Engineering Manager, Salesforce

Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster.

Fictiv, coined the AWS of manufacturing, is a leading technology company transforming the $350 billion manufacturing industry.

Our cutting-edge cloud platform uses AI and machine learning algorithms to help companies build hardware at the speed of software.

Come join our growing team!.

Whats in it for you.

• Opportunity To Unlock Your Creativity.
• Opportunity To Grow Your Career.
• Impact In This Role.
• Build and manage high-performing and engaged Salesforce engineering teams.
• Make hiring decisions to build a well-rounded, diverse team that fits with Fictivs culture.
• Foster a sense of ownership and pride in the team's projects.
• Manage team capacity and make data-driven staffing decisions.
• Foster a culture of learning from failures and sharing successes.
• Guide and Coach the Scrum Teams on following agile best practices and principles to deliver high-quality products, facilitate and support all scrum events.
• Create a technical vision and communicate it effectively to the team.
• Work with Product Owners and stakeholders to define project scope and objectives.
• Align technical decisions with business goals and product roadmap.
• Provide high-level technical recommendations, approaches, and feedback.
• Plan for scalability and future growth of the company.
• Work with the Architect, in defining the Technical roadmap, and technology modernization initiatives and also in reducing the overall Tech Debt.
• Manage integrations with third-party systems.
• Take the overall responsibility of ensuring the engineering deliverables by the Scrum teams, are on schedule and quality, adhering to the engineering standards, best practices, and metrics.
• You will report to the Director of IT Engineering.

What Youll Be Doing.

• Take ownership of the Salesforce engineering teams and drive excellence.
• Brainstorm ideas of how to improve training, process, hiring, etc Participate in your teams coaching, personal development, performance management, and career growth.
• Set clear expectations and goals for team members and create opportunities for team members to showcase their work.
• Facilitate team-building activities.
• Build an in-depth understanding of the code owned by the team.
• Encouraging knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• Establish clear sprint cycles and goals and improve our agile methodologies.
• As a scrum master, implement effective stand-ups and sprint reviews and conduct regular retrospectives to identify areas for improvement.
• Identify and address recurring issues in development cycles and improve speed of development.
• Ensure code quality and best practices.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders in understanding the requirements and translating them into technical designs.
• Provide high-level technical recommendations, approaches, and feedback.
• Create and maintain project timelines.
• Identify dependencies between different systems and facilitate communication between cross-functional teams.
• Drive the execution and delivery of features by collaborating with many multi-functional teams, architects, product owners and engineers.
• Conduct risk assessments throughout the projects lifecycle and provide updates to the stakeholders progress of each project you manage.
• Resolve cross-team coordination issues that may impact progress.
• Manage expectations and negotiate scope changes.
• Facilitate decision-making processes when trade-offs are necessary.
• Ensure smooth handoff between development, QA, and plan for the software releases.
• Identify repetitive tasks that can be automated.
• Encourage the development of internal tools to boost productivity.
• Allocate time for refactoring and system improvements.
• Encourage experimentation with new tools or methodologies.

Desired Traits.

• 12+ years of overall experience in engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience working in Salesforce.
• 3+ years of leading software engineering teams in an agile environment.
• Experience in hiring, mentoring, and leading engineers.
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, computer science engineering, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce product and platform features, capabilities, and best use of it.
• A good understanding of enterprise architecture principles is strongly preferred.
• Ability to quickly grasp and distinctly explain technological and business concepts.
• Experience in Apex, Visualforce, LWC, SOQL, and REST APIs.
• Experience with Salesforce APIs, integration tools, and data migration.
• Experience with managed packages and other 3rd-party Salesforce components.
• Experience with Salesforce products and features, such as Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, CPQ, Data Cloud, Einstein Analytics, etc Experience in Mulesoft is a plus.
• Active Salesforce Certifications are desirable.
• Experience in CI/CD.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies and practices.
• Prior experience leading teams in an agile environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to set priorities and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates analytical thinking, problem-solving.
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and product management to understand requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
• Interested in learning moreWe look forward to hearing from you soon.