Principal Software Engineer / PMTS - Backend - Distributed Systems- Hyderabad/Bangalore in Hyderabad, भारत

Description

Role Description

Salesforce has immediate opportunities for software engineers who want their lines of code to have significant and measurable positive impact for users, the company's bottom line, and the industry. You will be working with a group of world-class engineers to build the breakthrough features our customers will love, adopt, and use while keeping our trusted CRM platform stable and scalable. The software engineer role at Salesforce encompasses architecture, design, implementation, and testing to ensure we build products right and release them with high quality.

Code review, mentoring junior engineers, and providing technical guidance to the team (depending on the seniority level) We pride ourselves on writing high-quality, maintainable code that strengthens the stability of the product and makes our lives easier. We embrace the hybrid model and celebrate the individual strengths of each team member while encouraging everyone on the team to grow into the best version of themselves. We believe that autonomous teams with the freedom to make decisions will empower the individuals, the product, the company, and the customers they serve to thrive.

Your Impact

As a Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS)/Software Architect at Salesforce, you will leverage deep expertise to lead the architectural design and technical implementation of critical, large-scale systems, ensuring they remain robust, efficient, and innovative.

• Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow by pushing the boundaries of AI development tools to deliver secure, optimized, and high-quality code.

• Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into human workflows, driving efficiency and innovation at scale.

• Contribute to building and maintaining the shared system context, an explicit repository of system designs, constraints, and standards that enables AI to operate accurately and reliably.

• Critically evaluate code (Human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance.

• Lead the end-to-end architecture, technical implementation, and scaling of critical, intricate full-stack and distributed systems, including the design and evolution of highly scalable APIs.

• Drive technical excellence and innovation across the organization by establishing high standards for code quality, performance, reliability, and security; championing best practices, advanced CI/CD pipelines, and emerging enterprise technologies.

• Mentor and inspire team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical strategy with business outcomes.

Required Skills :

• 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 using AI tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor, etc.) in development workflows

• 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.

• 10+ years of experience in full-stack software development and large-scale system architecture.

• Mastery of multiple programming languages and design patterns used in enterprise systems (e.g., Java, Python, C++, Go, https://jobeax.com/link/JSd7UYCSg572jJDY, Scala, C#).

• Broad knowledge of web standards related to APIs, such as REST, SOAP, WSDL, JSON, etc.

• Solid understanding of relational and non-relational database technologies (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB) and experience with ORM frameworks (e.g., Entity Framework).

• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to participate in the team's on-call rotation to address complex problems in real time and maintain highly available, performant, and secure services.

• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.

• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Preferred Skills :

• Extensive professional experience matched to the job grade.

• Hands-on experience in developing SaaS applications over public cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).

• Proficiency in container orchestration systems like Kubernetes, EKS, and Docker.

• Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems

• Active participation in open-source communities or contributions to relevant projects.

• Mastery of multiple programming languages and platforms

• 9+ years of software development experience

• Deep knowledge of object-oriented programming and other scripting languages: Java, Python, Scala C#, Go, https://jobeax.com/link/JSd7UYCSg572jJDY and C++.

• Strong SQL skills and experience and experience with relational and non-relational databases e.g. (PostgreSQL/Trino/redshift/Mongo).

• Experience with developing SAAS products over public cloud infrastructure - AWS/Azure/GCP.

• Proven experience designing and developing distributed systems at scale.

• Proficiency in queues, locks, scheduling, event-driven architecture, and workload distribution, along with a deep understanding of relational database and non-relational databases.

• A deep understanding of software development best practices and demonstrate leadership skills.

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)