Software Engineering Architect - DevXP AI team

Salesforce•San Francisco, CA

1d•$218,400 - $401,400

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a trailblazing engineering leader for the Developer Experience (DevXP) AI team. This role focuses on empowering developers with AI tools to innovate the developer experience at Slack. The DevXP AI team provides Agentic SDLC solutions across the entire engineering organization, managing AI tooling from distribution and monitoring to evangelism, evaluation, and cost management. They also build and experiment with internal tooling like AI code review agents. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will be comfortable in uncharted territory, excel at forging new trails, and deal with extreme technical ambiguity. You will lead projects and architectural efforts impacting the entire Product, Design, and Engineering (PDE) organization. This is a hands-on leadership role that sets and drives the roadmap for how AI accelerates software development at scale, embodying Slack's culture.

Requirements

10–15+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of driving technical impact at the staff, senior staff, or principal level.
Deep expertise in AI development tools and frameworks (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, LangChain, LangGraph) with experience architecting, distributing, and championing these technologies at an organizational scale.
Advanced systems design and architecture skills, with the ability to navigate multiple complex codebases and guide teams toward globally optimal technical decisions.
Expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and services, specifically designing for high availability, enterprise-grade security, and massive scale while managing operational costs.
Deep familiarity with developer productivity metrics tracking, evaluation, and large-scale systemic improvement.
Exceptional cross-functional leadership and communication skills, capable of distilling extreme technical ambiguity into actionable strategies for both engineering and business stakeholders.
A related technical degree required.

Nice To Haves

Experience using Slack and a keen, critical interest in making the platform better.
Specific leadership experience working within the Developer Experience space, Platform engineering, or internal developer tooling teams.

Responsibilities

Set and Drive the Technical Vision: Define the long-term technical roadmap for Agentic SDLC. Partner closely with product and engineering managers to navigate complex tradeoffs in strategy, team allocation, and project sequencing.
Architect Globally Optimal Solutions: Lead detailed, cross-boundary conversations about the architecture and design of multiple systems and codebases to ensure optimal, scalable solutions. Highlight and drive systemic change where architecture falls short.
Lead Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with design, customer experience, finance, business operations, and marketing to bring strategic clarity to the engineering organization and Slack as a whole.
Pioneer and Prototype: Build hands-on prototypes to prove out long-term technical and product strategies. Establish and nurture a culture of prototyping, experimentation, and calculated risk-taking within engineering teams.
Drive Exceptional Ownership: Demonstrate a “can-do” demeanor where nothing is outside your responsibilities. Deliver the highest quality code and most impactful features, treating failure as an opportunity for organizational learning.