Staff Salesforce Engineer

Ibotta•Denver, CO

6d•$164,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Ibotta is looking for a Staff Salesforce Engineer to join our innovative team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. As a Staff Salesforce Engineer, you will set the technical direction for a growing team of Salesforce engineers and administrators organized into domain aligned squads. You will own architectural decisions across the platform and drive engineering practices that scale as the team grows. You will collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and designers to enhance our use of Salesforce and its integrations with our rewards content creation platforms, rewards content distribution platforms, and billing and budgeting platforms. Salesforce at Ibotta goes beyond CRM and is a critical part of our technical landscape as we make every purchase rewarding for our savers and transform performance marketing for our clients. This position is available in multiple locations: Denver, Colorado - if you are in or willing to relocate to the Denver area, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Remote options are available for the following states - AZ, AR, CA, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI. If you’re not in the Denver metro area or the listed states, relocation reimbursement to Denver is available. Not based in Denver? We will offer a relocation bonus to help make your move to the Mile High City a smooth one.

Requirements

8+ years of Salesforce engineering experience with demonstrated impact in a technical leadership role influencing architecture and practices across teams
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics or a related field required
Salesforce development experience with Apex and Lightning Web Components
Salesforce development experience with CPQ
Solid understanding of overall Lightning architecture and Salesforce data model
Experience setting technical direction and defining engineering standards for teams of 10+, including mixed skill levels
Familiarity with AI-assisted development practices and the judgment to evaluate where automation adds value vs. introduces risk
Track record of simplifying complex inherited systems rather than adding complexity
Experience with integrations using REST/SOAP APIs and Event driven architecture and working with cross-functional engineering teams
Experience translating technical and business concepts and strategies between both groups
Experience in technology leadership roles helping set technical direction, architecture and practices as well as mentoring other engineers
Experience working with senior leadership and architecture leaders on cross-group technical roadmaps
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
For the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the technical architecture for the Salesforce platform across multiple squads, balancing new capability delivery against tech debt reduction
Establish engineering standards, code review practices, and development patterns that work across a team of varying skill levels including embedded contractors
Mentor and develop other Salesforce engineers, building team capability rather than concentrating knowledge
Own cross squad technical decisions for integrations between Salesforce and Ibotta's rewards content, distribution, and billing platforms
Identify opportunities to apply AI and automation to Salesforce development workflows, and guide the team on when agentic approaches are appropriate vs. traditional ones
Partner with engineering managers, product managers, and architecture leaders to define and execute the Salesforce platform technical roadmap
Reduce system complexity in codebases and drive simplification that the whole team can maintain
Develop new automation and integrations with the Ibotta platform that support business requirements
Build new user experiences consisting of custom objects, workflows, validations and formulas while adhering to Salesforce best practices
Implement and troubleshoot integrations between Salesforce and the Ibotta platform that accurately transfers data between multiple systems, including external systems
Manage and improve the Salesforce DevOps process including efficient deployment processes, expectations for code, and managing sandbox environments using Copado, Git and Jira
Keep current new Salesforce features and functionality, providing recommendations for improvements, and teaching others
Provide high quality, reliable, scalable and high-throughput solutions
Create and maintain technical documentation on integrations with the platform
Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A good idea can come from anywhere