Principal Software Engineer, Backend (Connectivity)
Salesforce5 days ago
Base Salary
$197k - $345k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of core integration capabilities and scalable connectivity solutions across MuleSoft, Salesforce, and Agentforce.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Set technical direction and help shape long-term architecture, strategy, and team growth.
- Drive innovation through new ideas, improved processes, and experimentation.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams while promoting coding, design, and architecture best practices.
- Design and build APIs, asynchronous workflows, and event-driven systems, and help maintain operational stability and product quality.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience building and operating production-grade software systems.
- Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, or comparable languages and frameworks for scalable backend systems.
- Hands-on experience designing and building APIs, asynchronous workflows, and event-driven systems.
- Experience working with large codebases and influencing design decisions across teams.
- Ability to evaluate architecture, performance, and operational stability, troubleshoot complex issues, and identify product-quality improvements.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with engineers, designers, and product teams.
- Preferred: hands-on MuleSoft experience, including Anypoint Studio, Mule Runtime, and Anypoint Connectors.
- Preferred: Salesforce platform expertise, including Apex, Lightning Components, and Salesforce APIs.
- Preferred: experience with performance tuning, memory management, distributed environments, Docker, Kubernetes, LLMs, RAG architecture, and AI integration into developer workflows.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model.
- Medical, dental, vision, and mental health support.
- Paid parental leave, life insurance, and disability insurance.
- Time off programs and 401(k).
- Employee stock purchasing program.
- Reasonable accommodation support during the application and recruiting process.
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