Principal Engineer - Salesforce

Job Title:

Salesforce Principal Engineer

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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, Service Now, 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 / 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, Git Hub, Bitbucket, Developer Console)
7+ years implementing and supporting App Exchange solutions (e.g., Financial Force 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, Service Now, JIRA), including REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, Outbound Messaging, Change Data Capture, and 3rd-party ETL tools (e.g., Mule Soft)
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…