Senior Manager, Software Engineering | Kubernetes Platform

Responsibilities

• As the FKP Manager, you will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of software for managing Kubernetes clusters at scale. Your role will involve:
• Overseeing the creation of design documents and facilitating presentations to stakeholders.
• Managing the integration and evaluation of open-source technologies into the FKP software stack.
• Leading and mentoring a team of engineers, ensuring high-quality deliverables and fostering professional growth.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align goals and strategies.

Required Skills

• A related technical degree required
• Proven track record leading software engineering teams with a distinguished track record on technically fast paced projects
• Experience leading large scale distributed systems, working with microservices and/or distributed architecture
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, organizational and time management skills
• Ability to be flexible, proactive, comfortable working with minimal specifications
• Experience with short release cycles, the full software lifecycle, and experience working on a product that’s been released for public consumption
• Experience in hiring, mentoring and leading engineers
• Working experience of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, SCM, CI, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with Agile development methodologies. Scrum Master experience required
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and product management to understand requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs

Preferred Requirements

Why Should You Join the FKP Team?

Qualifications

• A related technical degree required
• Proven track record leading software engineering teams with a distinguished track record on technically fast paced projects
• Experience leading large scale distributed systems, working with microservices and/or distributed architecture
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, organizational and time management skills
• Ability to be flexible, proactive, comfortable working with minimal specifications
• Experience with short release cycles, the full software lifecycle, and experience working on a product that’s been released for public consumption
• Experience in hiring, mentoring and leading engineers
• Working experience of software engineering best practices including coding standards, code reviews, SCM, CI, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with Agile development methodologies. Scrum Master experience required
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and product management to understand requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs
• Experience with one or more public cloud substrates e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience with container orchestration systems Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience with open source projects like Kubernetes, Karpenter, Argo, Spinnaker, Terraform
• Why Should You Join the FKP Team?
• Opportunity for Impact: Lead initiatives that significantly enhance our platform, positively impacting service teams across Salesforce.
• Innovative Technology: Work with and shape the future of growing open-source technologies like Kubernetes.
• Creative Freedom: Tackle complex issues at scale within distributed systems.
• Thought Leadership: Opportunity to write blogs and share the team’s success stories at conferences and open-source forums, such as:How Salesforce uses ArgoWorkflows for provisioning add-onsOperationalizing Kubernetes Sidecars in Production at SalesforceManaging Kubernetes Multitenant Clusters in Public Cloud at ScaleDeveloping a Synthetic Testing Framework for Continuous Monitoring of Kubernetes Mutating Webhooks
• Unleash Your Potential
• When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
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Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred Requirements