Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack, Event Technology

Salesforce•Palo Alto, CA

1d•$197,300 - $344,700

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Event Technology team, which delivers a cutting-edge technology stack to enhance event experiences across Salesforce's portfolio. This role is crucial in defining and driving the technical vision and strategy for the Event Technology portfolio, overseeing architectural integrity, and ensuring alignment with future state objectives. The position will also involve integrating AI tools into daily workflows and contributing to other public web experiences like www.tableau.com and www.mulesoft.com. The engineering teams are responsible for ongoing maintenance, including deployments, monitoring, incident management, and vendor oversight.

Requirements

10+ years of professional software development experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production systems.
A demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering — using AI to move faster, build fluency across the stack, and contribute well beyond your core specialty.
Proven experience leveraging AI tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) in daily workflows and the ability to uplevel other engineers' usage of AI tools.
Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts and cultivate the system context that makes AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready.
Proven experience in a technical leadership role, including architecture, design, and implementation of complex software systems.
Strong understanding and embodiment of service ownership principles; expertise in building observable and resilient systems with the ability to proactively prevent issues before customers notice.
Proven ability to mentor team members to support their understanding and growth of software engineering concepts and aid in their technical development.
Experience developing front-end and back-end software, preferably including JavaScript with TypeScript, with frameworks such as React, runtimes including Node.js, and CSS frameworks such as Tailwind or Sass.
Experience building high-scale microservices on AWS (preferred), GCP, or other public cloud substrates.
Expertise in consuming (and ideally building) GraphQL and RESTful APIs and strong understanding of API security best practices.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of mobile and cross-platform/browser test automation.
Experience with Snowflake, Google Analytics, and configuring CDNs such as Akamai.
Proven ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineering teams, to deliver exceptional user experiences.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies: Scrum and Kanban.

Responsibilities

Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow.
Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into human workflows.
Contribute to building and maintaining the shared system context, an explicit repository of system designs, constraints, and standards.
Critically evaluate code (Human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance.
Lead the architectural strategy and direction for the Event Technology and websites portfolio.
Strategically plan, design, and execute the implementation of highly scalable solutions.
Collaborate with Architects, Lead Engineers, Product, UX, and cross-functional teams in the application design process.
Be responsible for the ongoing maintenance of our apps, including deployments, monitoring, incident management and response, vendor oversight, and general ongoing operational activities.