Salesforce

Lead Data Engineer

Salesforce

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: SeattleIllinoisWashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $189,100 - $260,100 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create and manage robust data solutions that support our analytics and business intelligence initiatives.
  • Build scalable and efficient data pipelines, optimizing data workflows, and ensuring data quality and reliability.
  • Act as the lead technical individual contributor for our Agentic AI ecosystem.
  • Design and implement robust search indices that enable AI agents to perform complex retrievals across the Salesforce data ecosystem.
  • Lead the hands-on creation of the semantic layer and embedding pipelines necessary for grounding Agentic AI in Customer Success data.
  • Act as a technical pillar for a specialized team of data and AI engineers.
  • Define the technical vision for agentic retrieval, aligning search strategy with the broader migration to Data Cloud.
  • Establish and enforce rigorous technical standards for data quality, latency, and index freshness.
  • Partner with Decision Scientists, Data Scientists, Product Managers, and Engineering Leaders to translate complex business needs into scalable, production-ready technical solutions.
  • Lead high-impact efforts to automate the data delivery pipeline.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
  • Proficiency in data engineering tools and languages, such as Python, SQL, and Spark.
  • Strong understanding of database concepts, data modeling, and ETL processes with tools like Airflow, dbt, Informatica, etc.
  • Experience with cloud-based data solutions (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Familiarity with data warehousing, SQL, NoSQL databases, and data integration techniques.
  • Experience with the Salesforce Ecosystem, specifically Data Cloud.
  • Problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in a cross-functional environment.
  • A related technical degree required.
Benefits
  • time off programs
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • mental health support
  • paid parental leave
  • life and disability insurance
  • 401(k)
  • employee stock purchasing program
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLSparkETLdata modelingdata engineeringdata qualitydata pipelinesdata integrationsearch indices
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationleadership
Certifications
related technical degree