Lead Software Engineer

Software Engineering Opportunity

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword — it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Managed Runtime is a technology platform at Salesforce that serves javascript-backed websites and services at massive scale using AWS serverless technologies. Our first adopters are customer and partner developers working on headless commerce sites in Commerce Cloud, but also serve sites for customers integrating with Salesforce sites for Marketing Cloud use cases beyond commerce. Managed runtime control plane service is deployed in Hyperforce, Salesforce's Public Cloud infrastructure on 22 core FDs. Team operates a total of 23 control plane instances across Core and Commerce FDs. Fun fact: MRT served 4Billion page views during the week of Thanksgiving, 2025 What you'll do:

• Write, test and release server-side Python, Java and JavaScript code early and often
• Collaborate in code and design review, and security assessment processes to create higher quality, secure, maintainable systems
• Build products with a cross functional product development team including product managers, designers and other engineers
• Use Python with Django and Flask to orchestrate deployments to our AWS-based hosting environment
• Use AWS technologies, and Node.js to create performant, scalable and fault tolerant deployments of Salesforce and partner developed code deployed on our infrastructure
• Present your work to your peers and stakeholders

Who you are:

• You have good general knowledge of data structures, web application deployment patterns and networking
• You've worked on a team that has built a large web application
• You have extensive experience using backend development languages like Python, Java and experience with MVC frameworks, relational databases and Object-Relational mappers
• You've implemented asynchronous tasks with a queue in a distributed system, using tools like Celery, Resque, Rqueue, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, or Redis
• You've worked with complex deployments on AWS or other cloud providers, using tools like AWS Cloudformation, Terraform and Kubernetes
• You've used CDN infrastructure like Akamai, AWS Cloudfront or Cloudflare
• You have experience crafting Continuous Integration and Delivery workflows using tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker or Helm Charts
• You're a strong communicator who loves to collaborate with a team, and can speak, write and use diagrams to convey complex ideas
• You have a growth mindset and have experience growing other Engineers

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what's possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

Accommodations

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Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that's inclusive, and free from discrimination. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.

The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $207,800 - $285,800 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.