Director, Software Engineering - Big Data Platform & Storage
Core
Lead high-caliber engineering teams to architect, implement, deliver, and operate massive-scale big data storage platforms and services for Salesforce's multi-petabyte HBase infrastructure across on-prem data centers and public clouds.
Role type
Director, Software Engineering (Big Data Platform & Storage)
Builds
Trusted enterprise storage in the cloud, large-scale org migrations, backup/restore, data lifecycle, and system-of-record reliability services.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Big Data, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, NoSQL datastores, Big Data processing techniques, Public cloud platform operations (AWS, GCP, Azure), Open source big data technologies (Phoenix, HBase, Hadoop, Kafka, MongoDB, Spark, Presto, Hive, Airflow), Team leadership and recruitment, Service ownership and SLO/SLA definition, CI/CD and code quality tooling, Technical mentorship.
Preferred skills
AI tool adoption for development and operations, Customer-centric innovation, Empathic leadership.
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Azure, HBase, Hadoop, Kafka, MongoDB, Spark, Presto, Hive, Airflow, Phoenix, Claude Code, Cursor
Responsibilities
Define and drive team vision focusing on AI, customer success, feature delivery, service ownership, availability, scalability, and ease of use; Build and lead a team of engineers to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure big data services; Setup engineering best practices and tooling to improve CI/CD and code quality; Invest in continuous employee development by mentoring and coaching engineers and technical leads; Recruit and attract top talent.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with management responsibility
