Senior Data Engineer - Employee Success

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Salesforce’s Employee Success (ES) Product Management team is advancing AI-driven data initiatives to expand our data capabilities across all ES functions. A key priority is developing a robust data and AI foundation to support innovation, automation, and data-driven decision-making.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to build and harden our data foundations. You will be responsible for engineering end-to-end data pipelines and analytics frameworks, ensuring the seamless delivery of organizational metrics and AI-driven agents throughout the ES landscape. You will collaborate with ES business partners to translate functional requirements into scalable technical solutions, integrating diverse data sources—including Neo4j graph databases—into high-availability pipelines within Snowflake and Data360. In partnership with internal technology teams, you will engineer automated, standardized data collection processes and manage the full CI/CD lifecycle to ensure data integrity, code reliability, and operational efficiency.
The Ideal Candidate brings a strong background in ETL development, advanced SQL, and data modeling, with a proven track record of building robust Snowflake foundations. They possess deep expertise in engineering scalable, repeatable data pipelines using Apache Airflow and managing automated deployment workflows. While core data engineering and rigorous QA testing are the priorities, experience with Salesforce Data360 and AI/ML integration is a highly desirable plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Engineering: Architect, develop, and optimize complex ETL/ELT pipelines using Apache Airflow and Python to ensure high-performance data delivery.

• Data Foundations: Design and implement robust logical and physical data models within Snowflake and Salesforce Data360 to serve as the enterprise "source of truth."

• Graph Development: Build and manage Neo4j data graphs, optimizing Cypher queries and data structures to map complex enterprise relationships.

• DevOps & CI/CD: Take ownership of CI/CD pipeline management and Git version control to automate testing, standardization, and deployment of data assets.

• Automated Frameworks: Design and develop reusable, repeatable automation frameworks to streamline data ingestion and transformation across the ecosystem.

• QA & Performance Tuning: Lead QA testing initiatives and optimize data storage, clustering, and retrieval to ensure maximum scalability and cost-efficiency.

• Integration Development: Build and maintain high-throughput APIs for seamless data exchange between Snowflake, AWS services (Lambda, S3), and Salesforce Data360.

• Stakeholder Translation: Collaborate with HR business partners to translate functional needs into technical requirements, building high-quality POCs and technical documentation.

Required Skills/Experience

• Relevant work experience, with 6+ years related information systems

• Proven expertise in end-to-end data engineering, including advanced data modeling (Star/Snowflake schema) and pipeline automation; experience in People Analytics is a strong plus.

• Proficiency with SQL, Python, Bash, and Informatica, dbt.

• Deep proficiency in Apache Airflow and Snowflake.

• Hands-on experience building/managing CI/CD pipelines and using Git for versioning.

• Strong ability to interface across various technologies through APIs.

• Technical Agility: A proactive problem-solver capable of designing innovative data solutions under tight deadlines. Must demonstrate the ability to pivot technical strategies quickly as business priorities shift.

• Collaborative Leadership: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; a "team-first" collaborator capable of building strong relationships across distributed engineering and business functions.

• Strategic Plus: Experience with Salesforce Data360, Neo4j, and optimizing data models for Tableau performance.

• Domain Expertise: Familiarity with Human Resources technology (Workday, etc.) or People Analytics data structures is highly desirable.

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Unleash Your Potential

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