Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack

Qualified

Principal Engineer driving technical direction for AI products at Salesforce. Leading initiatives for scalable architecture and team collaboration for high-impact solutions.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $172,500 - $260,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSPostgresReactRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive technical strategy for major product areas, ensuring long-term scalability, reliability, and developer velocity
Lead large, cross-team initiatives from concept through launch and iteration (including sequencing, dependency management, and stakeholder alignment)
Architect and evolve complex systems spanning frontend, backend services, and data models; make pragmatic tradeoffs that optimize for customer outcomes and operational excellence
Establish and evolve engineering standards (architecture patterns, testing strategy, performance budgets, reliability/observability practices) that scale across teams
Build AI-powered experiences using LLMs, embeddings, and related techniques where they create real user value, with strong engineering around evaluation, observability, and iteration
Proactively identify and eliminate systemic risks: reliability gaps, performance bottlenecks, scaling constraints, and operational toil
Mentor and develop engineers across levels; amplify impact by coaching technical leaders and raising the bar for design and execution
Communicate clearly and influence effectively across engineering, product, design, and leadership—especially during high-ambiguity decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep experience shipping and operating production full-stack web applications at scale
Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and drive alignment across multiple teams or workstreams
Strong track record delivering large, complex initiatives with meaningful dependencies and cross-functional stakeholders
Excellent systems thinking: you can reason about architecture, performance, reliability, and developer experience as a cohesive whole
Hands-on experience applying AI/ML in product (LLMs, embeddings, or similar), with strong judgment about evaluation, safety/reliability, and user trust
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and creating clarity: framing problems, defining approaches, and making decisions that stick
Strong communicator: you can write and speak clearly to different audiences and drive decisions through influence
Product-minded: you care about UX and customer outcomes, not just implementation
Ownership mindset and bias for action
Experience with modern web frameworks (Rails/React/Postgres/AWS is a plus; adaptability matters most)

Benefits

Comp & perks

time off programs
medical insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

full-stack web applicationsAI/MLLLMsembeddingsarchitecture patternstesting strategyperformance budgetsreliability practicesobservability practicessystems thinking

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationinfluencementoringproblem framingdecision makingownership mindsetadaptabilitycustomer focuscollaboration