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Software Engineering

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This role will own the fast growing and innovative team at the start of this critical project, collaborating with hard-working engineers, team members and senior leaders to produce a software platform that will sit at the heart of the Salesforce Marketing organization. The role will be responsible for ensuring excellence in execution, facilitating inclusion and encouraging a lively work environment that prioritizes wellbeing.
The Director, Engineering, Email Platform will lead a team of engineers.

Responsibilities will include:

* Ensuring that we have the right skills on the team - adjusting hiring plans, and identifying training opportunities
* Assigning engineering work
* Ensuring consistent working structure across the team (build, QA , release management processes)
* Ensuring alignment to Security best practices
* Attending sprint planning meetings and ensuring that priorities are understood
* Establishing relationships with other leaders in the organization, sharing relevant information from your network with your team
* Advocating for your team and making sure that achievements are recognized
* Providing technical leadership and coaching where required
* Cultivating the careers of the people on your team and mentoring them to achieve their full potential
* Upholding Salesforce's commitment to employee wellness and maintaining team motivation
* Building and maintaining a work environment that support innovation, fun and diversity
 

Requirements:

* 7+ years of full-time software engineering experience working in a team environment
* 5+ years experience managing software engineers 
* Experience managing remote teams
* Deep understanding of Agile development methodologies
* Experience with software development best practices, such as code review, automated testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and telemetry
* A deep appreciation for, and understanding of, analytics - this should include implementation and interpretation of metrics
* Comfort with change, and the ability to guide your team through uncertainty
* Empathy and teamwork—we celebrate our successes as a team and help each other to achieve that success
* Proven ability to collaborate regularly with colleagues in both engineering and non-engineering roles
* Good communication skills, especially in asynchronous, written forms, so you can work effectively with geographically distributed teams and people of various backgrounds
* The ability to work in an environment where numerous simultaneous projects are the norm
 

Nice to Have:

* Experience with developing with Salesforce products, especially Marketing Cloud, Sales Cloud, Data Cloud, Pardot
* Experience with email software development
* Full-stack development experience

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