Description

Overview

Join the innovative Salesforce Search organization, where we are redefining how millions of users discover information and get work done across the entire Salesforce platform. As a Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing and building the next generation of highly performant, accessible, and intuitive agentic search experiences. You will work on mission-critical features that sits at the core of the Salesforce experience, impacting every user from sales reps to service agents.

Your Impact

• Architect, design, implement, test and deliver highly scalable products promoting best practices in code quality, security, and accessibility.
• Present your own designs to internal/external groups and review designs of others.
• Master our development process, culture and code base, then improve it.
• Operate optimally in the hybrid engineering model where engineers are expected to be able to design and execute the vital work to ensure quality in their own code as well as other engineers.
• Partner closely with backend engineers, UX designers, product managers, and data scientists to translate complex technical requirements into elegant and user-friendly features.
• Optimize frontend performance, ensuring a fast and seamless experience for users, while maintaining rigorous quality standards and test coverage.
• Develop test strategies, design automation frameworks, write unit/functional tests to drive up code coverage and automation metrics.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available.
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and drive continuous improvement within the team.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in frontend software development.
• Expert level proficiency in web technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, TypeScript.
• Proficient knowledge of design patterns and knowing when to apply them to build maintainable and scalable front-end applications.
• Proficiency in the JavaScript ecosystem, including ui frameworks (React, Vue, LWC, NodeJS) and state management architectures (Redux, Zustand, MobX)
• Proficiency in at least one object oriented programming language (Java, Python, Kotlin).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, especially in a remote or distributed team setting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience with at least one object oriented programming language such as Java, Kotlin, Python, or C#.
• A strong design perspective and proven ability to collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate high-fidelity mocks into delightful, intuitive, and highly usable applications.
• Proficiency with analytics and logging tools (such as Splunk, Grafana, or equivalent) for analyzing logs, monitoring system health, and quickly identifying and resolving production issues.
• Experience working within a large-scale, fast-paced agile software environment.
• Familiarity with the Salesforce platform and development ecosystem (e.g. Apex, Aura, LWC).

For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.