Principal Full Stack Software Engineer (Event Technology)

Join Salesforce as a Principal Full Stack Software Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in defining and driving the technical vision and strategy for the Event Technology portfolio. You will oversee the architectural integrity of our platforms, contribute to building and maintaining shared system context, and lead the architectural strategy for Event Technology and websites. This leadership role requires a deep understanding of software development, architecture principles, AI fluency, and a passion for innovation and excellence in scalability, performance, observability, and user experience.

• Oversee the architectural integrity of Event Technology platforms, ensuring alignment with future state objectives and driving the technical vision and strategy.
• Lead the architectural strategy and direction for the Event Technology and websites portfolio, ensuring alignment with Marketing Technology's overall technology vision and business goals.
• Collaborate with Architects, Lead Engineers, Product, UX, and cross-functional teams in the application design process, contributing innovative ideas and technical expertise.
• This leadership role requires a deep understanding of software development, architecture principles, AI fluency and a passion for innovation and excellence in scalability, performance, observability, and user experience
• Experience building high-scale microservices on AWS (preferred), GCP, or other public cloud substrates. Examples of AWS services we use include Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, API Gateway, and more
• 10+ years of professional software development experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production systems
• Proven ability to mentor team members to support their understanding and growth of software engineering concepts and aid in their technical development
• Advanced prompt engineering skills and the ability to write precise, structured prompts and cultivate the system context that makes AI outputs reliable, secure, and production-ready
• Proven experience leveraging AI tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) in daily workflows and the ability to uplevel other engineers' usage of AI tools
• Expertise in consuming (and ideally building) GraphQL and RESTful APIs and strong understanding of API security best practices
• A demonstrated, genuine AI-first approach to engineering — using AI to move faster, build fluency across the stack, and contribute well beyond your core specialty
• Experience developing front-end and back-end software, preferably including JavaScript with TypeScript, with frameworks such as React, runtimes including Node.js, and CSS frameworks such as Tailwind or Sass
• Strong understanding and embodiment of service ownership principles; expertise in building observable and resilient systems with the ability to proactively prevent issues before customers notice
• Proven experience in a technical leadership role, including architecture, design, and implementation of complex software systems
• Knowledge of mobile and cross-platform/browser test automation
• Experience with Snowflake, Google Analytics, and configuring CDNs such as Akamai
• Proven ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineering teams, to deliver exceptional user experiences
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies: Scrum and Kanban
• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Technology, or equivalent experience