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Lead Software Engineer - Platform Services
Salesforce INC · 🇺🇸 6 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 1,544 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 498 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Salesforce INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles45 certified filings for “Senior Technical Support Engineer” (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) in TX: $118k–$148k, median $132k. Most were filed at wage level III (67%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Salesforce INC
The US Department of Labor certified 1,544 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 498 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Software Engineering Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. Lead Software Engineer – Platform Services At Salesforce, we’re inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Guided by our core values, we help companies across every industry connect with customers in entirely new ways — while empowering our employees to innovate, grow, and make an impact. Our Digital Marketing Technology organization is transforming how prospects, customers, and Trailblazers engage with Salesforce online. We are building a unified digital platform that powers personalized, intelligent, and scalable experiences across Salesforce.com and the broader Trailblazer ecosystem. We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help shape the architecture and evolution of this platform while driving technical excellence across globally scaled digital experiences. About the Role This role sits within the Platform Services team in Salesforce’s Digital Marketing Technology organization. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will provide hands-on technical leadership across architecture, platform innovation, and large-scale distributed systems. You’ll partner closely with engineering, product, architecture, and platform teams to design and build scalable cloud-native services that power Salesforce’s global digital ecosystem. This is a highly collaborative individual contributor role focused on solving complex technical challenges while mentoring engineers and elevating engineering standards across teams. What You’ll Do • Lead the architecture and design of scalable, secure, and resilient platform services • Drive technical strategy and influence architectural decisions across multiple engineering teams • Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape technical roadmaps aligned with business goals • Design and deliver high-scale distributed systems and APIs supporting Salesforce’s global digital experiences • Champion engineering excellence through best practices in system design, testing, observability, scalability, and operational maturity • Drive innovation in Agile development, DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native engineering practices • Evaluate and adopt modern technologies and AI-assisted engineering workflows that improve developer productivity and software quality • Mentor and coach engineers while fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement • Help evolve platform capabilities that enable dynamic and personalized customer experiences globally Who We’re Looking For • Strong technical leader with deep experience building and scaling distributed systems • Hands-on engineer passionate about solving complex platform and architecture challenges • Experience working within modern digital, marketing technology, or customer identity ecosystems • Strong collaborator who can influence technical direction across organizations • Engineer who effectively leverages AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and accelerate software delivery