Principal AI Systems Engineer — Production Orchestration

Leadout Capital; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce AI Labs is seeking a Principal Engineer to shape architecture across agent execution and backend systems, while remaining hands-on and delivering code-backed automation at enterprise scale. You will own critical capabilities from design through operation and mentor other engineers to broaden ownership.

You will collaborate directly with customers and cross-functional teams to translate complex workflows into reliable, reusable product capabilities, balancing AI reasoning with

Qualifications

• Led architecture and delivery of complex backend systems across components or teams.
• Hands-on experience shipping and operating LLM-powered systems in production.
• Proficient in Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Design and build systems that learn from demonstrations and combine AI reasoning with deterministic execution to complete workflows reliably.
• Develop recovery and verification capabilities so agents can adapt to changes, confirm outcomes, and recognize when human intervention is needed.
• Build backend services with robust workflow state management, failure handling, and secure access to customer environments.
• Create evaluations and diagnostics that measure task success, expose regressions, and make failures understandable.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Job description

Salesforce AI Labs is seeking a Principal Engineer to shape architecture across agent execution and backend systems, while remaining hands-on and delivering code-backed automation at enterprise scale. You will own critical capabilities from design through operation and mentor other engineers to broaden ownership.

You will collaborate directly with customers and cross-functional teams to translate complex workflows into reliable, reusable product capabilities, balancing AI reasoning with