Principal Software Engineer

Salesforce

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Bellevue, WA
Salary: $197,300–$313,700 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 12 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

Salesforce currently has 221 open roles on FindRole.

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The Principal Software Engineer - PMTS joins the team dedicated to enhancing core experiences and operational stability within the internal Epic Org. This role involves leading the transformation of Technology & Products productivity by developing the Agentforce environment and ADLC to enable internal agent adoption. Key responsibilities include designing a formalized support mechanism integrating Slack, Pager Duty, and Service Cloud, while ensuring data excellence through Data Governance and Prompt Templates. The candidate will build foundational components for support agents and manage operational stability for features like SentOS and MCP. Required technical skills include Java, C#, and other OOP languages, RESTful services, and AWS deployments. Expertise in enterprise build pipelines, automated testing, Design Patterns, and Agile methodologies is essential for managing the full software development life cycle.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 409 postings across 38 companies.

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Skills

Agentforce Salesforce Java C# AWS RESTful services Integration Testing Data Governance Prompt Templates Design Patterns Agile Scrum Source Control Management Slack Pager Duty Service Cloud

What you'll do

Develop and deliver the Agentforce environment and ADLC to enable internal teams to build and adopt AI agents.
Design and build a formalized support mechanism that integrates core systems like Slack, Pager Duty, and Service Cloud.
Formalize sensitive unstructured data using Data Governance, Custom Objects, and Prompt Templates to improve pipeline reliability.
Manage operational stability by resolving support items, completing SOX audits, and ensuring smooth adoption of new GA features.
Define standards and best practices for AI-driven productivity and deliver upskilling to internal Technology & Products teams.
Build foundational components for generic support agents and work with internal builders to ensure product success.
Leverage AI-powered developer tools to accelerate development workflows and automate operational tasks across the engineering team.

What we're looking for

At least 10 years of professional software development experience.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or other relevant technical field, or equivalent experience.
Experience with Java, C# or other OOP languages and a strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
Experience with RESTful services and software deployments in an AWS environment.
Good understanding of the E2E product development lifecycle, including unit testing, integration testing, and design patterns.
Experience with enterprise build pipelines, CI/CD server technologies, and Agile development methodologies.
Ability to analyze performance data and build dashboards to plot and analyze large swaths of data.
Leverage AI-powered developer tools (e.g., Claude Code, Agentforce) to accelerate development workflows (preferred).

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