Salesforce Platform Lead Enterprise Data Systems (Menlo Park)

Company Overview

Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the worlds most flexible and adaptable onsite power generator, the Mainspring Linear Generator. Commercial, industrial, and utility leaders are choosing Mainspring over traditional options like engines, turbines, and fuel cells to quickly and reliably deliver local power for EV charging, commercial facilities, data centers, and grid-scale operations. The Mainspring Linear Generator is fuel flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless technology with near-zero NOx emissions.

Backed by top-tier investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, and Lightrock, Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and were quickly scaling for international expansion.

Inspired by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid, Mainspring is rapidly expanding within the $816B global electricity equipment market, and were hiring the best talent to meet growing customer demand around the globe. We welcome a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and talents to bring fresh perspectives and ongoing innovation to our customers.

We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:

Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.

Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.

Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainsprings business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

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Job Overview

Mainspring Energy is seeking a strategic and technically hands-on Salesforce Platform Lead to own the direction, architecture, and development of our Salesforce ecosystem. This role will serve as the most senior Salesforce expert in the company, driving platform vision and execution while partnering closely with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Field Operations, and Enterprise Systems.

As the platform and company mature, this role is expected to grow to lead a team of Salesforce admins, developers, and contractors. This is an ideal role for someone who thrives at the intersection of business strategy and technical executionand who is excited to scale both the Salesforce system and the support team around it.

• Platform Strategy & Architecture
• Define and drive the long-term roadmap for Salesforce at Mainspring, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with enterprise goals
• Lead technical architecture decisions, balancing custom development and third-party tools
• Develop and enforce standards for data governance, access controls (profiles, permission sets), integration, and user experience across the Salesforce ecosystem
• Evaluate new platform features and adjacent technologies to improve system capabilities

• Solution Design & Execution
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions using custom objects, fields, dynamic forms, Flows, Apex, Lightning components, and APIs
• Own and configure core Salesforce objects, external integrations, and managed packages (e.g., Pardot, ZoomInfo, LinkSquares, Grids)
• Oversee CI/CD workflows, release management, and sandbox strategies
• Monitor platform performance, evaluate platform release notes, test, and prepare for major releases and new features, conduct health checks, and manage proactive security and compliance reviews

• Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Alignment
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align priorities and manage tradeoffs across departments
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor and thought partner on commercial systems strategy
• Provide clear communication and documentation of system changes, architecture decisions, and integration patterns.

• Team & Capability Growth
• Mentor and guide junior admins and developers; provide code reviews and architectural coaching
• Define roles, responsibilities, and processes as the team grows
• Participate in hiring and onboarding efforts as team capacity expands
• Support knowledge sharing, documentation standards, and internal training initiatives

• 10+ years of experience managing and developing Salesforce systems in a complex, cross-functional environment
• Strong knowledge of biz dev, sales, and marketing processes
• Proven success owning platform architecture and leading major Salesforce initiatives through design and implementation
• Advanced Salesforce certifications (e.g., Application Architect, Salesforce Platform Developer, System Architect, Advanced Administrator) strongly preferred
• Hands-on experience with Apex, Lightning, Flow, APIs, and integrating Salesforce with ERPs and other SaaS platforms
• Deep understanding of Salesforce data architecture, security model, and deployment practices
• Strong project management and stakeholder alignment skills; able to balance competing priorities and communicate effectively
• Experience working in or supporting high-growth hardware, energy, or manufacturing organizations is a plus
• Experience with Sales, Marketing and Service Cloud
• Demonstrated interest or experience in mentoring others and stepping into formal people management roles

$145,000 - $170,000 a year

This position is remote . The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre-IPO stock options + benefits.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and dont meet all posted requirements for a particular role, wed still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.