Technical Support Engineer - Sales Cloud

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Indianapolis, IN +4

This role is for a Technical Support Engineer for Salesforce's Sales Cloud. The primary responsibilities include troubleshooting customer issues, guiding adoption of Salesforce technology, and resolving critical technical problems related to the platform. The role requires strong technical problem-solving skills, customer focus, and the ability to collaborate with engineering teams. Experience with Salesforce platform technologies and web technologies is expected. The role also involves creating documentation and mentoring team members.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the end-to-end customer technical experience by managing support cases from initial diagnosis through resolution.
  2. Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues related to Salesforce platform products, including Sales Cloud.
  3. Coordinate resolution of critical and high-priority cases by collaborating with cross-functional teams and escalating issues to Product Engineering when necessary.
  4. Provide onboarding support and technical discovery sessions to help new customers successfully implement Salesforce solutions.
  5. Guide customers on best practices, product configuration, and architecture to accelerate product adoption and maximize platform value.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in technical support, software engineering, or related customer-facing technical roles.
  • Experience troubleshooting software applications and debugging code, including Java-based applications.
  • Strong understanding of database concepts, data management, and SQL.
  • Experience explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in fast-paced technical environments.
  • Customer-focused mindset with ability to build consultative relationships with stakeholders.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and manage competing customer issues effectively.
  • Familiarity with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Data Cloud, or Agentforce technologies.
  • Experience with web technologies including HTML, JavaScript, CSS, LWC, or APEX.
  • Professional proficiency in spoken and written English is required

Nice to have

  • Portuguese and Spanish language proficiency highly preferred.
  • Experience working within the Salesforce platform architecture.
  • Salesforce

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen operating on U.S. Soil with ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role, including a Criminal Justice Information Services screening with fingerprint scan.
  • Due to the citizenship requirement for this role, which supports U.S. federal, state, and/or local government customers, citizenship will be verified through two of the following REAL ID Act documents: U.S. Passport, Passport Card, REAL Driver’s License, Global Entry Card, U.S. Government CAC/PIV