Principal Salesforce Engineer - Hybrid, Enterprise Impact

GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Service Awards

Hybrid parking

Health Insurance

Job summary

GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to define enterprise technology direction across platforms, systems and domains. You will influence architecture, governance, and security while balancing reliability, cost and business outcomes.

You will mentor engineers, drive design reviews, and shape API and integration patterns with Salesforce and external systems, partnering with product and risk teams to ensure scalable, secure software delivery.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Define, influence and govern enterprise technology direction across platforms and domains.
• Collaborate with leadership to enforce engineering standards, patterns and governance.
• Mentor engineers and drive capability through design reviews, pairing and communities of practice.
• Lead architecture decisions balancing reliability, security, cost and business outcomes.
• Drive AI-native engineering initiatives and align with product strategy.

Skills

Enterprise influence

Mentorship

Salesforce architecture

Technical leadership

Security & compliance

OpenAPI & integration

Git & CI/CD

Scrum/Agile

Cross-team collaboration

Data modeling & APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce Lightning Web Components

Aura framework

APEX, SOQL/SOSL

REST/SOAP APIs

OpenAPI/contract-first

Git & source control

CI/CD tools (e.g., Gearset)

Job description

GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to define enterprise technology direction across platforms, systems and domains. You will influence architecture, governance, and security while balancing reliability, cost and business outcomes.

You will mentor engineers, drive design reviews, and shape API and integration patterns with Salesforce and external systems, partnering with product and risk teams to ensure scalable, secure software delivery.