Distinguished Engineer – Salesforce

Overview

As a Distinguished Salesforce Engineer, you will shape the technical direction of the Salesforce platform and its integration with enterprise systems. You will act as a technical authority, resolving architectural challenges and elevating engineering standards across teams. You will lead multi-cloud initiatives and influence build-vs-buy decisions with broad impact. You will mentor engineers and contribute to architecture reviews, strengthening governance and best practices. This role offers the opportunity to drive scalable, enterprise-grade solutions in a forward-thinking, hybrid-working environment.

Pay / Benefits

• pension or 401(k) plan
• private health insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (wellbeing resources)
• Work From Anywhere program (up to 25 days/year)
• generous parental leave
• volunteering days and moving home leave perks

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve long-term Salesforce architecture strategy and integration with enterprise systems
• Identify systemic risks, scalability challenges, and resolve them before impact
• Elevate engineering standards, design principles, and governance across teams and domains
• Serve as technical escalation point for complex Salesforce decisions across large initiatives
• Lead architecture of multi-cloud and non-Salesforce system initiatives
• Evaluate build-vs-buy, platform, and vendor decisions with organization-wide impact
• Partner with architects and engineering managers to align cross-team direction
• Drive adoption of platform governance, integration patterns, and data architecture
• Mentor senior engineers and architects; contribute to architecture review boards and design reviews

Key requirements

• Extensive software engineering/architecture experience with deep Salesforce ecosystem knowledge
• Proven track record architecting large-scale, multi-cloud or multi-system enterprise solutions
• Expertise in enterprise integration patterns, event-driven architecture, data modeling, and governance at scale
• Ability to influence technical strategy beyond a single team or project
• Strong command of Salesforce architecture (Apex, sharing/security, platform limits, asynchronous processing) and enterprise architecture principles (APIs, microservices)
• Experience communicating technical strategy to executive leadership and guiding priorities
• Certifications: Salesforce Certified Application and System Architect
• Preferred: additional Salesforce certifications (Service Cloud, Data Cloud, Integration Architect)

• Strategic thinking
• Executive-level communication
• Mentorship and coachability
• Salesforce (Core Platform, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud Engagement/Next, Data Cloud)
• Enterprise integration patterns
• Event-driven architecture

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