Director, Software Engineering - Security Asset Platform

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Software Engineering

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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Director of Software Engineering to lead our Bangalore-based security engineering team within the Trust and Infrastructure organization. You will drive the design, development, and operation of large-scale distributed security systems that protect Salesforce's Commercial and Government Cloud environments.

As a thought leader in security engineering, you will build a high-performance team of ~10 engineers, define technical strategy, manage stakeholder relationships across the company, and drive cross-company security and engineering initiatives. This position requires overlapping work hours with US-based teams 2-3 times per week.

About the Team

Our organization is responsible for security controls across Salesforce's Commercial and Government Cloud environments. We own critical security infrastructure including endpoint protection, vulnerability scanning, cloud security posture management, intrusion detection, and infrastructure guardrails—protecting thousands of hosts and cloud resources serving millions of customers globally

The Impact You'll Make -

Organizational Health

• Build and maintain high-morale, high-performing teams

• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, and career development

• Create inclusive, psychologically safe environments

• Drive performance management (recognize excellence, address underperformance)

• Attract and retain top engineering talent

Operational & Engineering Excellence

• Establish engineering best practices and operational rigor

• Build highly reliable, maintainable distributed systems

• Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and observability

• Ensure 24x7 operational readiness and safe change compliance

• Balance technical debt with feature velocity while executing with urgency

Project Execution

• Deliver complex, cross-functional projects on time with quality

• Prioritize ruthlessly to focus teams on highest-impact work

• Break down ambiguous problems into executable plans

• Manage dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations

• Drive accountability and maintain delivery momentum

Strategy, Roadmap & Long-Term Vision

• Define compelling 2-3 year technical vision for security infrastructure

• Translate business goals into executable technical roadmaps

• Make sound architectural and technology investment decisions

• Anticipate security threats and technology trends

• Act as a thought leader in distributed systems security

Leadership & Influence

• Communicate with exceptional clarity (written and verbal) to all audiences, from engineers to executives

• Manage stakeholders across Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, Compliance, and executive leadership

• Drive cross-company initiatives spanning multiple organizations and geographies

• Influence without authority to build coalitions and drive consensus

• Make decisions under ambiguity with strong executive presence

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 12+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading engineering teams at senior/director level

• Proven track record building high-performance teams with measurable delivery impact

• Success driving cross-company initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations

Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise designing and operating large-scale distributed systems:

  • Distributed consensus, event-driven architectures, microservices patterns

  • Data partitioning, sharding, replication strategies

  • Service mesh architectures and inter-service communication

  • Distributed tracing, logging, metrics aggregation

• Strong programming skills in 2+ languages (Python, Go, Java, etc)

• Database expertise (SQL, NoSQL, data warehouses, search)

• Deep expertise in database systems and data architecture: designing schemas, optimizing queries, ensuring compliance, and maintaining data integrity across multiple data sources in distributed environments

• Experience managing complex data pipelines aggregating security telemetry from 50+ sources while maintaining data integrity, deduplication, and correlation at scale

• Track record building and scaling integration platforms while maintaining data consistency, security, and observability

• Proven ability to design data models and integration patterns for asset inventory systems that maintain accuracy and freshness across diverse data sources

• Proficiency with AI/ML for security automation, anomaly detection, and infrastructure optimization

• Deep understanding of cloud platforms, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, and orchestration

Leadership & Communication

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with ability to influence senior leadership

• Exceptional stakeholder management and prioritization skills

• Demonstrated strategic thinking with ability to execute multi-year technical vision

• Comfortable navigating difficult conversations and driving alignment

Logistics

• Willingness to maintain overlapping hours with US teams 2-3 times per week

Preferred Qualifications

• Asset inventory, ownership, and metadata integrations experience

• Security engineering experience (endpoint protection, vulnerability management, CSPM)

• DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure automation background

• Experience in regulated environments (FedRAMP, DoD IL5, SOC2)

• Managing distributed teams across geographies

• Thought leadership via conference talks, publications, or open-source contributions

• Chaos engineering and distributed system debugging experience

• Leading large-scale, multi-quarter cross-company initiatives

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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