Principal Software Engineer, Salesforce

Full Stack, Workspace

$197.3-344.7k

Salary dependent on location. + ESPP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

Java

Node.js

Jenkins

Puppet

Drift

Bazel

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

World's leading CRM provider

Be an early applicant

World's leading CRM provider

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseInternal toolsLead generationAnalyticsCloud ComputingSales

Be an early applicant

$197.3-344.7k

Salary dependent on location. + ESPP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

TypeScript

Python

Java

Node.js

Jenkins

Puppet

Drift

Bazel

DynamoDB

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseInternal toolsLead generationAnalyticsCloud ComputingSales

Company mission

To empower companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Languages: Shell, Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Go, Java, YAML, Puppet, OpenAPI
Package Management: Nix
Infrastructure: Kubernetes (FKP/EKS), Docker, AWS (EC2/EBS/DynamoDB), RHEL 9, Pomerium, Temporal
Build Systems: Bazel, BuildFarm, Remote Build Execution
Observability: Honeycomb
Strong debugging, performance analysis, and incident response skills

What the job involves

Join Salesforce's Workspace Engineering team to build and optimize remote development environments for our AI-first development organization. You'll design products and services that enable developers to deliver workflows with 10x productivity gains, collaborate across teams, contribute to open source, and implement cutting-edge AI solutions
Design and maintain Nix-based devcontainer images with s6-overlay lifecycle management, automated rebuild/rollback, and persistent home directories
Build devcontainer features (Agentforce, OrgFarm, CoreApp settings) following framework standards
Lead Gold Standard Workspaces initiative — defining and enforcing criteria for healthy, reproducible environments
Own Bazel build infrastructure with Remote Build Execution (RBE) integration, cache optimization, and multi-codeline performance tuning
Profile and resolve build bottlenecks, RBE failures, and cache hit ratios
Partner with JetBrains and internal teams on IntelliJ BSP/Bazel plugin stability
Develop sfw-controlplane-api: workspace provisioning pipelines, Temporal workflows, DynamoDB provisioning, snapshot lifecycle, and Hyperforce/Falcon deployments
Implement Single Schema/Single Config initiative to unify workspace configuration
Drive supply chain security: migrate images to Trusted Image Central (TIC), enable Renovate for dependency updates
Mirror Nix packages to Nexus/Artifactory; migrate EBS snapshot creation to Jenkins
Enforce security SLAs, eliminate configuration drift, manage workspace shutdowns for deactivated users
Build dashboards and telemetry in Honeycomb; migrate to Monitoring Cloud/AutoTelemetry
Create AI-powered diagnostic tooling to automate health checks and reduce MTTR
Participate in support hero rotation: triage Sev3+ incidents (snapshots, IDE connectivity, RBE issues)
Maintain developer documentation for workspace setup and tooling
Partner with CBX/Bazel, SFCI, JetBrains, OrgFarm, Temporal, and Hyperforce teams
Author technical designs, lead deep-dives, drive V2MOM measures, contribute to sprint planning

Application process

End Date: August 31, 2026

Our take

Salesforce is a global cloud computing company, best known for its on-demand, comprehensive customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. The company was launched to mitigate the doubts that business owners felt regarding third party companies holding their data.

By providing essential, customer-oriented CRM software, Salesforce places itself at the heart of digitised businesses. Furthermore, by building out its AI capabilities, the company removes the complexity of AI, enabling any business to deliver smarter, personalised and more predictive customer experiences.

Due to the continued innovation offered by the company, over 150,000 companies, both big and small, are growing their business with Salesforce today. Despite a tumultuous 2023 filled with activist investors, a boardroom shake-up and the unprecedented step-down of Co-CEO Bret Taylor, Salesforce continues to close several acquisition deals and managed to drive up its stock value by 96% from the end of 2022 to 2023.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4)

Trustpilot (1.4)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jun 2001

$46.9m

SERIES D

Nov 1999

$13.2m

SERIES C

Total funding: $64.5m

Company benefits

With 9 standard holidays and four floating holidays, you get a total 13 paid days off each year

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Marc Benioff

(Chair & CEO)

Previously Senior Vice President at Oracle Corporation for 13 years.

Parker Harris

(CTO)

Previously worked as a Software Engineer for over six years. Harris also co-founded Left Coast Software.

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