Lead Software Engineer - Platform Services
Salesforce - California - San Francisco; Washington - Seattle; Illinois - Chicago; California - Palo Alto; New York - New York; Indiana - Indianapolis
Posted May 15, 2026
Benefits
- Parental leave
- 26 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
- Non-birth-parent leave
- 12 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
- Family-building benefits
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- Fertility benefits: Not verified
- Adoption assistance: Not verified
- Surrogacy assistance: Not verified
- Mental health support
- Not verified
- Relocation assistance
- Not verified
- Childcare support
- Not verified
- Learning budget
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- Verification
- Source-linked checked May 7, 2026
- Salary
- $208K-$286K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
- 401(k) match
- Reported from DOL Form 5500 industry filing (not employer-specific)
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $116,543 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +9.8% - Much faster than average
112% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.
Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
Role
Schedule
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- Weekend work
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Company
- Equity
- Offered Verified - SEC 10-K source checked Jun 20, 2026
Application
- Cover letter
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- Assessment
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- Deadline
- Not stated
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About this role
Lead Software Engineer - Platform Services California - San Francisco; Washington - Seattle; Illinois - Chicago; California - Palo Alto; New York - New York; Indiana - Indianapolis Lead Software Engineer - Platform Services At Salesforce, we're inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Guided by our core values, we help companies across every industry connect with customers in entirely new ways - while empowering our employees to innovate, grow, and make an impact. Our Digital Marketing Technology organization is transforming how prospects, customers, and Trailblazers engage with Salesforce online. We are building a unified digital platform that powers personalized, intelligent, and scalable experiences across Salesforce.com and the broader Trailblazer ecosystem. We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help shape the architecture and evolution of this platform while driving technical excellence across globally scaled digital experiences. About the Role This role sits within the Platform Services team in Salesforce's Digital Marketing Technology organization. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture, platform innovation, and large-scale distributed systems. You'll partner closely with engineering, product, architecture, and platform teams to design and build scalable cloud-native services that power Salesforce's global digital ecosystem. This is a highly collaborative individual contributor role focused on solving complex technical challenges while mentoring engineers and elevating engineering standards across teams. What You'll Do Lead the architecture and design of scalable, secure, and resilient platform services Drive technical strategy and influence architectural decisions across multiple engineering teams Partner
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