Salesforce Engineering Manager (US)

About the role

We're looking for a Salesforce technical architect and engineering manager who can drive development velocity across a team of 10 to 15 engineers building enterprise applications on the Salesforce Platform. This is a hybrid role combining deep hands on technical leadership with people management. We're specifically looking for candidates with strong Salesforce expertise, Salesforce technical architecture experience, and Node.js development experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, performance, and scalability of our Salesforce Platform and Node.js based services.
• While our applications are deployed primarily on AWS today, they are designed to be scalable and highly available, and you'll ensure architectural decisions follow Salesforce and cloud engineering best practices.
• You'll own the technical direction of our Salesforce applications, mentor senior engineers, and partner with Product and Engineering leadership to deliver high quality solutions quickly.
• You'll also manage a team of 10 to 15 developers by setting goals, conducting 1:1s, growing careers, hiring top engineering talent, and removing blockers.
• You'll balance roadmap delivery with engineering excellence, including code quality, system reliability, platform performance, security, and developer experience.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years leading engineering teams
• Strong Salesforce expertise, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, Salesforce APIs, and Salesforce platform best practices
• Proven Salesforce technical architecture experience designing scalable enterprise solutions
• Strong Node.js background and a clear point of view on building maintainable services and integrations at scale
• Experience integrating Salesforce with external systems using modern APIs and integration patterns
• Deep understanding of software architecture, scalability, security, and performance optimization
• Track record of improving engineering velocity, system performance, scalability, and deployment processes in production environments
• Proven ability to grow engineers, hire well, and lead high performing engineering teams that consistently deliver results

Qualifications

• Experience with Salesforce DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation
• Experience with AWS, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise SaaS platforms
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, or containerization technologies
• Salesforce certifications such as Platform Developer I or II, Application Architect, or System Architect
• Background scaling SaaS platforms or developer facing products