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The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for driving the technical strategy, design, and development of robust, scalable solutions for sophisticated use cases within Salesforce and adjacent technologies in the Consumer Technology domain. This role is accountable for the end-to-end delivery, from technical architecture and design to implementation and production support while establishing standard engineering principles and mentoring the team. Other key responsibilities include leading the assessment and selection of automated testing tools, maturing DevOps processes and interacting with Product Managers and other leaders within the Operations organization.

This role sits within Enterprise Technology and reports to the Manager of Consumer Technology. Consumer Technology selects, implements, and maintains the applications, platforms, and tools that enable the Marketing, Customer Service and Commercial Operations teams to do their best work. We do this by building world class technical solutions that are prepared to scale, are developed on a common set of data, and are seamlessly integrated.

What you’ll be doing:

Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of large-scale technical solutions, ensuring code quality, scalability, and performance

Participate in the planning and prioritization events to account for technical activities for projects and maintenance initiatives 

Incorporate technical requirements and definitions of done while reviewing and analyzing business needs

Establish and reinforce engineering best practices within the team through pair programming, code reviews, and peer inspections

Conduct in-depth reviews of business requirements, identify business process improvement opportunities, and translate them into high-level architectural solutions

Develop technical architecture artifacts, such as ERDs, Dataflow Diagrams, and Integration Diagrams

Guide production support efforts and lead the resolution of critical production issues reported by end users, ensuring stability and performance

Maintain a deep understanding of multiple business systems and platform capabilities, making strategic recommendations for future technologies and initiatives

Provide expert-level support for critical business operations, including availability during off-hours for high-priority incidents

Ensure all systems meet regulatory compliance and adhere to Cruise’s security and data protection standards

Document technical processes and systems on Cruise's internal wiki, creating comprehensive job aids and delivering technical training to teams as needed

What you must have:

7+ years of Software Engineering experience with demonstrated success leading Salesforce implementations within a B2C business model

Salesforce Certifications - System Architect or B2C Architect

Deep expertise in Salesforce development: Proficient in custom objects, Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, SOQL, Triggers, HTML, CSS, JS, Data Migration Tools, and Integrations

Experience architecting and designing Salesforce integrations with different systems applying Web Services (REST or SOAP) or middleware (i.e. Mulesoft)

Experience with managed packages, AppExchange, and Salesforce Voice 

Strong understanding of Salesforce best practices and a deep familiarity with modern software engineering principles

Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills within a highly dynamic environment

Experience designing and implementing governance practices, setting development guardrails for fellow engineers, and ensuring technical standards

Strong leadership and collaboration skills

Proven advocate for Scrum or Scaled Agile (SAFe) Delivery principles

Nice to have:

Experience with SOA or microservice-based architectures and common cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure

The salary range for this position is $166,600 - $245,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

Competitive salary and benefits  Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D Subsidized mental health benefits Paid time off and holidays Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence 401(k) Cruise matching program  Fertility benefits Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex). We’re Integrated Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale. We’re Funded GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Candidates applying for roles that operate and remotely operate the AV: Licensed to drive a motor vehicle in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding your application, currently holding an active in-state regular driver’s license or equivalent, and no more than one point on driving record. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check is also required.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners. 

No Application Deadline