Principal Engineer - Salesforce

Job Title: Salesforce Principal Engineer

Location: Atlanta, GA – Hybrid

Compensation: $150,000 - $175,000

The Principal Salesforce Engineer serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, design, development, and delivery of Salesforce solutions across the enterprise. This role drives complex engineering initiatives, ensures solution integrity across integrated systems, and provides strategic guidance to both technical teams and business stakeholders. The Principal Engineer plays a critical role in shaping the Salesforce roadmap, advancing platform capabilities, and promoting engineering excellence throughout the organization.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise across the Salesforce ecosystem—including declarative configuration, custom development, integration patterns, and multi-org strategies—along with the ability to lead teams, mentor talent, and influence cross-functional decision-making. This position requires strong communication skills, a commitment to high-quality engineering practices, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, enterprise environment.

Minimum Requirements

• 3 years of experience partnering with vendors and external technology providers
• 3 years supporting strategic planning, roadmap development, and solution design
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project or similar project management tools; solid project management skills
• Exceptional communication abilities, with the capability to engage both technical and business audiences
• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
• 2 years leading or mentoring junior engineering team members
• Highly self-motivated and results-oriented, with the ability to work independently
• 5 years of experience using SharePoint for documentation and collaboration
• 5 years hands-on experience with IT ticketing systems (Quality Center, ServiceNow, JIRA)
• 3 years working within both Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologies
• 3 years using Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, or comparable Agile toolsets
• 5 years experience collaborating with geographically distributed teams
• 5 years of experience working both independently and in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
  
  

Salesforce Expertise Requirements

• 7 years designing, developing, supporting, and delivering enterprise Salesforce solutions on the Salesforce.com/Force.com platform
• Extensive understanding of the Salesforce platform, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Integrations, Analytics, Communities, and the Lightning Platform
• 7 years of declarative configuration experience (territory management, security controls, workflows, approval processes, validation rules, Process Builder, Flow, role hierarchy)
• 7 years custom development experience using Apex, Visualforce, SOQL, SOSL
• 2 years development experience with Lightning Web Components (LWC) and Aura Components
• 7 years experience with Salesforce code and data management tools (VS Code, Data Loader, Workbench, GitHub, Bitbucket, Developer Console)
• 7 years implementing and supporting AppExchange solutions (e.g., FinancialForce PSA, Revenue Recognition & Forecasting)
• 7 years documenting business processes, wireframes, system flow diagrams, and future-state recommendations
• 5 years integrating Salesforce with external systems (SAP, Workday, ServiceNow, JIRA), including REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, Outbound Messaging, Change Data Capture, and 3rd-party ETL tools (e.g., MuleSoft)
• 7 years experience supporting single-org enterprise deployments and multi-org consolidation initiatives
  
  

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; or equivalent work experience
  
  

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of Salesforce engineers
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on system architecture, platform capabilities, integrations, and dependencies
• Estimate, prioritize, and execute work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Define scalable application architecture and determine optimal technical designs
• Develop detailed technical specifications and lead development efforts from design through delivery
• Configure, develop, and unit-test assigned components following established SDLC and engineering standards
• Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and platform governance
• Troubleshoot and resolve moderately to highly complex issues across the Salesforce ecosystem
• Implement changes while ensuring system stability and preventing regression issues
• Stay current on Salesforce platform advancements and contribute process or technology improvements
• Mentor team members and facilitate knowledge-sharing across the engineering organization
• Influence and negotiate priorities, scope, and timelines with business partners
• Lead and support production operations, including incident resolution and end-user support
• Ensure quality and completeness of all technical deliverables
• Participate in planning, demand management, and project estimation activities with assigned business units
• Assist with organizing and managing projects to ensure SDLC activities are completed with high quality and within timeline
• Serve as a resident expert for assigned Salesforce components or solutions
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define and develop enterprise-level solutions
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability as business needs evolve
  
  

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