Director, Software Engineering | Hyderabad

To get the best candidate experience please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts Job Category Software Engineering Job Details About Salesforce 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 You re in the right place Agentforce is the future of AI and you are the future of Salesforce Role Description The Engineering Director demonstrates deep business industry and product knowledge to ensure the success of our customers by effectively managing a team of Engineers and Architects In this role the Engineering Manager will specialize in one or more lines of business a specific cloud or industry to speak the customer language and ensure customer value realization They are aligned by cloud strategy building and encouraging positive relationships to help customers progress on their digital journey Salesforce is looking for technically strong energetic highly collaborative and passionate leaders to lead our software engineering teams You will run and lead a team teams of outstanding developers and keep quality in mind We work in a collaborative environment and we value open communication and feedback code reviews and making learning fun Your Impact As a manager of managers you will Drive the execution and delivery of features by collaborating with many multi-functional teams architects product owners and engineering managers Make critical decisions that attribute to the success of the product Proactive in foreseeing issues and resolving it before it happens Partner with Product Management to align with objectives priorities tradeoffs and risk Ensuring teams have clear priorities and adequate resources Empowering the delivery team to self coordinate Be a multiplier and have a passion for team and team members success Providing technical guidance career development and mentoring to team members Maintaining high morale and motivating the delivery team to go above and beyond Vocally advocating for technical excellence and helping the teams make good decisions Participating in architecture discussions and planning Participating in multi-functional coordination planning and reviews with leads from other engineering teams Maintaining and encouraging our culture by interviewing and hiring only the most qualified individuals Minimum Requirements A related technical degree required 10 years of proven track record leading software engineering teams with a distinguished track record on technically fast paced projects Experience leading large scale distributed systems working with microservices and or distributed architecture Strong verbal and written communication skills organizational and time management skills Ability to be flexible proactive comfortable working with minimal specifications Experience with short release cycles the full software lifecycle and experience working on a product that s been released for public consumption Experience in hiring mentoring and leading engineers Working experience of software engineering best practices including coding standards code reviews SCM CI build processes testing and operations Experience with Agile development methodologies Scrum Master experience required Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and product management to understand requirements describe software product features and technical designs Preferred Requirements Strong knowledge of Salesforce product and platform features capabilities and best use of it Able to articulate the importance and value of Governance to Business and IT executives A good understanding of enterprise architecture principles is strongly preferred Strong data structure and algorithms skills and extensive programming experience preferably in object oriented languages Experience working in Big Data technologies such as Spark Hadoop etc is desirable Working knowledge of Kubernetes service mesh and other modern technologies services on public cloud is desirable Ability to quickly grasp and distinctly explain technological and business concepts Serve as a trusted advisor with a deep curiosity to understand your customers their motivations and needs and how to approach ensuring their success Degree or equivalent relevant experience required Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role e g extracurricular leadership roles military experience volunteer roles work experience etc BENEFITS PERKS Comprehensive benefits package including well-being reimbursement generous parental leave 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