Senior Staff Engineer, API Platform (DET)

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: We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated senior engineer to join our API Platformteam within Engineering Development and Delivery. You will play a critical role in designing and developing high-quality, modern solutions that enable engineers across the organization to rapidly deliver new applications . You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful implementation and deployment of our products. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and deliver scalable and robust, foundational enterprise solutions that scale across multiple product offerings to enable rapid application delivery across the development organization. Establish and promote an API-first methodology across cross-functional teams to ensure consistency and quality in our API offerings. Drive the capability for parallel feature development and ensure incremental delivery of software. Collaborate on a team of engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to other teams and team members. Effectively leverage AI tools on a daily basis to accelerate the design, development, testing, and documentation of our team’s applications and components. Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Drive the capability for parallel feature development and ensure incremental delivery of software. Ensure the quality and performance of the codebase through code reviews, testing, and continuous integration. Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, including agile methodologies and DevOps automation. Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a timely manner. Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our solutions remain competitive. Required Skills and Experience: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 5 years of experience in software development, with a focus on enterprise solutions. Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages (Java, Python, or JavaScript preferred). Experience designing the AWS infrastructure to run common web services (VPC, Lambda, ECS, RDS, API Gateway). Proficiency creating Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) to deploy public cloud resources. Experience working with automated CI/CD DevOps pipelines for application testing, release management, and deployment (GitHub Actions or GitLab pipelines preferred) Experience using AI coding tools to accelerate technical delivery while maintaining strong quality controls. Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced environment. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively. Strong communication,collaboration, and documentation skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment. Experience in developing in a contract-first environment. Proven ability to use a data-driven approach to continuous improvement and decision-making. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Salesforce technologies and platfor ... (truncated, view full listing at source)