Is Salesforce a good company to work for as a Software Engineering Architect?

Software Engineering Architect professionals working at Salesforce have rated their employer with 4.4 out of 5 stars in 101 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Salesforce employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineering Architect Jobs at Salesforce now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineering Architect interview questions at Salesforce .

Does Salesforce pay Software Engineering Architect employees well?

Software Engineering Architect professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Salesforce with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 101 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineering Architect salaries at Salesforce.

How happy are Software Engineering Architect professionals working at Salesforce?

87% of Software Engineering Architect employees at Salesforce would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 26% in the past 12 months. Software Engineering Architect professionals have also rated Salesforce with a 4.4 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.3 rating for culture and values and 4.2 rating for career opportunities.

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"Many might have told about all the great benefits salesforce offers and everything is true :" ((in 2888 reviews)); "Salesforce promotes a great culture as a company and that is reflected in the employees' interactions at the company" ((in 2869 reviews)); "They hire a great bunch of people and generally people in SFDC are smart and team players." ((in 1623 reviews)); "Good Work life balance and OOM" ((in 1371 reviews)); "fun to work for and the poeple are nice plus pay is good" ((in 1010 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Salesforce according to real employee reviews?

"Managers are bad and rude here" ((in 455 reviews)); "Recent organizational changes and layoffs" ((in 405 reviews)); "Long hours (depending on which team you support) but generally speaking it's long hours and sometimes odd hours" ((in 133 reviews)); "Our upper management forced us to come in to the office the day before a major Holiday and is routinely cruel for sport." ((in 86 reviews)); "Inexperienced middle management" ((in 78 reviews))

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Salesforce Software Engineering Architect reviews

4.4

87% would recommend to a friend

(101 total reviews)

Marc Benioff

91% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Career opportunities

3.8

Senior management

Software Engineering Architect employees have rated Salesforce with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 101 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineering Architect professionals have an excellent working experience there. Salesforce is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineering Architect professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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101 reviews

5.0

Apr 9, 2026

Exciting projects but uncertain product direction ahead

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is unbeatable and you get to work on some really exciting use cases with enterprise customers

Cons

Unsure of product direction, next few years will be critical

5.0

Jan 22, 2026

solid company to work for

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- good work-life balance if you have the right manager - good benefits

Cons

- drinking from the firehose constantly unless you get good at boundaries - engagement managers who just want to close deals are consistently overselling services, so you have to get good at negotiating while projects are in-flight

5.0

Jan 22, 2026

Great Place to Work!

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a great place to work. The people, the methodology, the learning possibilities, the environment, the projects. Everything is amazing and flows with the Salesforce way.

Cons

Sometimes moving from one role to another in a different business unit can take some time,

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