Senior Staff Systems Engineer, GTM

Responsibilities

• Lead critical projects and define technical strategy for Salesforce CRM and related systems.
• Design and implement scalable, secure Salesforce solutions and enterprise integrations.
• Drive process automation and data integration initiatives to improve operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and executives across Marketing, Finance, Sales, Analytics, Product, Customer Success, and Engineering.
• Mentor engineers and promote strong coding, design, architecture, and continuous-improvement practices.
• Resolve complex technical challenges involving reliability, performance, scalability, and system resilience.
• Establish governance frameworks and ensure compliance with industry standards, data privacy regulations, and internal policies.
• Own the Salesforce ecosystem, driving enhancements and serving as the primary contact for high-stakes projects and critical issues.
• Share Salesforce best practices through industry participation and published insights.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Salesforce development and architecture experience.
• Deep expertise with Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, and Salesforce APIs.
• Experience designing complex, scalable Salesforce solutions.
• Understanding of billing, revenue recognition, and order management.
• Ability to evaluate solutions based on cloud costs, performance, and business objectives.
• Experience setting and executing technical strategy for complex Salesforce implementations and integrations.
• Experience leading and mentoring technical teams, including geographically distributed teams.
• Expertise integrating Salesforce with enterprise systems using APIs, middleware, and iPaaS solutions.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and multi-platform data flows.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks covering data security, privacy, retention, and regulatory requirements such as GDPR.
• Experience solving high-volume data processing, integration, performance, scalability, and resilience challenges.
• Salesforce Developer I and II certifications required.
• In-depth Agile experience and Salesforce DevOps expertise, including CI/CD, version control, and automated testing.
• Experience using AI coding assistants and LLM-based tools for development, testing, and documentation.
• Strong communication, presentation, autonomy, and adaptability skills.

Nice-to-Haves

• Salesforce 2nd Generation Managed Package experience.
• Salesforce System Architect or Salesforce CPQ Specialist certification.
• Salesforce Technical Architect or Application Architect certification.

Technologies

• Salesforce CRM
• Salesforce CPQ
• Apex
• JavaScript
• Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• SOQL
• Salesforce APIs
• Python
• HTML
• Git
• WCF
• REST
• XML
• JSON

Compensation and Work Arrangement

• Full-time, hybrid position based in Oakland, CA, or Denver, CO, offices, or remotely in the United States.