Job Details

Director of Engineering – Salesforce (Hands-On)

Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site) (Potential of Hybrid)

Compensation: Up to $350,000 total annual compensation (Base + Bonus/Equity, DOE)

Type: Full-Time

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with a fast-growing SaaS company embarking on a greenfield Salesforce implementation. This is a strategic and technical leadership role for a Director of Engineering who comes from a strong Salesforce development background and still enjoys being hands-on.

You will own the technical vision and execution of the Salesforce ecosystem from the ground up, building a scalable, enterprise-grade platform while leading and growing a high-performing engineering team.

This is a foundational build, not an optimization of an existing environment.

The Role

We are seeking a Director of Engineering with:

• 10+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience

• 4+ years leading engineering teams in an architectural or senior leadership capacity

• Proven experience delivering large-scale, enterprise Salesforce implementations

• Deep understanding of the full lifecycle: Discovery ? Architecture ? Build ? Integration ? Deployment ? Maintenance and Optimization

This individual must be comfortable operating at both the executive strategy level and in the codebase when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the Salesforce technical strategy and long-term architecture roadmap

• Lead a greenfield Salesforce implementation from initial discovery through go-live and beyond

• Hire, mentor, and manage a team of Salesforce engineers and technical leads

• Establish engineering best practices, governance standards, and scalable design patterns

• Architect complex integrations across internal systems and third-party platforms

• Oversee data architecture, security models, and performance optimization

• Implement DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and release management frameworks

• Partner closely with Product, RevOps, GTM, and executive leadership to align technical delivery with business objectives

• Maintain hands-on involvement in solution design, code reviews, and critical technical decisions

Required Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on Salesforce development (Apex, LWC, APIs, Integrations)

• Strong background in Sales Cloud and Service Cloud; multi-cloud experience preferred

• Extensive experience with enterprise integrations (REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture)

• Experience leading multi-cloud or multi-org implementations at scale

• Proven leadership managing engineering teams in high-growth environments

• Deep knowledge of Salesforce platform architecture, governor limits, and performance tuning

• Experience with data migrations and large-scale system transformations

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce certifications strongly preferred (Platform Developer II, Application Architect, System Architect, CTA ideal)

• Experience within high-growth SaaS organizations

• Experience building engineering teams from the ground up

• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills

What Makes This Role Compelling

• Greenfield ownership of a core revenue-driving platform

• Executive visibility and influence across the organization

• Opportunity to build and scale an engineering team in San Francisco

• Compensation up to $350,000 annually

• Direct impact on company growth and long-term technical direction

If you are a technically strong Salesforce leader who thrives in high-growth environments and wants to build an enterprise-grade architecture from the ground up while leading a world-class team, this is an opportunity to make a defining impact.