Senior Staff Engineer, API Platform (DET)

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Software Engineering

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Role Description:

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated senior engineer to join our API Platformteam within Engineering Development and Delivery. You will play a critical role in designing and developing high-quality, modern solutions that enable engineers across the organization to rapidly deliver new applications . You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful implementation and deployment of our products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deliver scalable and robust, foundational enterprise solutions that scale across multiple product offerings to enable rapid application delivery across the development organization.

• Establish and promote an API-first methodology across cross-functional teams to ensure consistency and quality in our API offerings.

• Drive the capability for parallel feature development and ensure incremental delivery of software.

• Collaborate on a team of engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to other teams and team members.

• Effectively leverage AI tools on a daily basis to accelerate the design, development, testing, and documentation of our team’s applications and components.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

• Drive the capability for parallel feature development and ensure incremental delivery of software.

• Ensure the quality and performance of the codebase through code reviews, testing, and continuous integration.

• Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, including agile methodologies and DevOps automation.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely manner.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our solutions remain competitive.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on enterprise solutions.

• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Python, or JavaScript preferred).

• Experience designing the AWS infrastructure to run common web services (VPC, Lambda, ECS, RDS, API Gateway).

• Proficiency creating Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to deploy public cloud resources.

• Experience working with automated CI/CD DevOps pipelines for application testing, release management, and deployment (GitHub Actions or GitLab pipelines preferred)

• Experience using AI coding tools to accelerate technical delivery while maintaining strong quality controls.

• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively.

• Strong communication,collaboration, and documentation skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

• Experience in developing in a contract-first environment.

• Proven ability to use a data-driven approach to continuous improvement and decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Salesforce technologies and platforms.

• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and best practices.

• AWS Certifications.

• Experience with event-driven architecture and technologies that interface with backend consumers (e.g. AWS Kinesis/SNS/SQS/EventBridge).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines and processes.

Unleash Your Potential

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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: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant 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 $117,200 - $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $141,200 - $285,800 annually.

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.