Principal Software Engineer

Salesforce

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco, CA
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 97 days ago
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As a Principal Software Engineer - PMTS, you will join the Architecture Steering Committee as a Core Group member to establish the architectural foundation for the Agentic Enterprise. You will serve as a final architectural authority for Informatica (IDMC), designing, implementing, and delivering highly scalable AI and data-management products. Your daily work involves defining multi-year roadmaps, reviewing cross-cutting initiatives, and ensuring alignment with security and cost optimization standards. You will utilize Java, Node.js, SQL, and NoSQL to build sophisticated systems featuring RAG, vector search, and LLM workflow orchestration. This role requires deep expertise in data modeling, distributed processing, and streaming architectures to solve complex performance and scalability challenges within the broader Salesforce ecosystem while providing technical mentorship to senior engineering teams.

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Skills

Java SQL PL-SQL Node.js Express Hapi RDBMS NoSQL GenAI LLM RAG Vector Search Data Pipelines Distributed Data Processing Data Lake Lakehouse API Development CI/CD Agile Streaming Event-driven Architecture Data Governance Metadata Management

What you'll do

Architect, design, implement, test, and deliver highly scalable AI and data-management products from design through production.
Serve as a final architectural authority to approve or reject major cross-cutting designs and enforce engineering standards.
Define architectural principles, multi-year roadmaps, and technical directions while ensuring alignment with security and cost mandates.
Independently design sophisticated software systems for high-end solutions in collaboration with senior engineers and architects.
Lead competitive research and industry-trend analysis while authoring whitepapers, blogs, and technical reports for customers.
Provide technical mentorship to fellow architects and senior engineers to systematically pass down architectural knowledge.
Troubleshoot complex production issues and interface directly with support teams and customers as needed.

What we're looking for

12+ years of experience building highly scalable Software-as-a-Service applications and platforms.
Proven ability to independently craft and deliver large, sophisticated projects and drive long-term design strategies.
Track record as an architectural decision-maker owning design-review gates and setting cross-team standards.
Deep data-management expertise in data modeling, RDBMS, NoSQL, SQL/PL-SQL, and large-scale data lake/warehouse systems.
Experience building or delivering AI/GenAI platforms at scale, including RAG, vector search, and LLM workflow orchestration.
Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming with at least one OO language, preferably Java (preferred).
Demonstrated thought leadership through delivering technical reports, presentations, blogs, papers, or patents.
Experience with data integration, governance, lineage, metadata management, and identity resolution (preferred).