Years of experience

Distributed systems

Architecture leadership

Communication of trade-offs

Agentic AI tooling

Tools

Claude

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

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As a Systems Architect on MeshMesh, you will shape the technical foundation and long-term architecture of our mesh networking platform, working closely with engineering leaders to ensure the system scales with customer demand.

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 to address them.

Required Skills/Experience

• You have 10-15 years of experience.
• You have significant experience architecting distributed systems at scale.
• You are skilled at communicating complex technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You have experience guiding architecture across multiple engineering teams.
• You are an Agentic Engineer - you understand how to design systems and workflows that leverage Claude and modern AI coding tools (agent loops, tool use, context engineering) to accelerate delivery.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• You have prior experience with networking, mesh, or edge-computing systems.
• You have experience in a platform or infrastructure product used by other engineering teams.

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