Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Agent Authoring

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering for their Agent Authoring team, which owns the full agent creation lifecycle for their agentic AI platform, Agentforce. The role involves leading engineering teams, defining product strategy, setting technical direction, and fostering a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement. The team builds the visual canvas editor, simulation and debugging tooling, developer experience layer, and an AI coding assistant, utilizing a custom language called AgentScript to blend deterministic control with AI reasoning for predictable and intelligent agents.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead teams of 6-10 engineers building the next generation of Agentforce's authoring platform
  2. Partner with Product, Design, and platform engineering to define product strategy and roadmap for the agent creation experience
  3. Set technical direction for complex software systems and elevate the team's execution through ambiguity and rapid iteration
  4. Uphold high standards for engineering craftsmanship through design reviews, technical mentorship, and a culture of continuous improvement
  5. Foster a culture of experimentation with coding agents and AI-assisted workflows to enhance the team's productivity and innovation

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years managing engineering teams
  • experience leading multiple teams or managing managers
  • Deep technical background in full-stack product engineering
  • system design
  • user experience
  • Experience collaborating across product, design, and engineering functions to ship enterprise software
  • Ability to hire, mentor, and retain exceptional engineering talent
  • fostering a team culture of ownership and craft
  • Track record of strong execution
  • willingness to dive into the details

Nice to have

  • AI-assisted workflows

What the JD emphasized

  • agent creation lifecycle
  • autonomous agents at scale
  • AI CRM
  • agentic era
  • Agentforce
  • AgentScript
  • deterministic control with AI reasoning
  • agents that can be authored, reviewed, and shipped with the same rigor as production software

Other signals

  • agentic AI platform
  • autonomous agents at scale
  • full agent creation lifecycle
  • AgentScript
  • deterministic control with AI reasoning
  • agents that are both intelligent and predictable
  • authored, reviewed, and shipped with the same rigor as production software