Director of Engineering, Global Payroll Systems

Salesforce.com, Inc.•Dallas, TX

39d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Applications will be accepted until 01/31/2026. Digital Enterprise Technology (DET) is seeking an Engineering Director to lead Employee Success Technology within the CIO Organization, with a primary focus on Global Payroll Systems. As an engineering leader, you will focus on developing the team around you while delivering robust, scalable technology infrastructure that serves employees across international markets throughout the entire Hire to Retire employee lifecycle. You will bring your technical expertise to drive teams to success around feature delivery and management for complex global employee systems, with particular emphasis on payroll operations and compliance. You are as enthusiastic about building a world-class engineering team as you are about solving challenging technical problems. You will help shape, direct and execute our technology vision, blending customer-centric principles, industry-changing innovation, and reliable delivery of new technologies.

Requirements

A related technical degree required
10+ years of software development experience with 5+ years managing engineering teams
5+ years of Workday HCM or similar Employee HRIS engineering experience
Proven experience leading large-scale distributed systems, microservices, and distributed architecture
Hands-on experience with software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, CI/CD, build processes, testing, and operations
Experience with short release cycles, full software lifecycle, and products released for public consumption
Experience with Agile development methodologies and Scrum Master certification
Demonstrated success in hiring, mentoring, and leading engineering teams
Experience providing technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to team members
Strong customer service orientation with desire to help others succeed
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with strong organizational and time management abilities
Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and product management to understand requirements and describe technical solutions
Ability to be flexible, proactive, and comfortable working with minimal specifications
Passionate, curious, creative self-starter who approaches problems with sound methodology and intelligent decision-making
Laser focus on impact, balancing effort-to-value ratio, and execution excellence

Nice To Haves

Strong knowledge of Salesforce products, platform features, and capabilities
Working knowledge of modern public cloud technologies and services
Experience with advanced Workday capabilities: Extend, Orchestration, WQL, RAAS
Understanding of enterprise architecture principles
Ability to articulate governance value to business and IT executives
Skills in quickly grasping and explaining both technological and business concepts

Responsibilities

Drive the technical vision for comprehensive global Employee Success capabilities across all employee lifecycle stages, with specialized expertise in payroll systems
Build and evolve large-scale distributed systems to reliably process billions of data points across the complete employee technology stack
Lead development of cloud-native platforms on public cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure) with focus on scalability, security, and compliance
Build, lead, and scale multiple engineering teams (2+ teams) focused on Employee Success infrastructure and applications, with specialized teams dedicated to global payroll systems
Recruit and attract top engineering talent with expertise in enterprise employee systems, payroll operations, international compliance, and large-scale data processing
Invest in continuous employee development by mentoring and coaching engineers and technical leads on complex employee technology challenges
Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and customer focus
Ensure high availability and performance of mission-critical employee technology services serving global workforce across international markets
Proactively identify reliability and data quality problems, particularly in payroll infrastructure, and drive comprehensive remediation processes
Drive execution and delivery by collaborating with cross-functional teams, architects, product owners, and engineers across global time zones
Drive integration strategies across the complete Employee Success technology stack, including Workday HCM, Workday Payroll, ADP Payroll systems, and regional payroll solutions
Implement robust data processing pipelines, API integrations, and automation tools supporting comprehensive employee operations
Build frameworks, infrastructure automation tools, workflows, and validation platforms supporting international compliance
Partner with Product Management, UX, and business stakeholders to translate employee experience and payroll business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Collaborate with compliance, legal, and HR teams to ensure systems meet international regulatory requirements and data privacy standards
Work with Enterprise Architecture to align Employee Success technology roadmap with broader organizational technology strategy