Lead Software Engineer

Salesforce

Lead Engineer in the Agentic Data team building foundations for intelligent agents at Salesforce. Collaborate across departments to ensure governance and technical standards are met.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇦🇹 AustriaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsGoJavaKafkaKotlinPythonReactRustScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and implement high-scale systems that manage agent data access patterns, including guardrails, traceability, telemetry, and auditability
Contribute to the design of the technical infrastructure required for the future of agents and be deeply involved in code production, code reviews, and design decisions
Partner with Product, Security, and Business Units to ensure agents operate with the correct data access permissions and governance controls
Lead technical direction for the team — set standards, mentor engineers, and drive alignment across a cross-functional group of stakeholders
Adopt and advocate for AI-first development patterns across the engineering organisation
Evaluate and evolve the team's use of emerging agentic frameworks and tooling as the landscape matures

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of leading large-scale distributed systems or platform engineering
Deep understanding of the LLM lifecycle, including prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), agentic reasoning patterns (such as ReAct and Chain-of-Thought), and building MCP servers
Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain or PydanticAI
Strong proficiency in at least one modern language: Java, Python, Kotlin, Scala, Rust, or Go
Familiarity with a wide variety of data systems: vector, relational, and graph databases, event-driven architecture (Kafka), and large-scale data processing
Degree or equivalent relevant experience required

Benefits

Comp & perks

This is a rare opportunity to work on infrastructure that doesn't exist yet
You'll have the autonomy to make foundational decisions
Inclusive environment for all employees

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Hard Skills & Tools

large-scale distributed systemsplatform engineeringLLM lifecycleprompt engineeringRAGagentic reasoning patternsMCP serversagentic frameworksJavaPython

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcross-functional collaborationtechnical directionstandards settingalignment driving