Principal Engineer, AI Agent & Backend Systems

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 238,000 - 345,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for the AI Labs team in San Francisco to lead architecture and delivery of backend systems and AI-powered workflows. You will shape design, operate production services, and mentor engineers while partnering with customers and product teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, reliability, and managing cross-functional initiatives with a strong focus on LLM-powered platforms and secure, scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• Led architecture and delivery of complex backend systems.
• Shipped and operated LLM-powered systems at scale.
• Strong proficiency in Python/Go/Java/TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Drive agent development and architecture design for reliable workflows.
• Develop recovery and verification to handle changes.
• Build backend services with robust state management and security.

Skills

Backend architecture

LLM-powered systems

Python/Go/Java/TS

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for the AI Labs team in San Francisco to lead architecture and delivery of backend systems and AI-powered workflows. You will shape design, operate production services, and mentor engineers while partnering with customers and product teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, reliability, and managing cross-functional initiatives with a strong focus on LLM-powered platforms and secure, scalable architectures.