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Fictiv is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and build a high-performing Salesforce engineering team. In this role, you will own team strategy, hiring, and development while bridging business goals with technical execution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a Salesforce engineering team, making strategic hiring decisions and optimizing capacity
- Foster an environment of ownership and continuous learning; coach Scrum teams in Agile excellence
- Define clear technical vision and manage complex Salesforce integrations
- Partner with architects to modernize the roadmap and reduce technical debt
- Take full accountability for engineering deliverables—ensuring scalability, on-schedule delivery, and high quality standards
- Conduct team coaching, performance management, and career development
- Set clear expectations and goals; create opportunities for team members to showcase work
- Build deep understanding of code owned by the team and ensure code quality and best practices
- Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs
- Provide high-level technical recommendations and feedback
- Create and maintain project timelines; identify dependencies between systems
- Drive execution and delivery of features across multi-functional teams
- Conduct risk assessments and provide stakeholder updates on project progress
- Resolve cross-team coordination issues and manage scope changes
- Facilitate decision-making when trade-offs are necessary
- Ensure smooth handoffs between development, QA, and release planning
- Identify repetitive tasks for automation and encourage development of internal tools
- Allocate time for refactoring and system improvements
- Encourage experimentation with new tools and methodologies
Requirements:
- 12+ years of overall engineering experience
- 7+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience
- Proven experience developing Salesforce solutions with deep understanding of Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, and Salesforce APIs
- Experience with Salesforce CPQ, Sales, Manufacturing, Service, and Data Cloud
- Experience designing and implementing custom solutions aligned with business needs
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce data modeling, reporting, and database design
- Prior experience in an architect role
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining integrations between Salesforce and external applications
- 3+ years leading software engineering teams in an agile environment
- Experience hiring, mentoring, and leading engineers
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred)
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce product, platform features, and capabilities
- Good understanding of enterprise architecture principles (strongly preferred)
- Active Salesforce certifications desirable (Development Lifecycle & Deployment Architect, Application Architect)
- MuleSoft experience is a plus
- Ability to quickly grasp and explain technological and business concepts
- Experience with CI/CD
- Experience with agile software development methodologies and practices
- Strong oral and written communication skills, organizational and time management skills
- Ability to set priorities and multi-task in fast-paced environment
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and product management
