Manager - Software Engineering (Salesforce Engineering)

Mom's Meals•Ankeny, IA

10d•Remote

About The Position

The Manager, Salesforce Engineering will lead the architecture, development, and delivery of Mom’s Meals’ Salesforce platform and ecosystem. The role builds and scales a high-performing Salesforce engineering organization, establishes engineering standards, and partners with business and technology stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, high-quality solutions. The manager remains technically engaged by leading complex design decisions, reviewing critical code and configurations, and coaching engineering teams while establishing practices to scale Salesforce securely and sustainably across multiple clouds. The position translates business strategy into platform roadmaps and governed technical solutions. It partners with business and technology leaders, product owners, and security, data, integration, and infrastructure teams to provide resilient, maintainable, measurable customer and employee experiences aligned with enterprise architecture principles. The role owns Salesforce engineering strategy, architecture, delivery practices, team development, capacity planning, technical delivery, and engineering KPIs. The position can be remote, with occasional travel for business meetings, discovery workshops, and company events. Remote hires must travel to the company’s headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa, for the first few days for orientation, training, and onboarding. Applicants who require immigration sponsorship or additional/permanent work authorization now or in the future are not being considered. The salary range is $142,640–$178,300, plus a 15% annual bonus.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience leading Salesforce engineering teams.
7+ years of Salesforce development or architecture experience in complex enterprise environments.
Proven experience leading engineering teams and developing senior technical talent.
Strong expertise in Salesforce Sales Cloud and/or Service Cloud.
Strong expertise in Apex and Lightning Web Components.
Strong expertise in Salesforce APIs and enterprise integrations.
Strong expertise in Salesforce Flow and platform automation.
Strong expertise in data modeling and data migration.
Strong expertise in Salesforce security and sharing architecture.
Strong expertise in DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and release management.
Experience designing highly scalable, secure, and maintainable enterprise platforms.
Strong understanding of software engineering principles, architecture patterns, SDLC, Agile methodologies, and modern DevOps practices.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with executive stakeholders and translate business objectives into technology strategy.

Nice To Haves

Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect credentials; Salesforce Certified Technical Architect is a plus.
Experience with Salesforce Industries, Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, MuleSoft, or Tableau.
Experience implementing Salesforce at significant enterprise scale.
Experience establishing or transforming an internal Salesforce engineering organization.
Experience with cloud platforms, event-driven architecture, microservices, and modern API architectures.
Experience incorporating AI capabilities into Salesforce or enterprise CRM platforms.
MBA, MS, or advanced technical degree.
Strategic technology leadership, enterprise architecture, and systems thinking.
Talent development and team-building skills.
Executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Product and business partnership skills.
Operational excellence and change-management skills.
Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
Ability to balance speed, quality, scalability, and technical risk.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the Salesforce engineering strategy, roadmap, and architecture in alignment with business and technology objectives.
Lead, mentor, and develop Salesforce engineers, architects, developers, and technical leads.
Own technical architecture and engineering standards across Salesforce and related platforms.
Oversee the design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of Salesforce solutions.
Establish best practices for Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flow, APIs, integrations, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing.
Drive platform modernization, scalability, performance, reliability, and technical debt reduction.
Partner with business functions and technology teams to translate requirements into scalable technology solutions.
Define and enforce standards for code quality, security, governance, release management, and architecture.
Lead integrations between Salesforce and enterprise systems, including ERP, data platforms, identity systems, marketing platforms, and third-party applications.
Establish and manage Salesforce DevOps and release-management practices, including source control, automated deployments, environment strategy, and quality gates.
Ensure Salesforce solutions meet enterprise security, privacy, compliance, and data-governance requirements.
Evaluate Salesforce products, platform capabilities, and emerging technologies for organizational applicability.
Manage relationships with Salesforce, implementation partners, vendors, and external technology providers.
Own engineering capacity planning, resource allocation, technical delivery, and budget in partnership with technology leadership.
Establish and track engineering KPIs for delivery, quality, availability, performance, security, and developer productivity.
Serve as a senior technical leader and escalation point for complex Salesforce architecture and engineering issues.