Salesforce, Inc..
Principal Automation Engineer
Salesforce, Inc.., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Overview
The Principal Engineer helps to build the technological vision, drives technology strategy and influences business partners and technology leaders on strategic direction in general. They work with engineering leaders and other software Principal Engineers on the definition and delivery of highly scalable and secure SaaS solutions. This position does not only require excellent technical skills, but outstanding analytical, leadership and influencing skills paired with great business insight. It is a multi-functional leadership role that requires alignment building and communication with all engineering organizations.
As a member on the Salesforce Engineering Team in the Quality Organization, you will use agile methodologies to plan, coordinate, and lead customer engagements that result in automated tests and input to product teams. As a critical thinker with a natural curiosity to learn our customers’ business, you will use your analytical skills to extract user scenarios from conversations and data and then translate your findings into automate-able test plans which either you or a member of the team will automate. A successful team member should have a strong quality mindset and will ensure our customers receive high quality deliverables. You will be responsible for constantly finding opportunities to share information and collaborate with others for the benefit of our customers, partners, and each other.
Responsibilities
Accountable for defining and driving software architecture and enterprise capabilities (scalability, fault tolerance, extensibility, maintainability, etc.)
Design sophisticated software systems for high-end solutions independently
Determines overall architectural principles, frameworks, and standards
Works in a consultative fashion with other organizations such as security and operations
Provide leadership to engineers, QE and product partners
Drives research, case studies, and prototypes on groundbreaking technologies and how they can be demonstrated
Leads all aspects of software architecture within the scope of assigned systems
Analyzes and provides feedback on product strategy
Works with other Principal Engineers, principal architects, and CTOs to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization.
Drives long-term design strategies that span multiple sophisticated projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events
Actively communicates, encourages and motivates all levels of staff
Provides (informal) mentor to team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development.Independently designs and delivers automaton and automation framework for Mobile and Desktop products with a quality mindset
Provides oversight through code and design reviews for features delivered by other developers within their scrum team
Master the Salesforce development process, culture and code base, in order to improve it
Analysis and Design: Participate in a Test Design Review Board for integration test plans within and across clouds with focus on functional, business, complex scenarios, high impact projects, usability, and accessibility
Master clouds requirements (e.g. underlying tech stack, business usage, implementation)
Create end-to-end, cross cloud-impacting, integration automation (API and UI) with complex orgs
Interface with customers to understand real life usage, build test cases
Execute Testing with complex org setup, varied data shapes
Organize and drive cross product testing while advocating for customer enhancements
Monitor product and/or feature-level quality health metrics (testability, test health, test coverage, etc)
Works closely with senior developers, PM, and UX to ensure their features are delivered to meet business and quality requirements
Troubleshoot production issues
You are providing leadership and coaching to others on your scrum teams, as well as providing mentoring to others who may be on other scrum teams
Requirements
Mastery of multiple programming languages and platforms: Platforms:
GIT, GIT hub
and
Lightning. Languages:
Java, Python, Apex, Perl
and
Go)
15+ years of software development experience
Ability to independently craft and deliver large sophisticated projects
Ability to provide (informal) mentorship to team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development
Experience with Agile development methodology (e.g., Scrum)
Expert experience with industry quality & usability practices
In-depth experience with AI tools and LLM
Expert experience in writing functional and End-to-End automation (UI/API)
Expert experience in creating and architecting automation frameworks, productivity tools, and CI/CD pipelines
Ability to work with other Principal Engineers, principal architects, and Chief Technology Officers to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization
Develops technical performance architecture that solves most complex performance issues
Ability to drive long-term design strategies that span multiple complex projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events
Ability to build an environment for clear and open discussion of all issues You involve the right people, from your team and others, to resolve critical issues
Experience in short release cycles, and the full software lifecycle. Some roles require experience with a product that was released for public consumption across multiple releases
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A related technical degree required
Benefits Benefits & Perks: Check out our benefits site which explains our various benefits, including wellbeing reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and more.
Salesforce Information: Check out our Salesforce Engineering Site.
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As a member on the Salesforce Engineering Team in the Quality Organization, you will use agile methodologies to plan, coordinate, and lead customer engagements that result in automated tests and input to product teams. As a critical thinker with a natural curiosity to learn our customers’ business, you will use your analytical skills to extract user scenarios from conversations and data and then translate your findings into automate-able test plans which either you or a member of the team will automate. A successful team member should have a strong quality mindset and will ensure our customers receive high quality deliverables. You will be responsible for constantly finding opportunities to share information and collaborate with others for the benefit of our customers, partners, and each other.
Responsibilities
Accountable for defining and driving software architecture and enterprise capabilities (scalability, fault tolerance, extensibility, maintainability, etc.)
Design sophisticated software systems for high-end solutions independently
Determines overall architectural principles, frameworks, and standards
Works in a consultative fashion with other organizations such as security and operations
Provide leadership to engineers, QE and product partners
Drives research, case studies, and prototypes on groundbreaking technologies and how they can be demonstrated
Leads all aspects of software architecture within the scope of assigned systems
Analyzes and provides feedback on product strategy
Works with other Principal Engineers, principal architects, and CTOs to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization.
Drives long-term design strategies that span multiple sophisticated projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events
Actively communicates, encourages and motivates all levels of staff
Provides (informal) mentor to team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development.Independently designs and delivers automaton and automation framework for Mobile and Desktop products with a quality mindset
Provides oversight through code and design reviews for features delivered by other developers within their scrum team
Master the Salesforce development process, culture and code base, in order to improve it
Analysis and Design: Participate in a Test Design Review Board for integration test plans within and across clouds with focus on functional, business, complex scenarios, high impact projects, usability, and accessibility
Master clouds requirements (e.g. underlying tech stack, business usage, implementation)
Create end-to-end, cross cloud-impacting, integration automation (API and UI) with complex orgs
Interface with customers to understand real life usage, build test cases
Execute Testing with complex org setup, varied data shapes
Organize and drive cross product testing while advocating for customer enhancements
Monitor product and/or feature-level quality health metrics (testability, test health, test coverage, etc)
Works closely with senior developers, PM, and UX to ensure their features are delivered to meet business and quality requirements
Troubleshoot production issues
You are providing leadership and coaching to others on your scrum teams, as well as providing mentoring to others who may be on other scrum teams
Requirements
Mastery of multiple programming languages and platforms: Platforms:
GIT, GIT hub
and
Lightning. Languages:
Java, Python, Apex, Perl
and
Go)
15+ years of software development experience
Ability to independently craft and deliver large sophisticated projects
Ability to provide (informal) mentorship to team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development
Experience with Agile development methodology (e.g., Scrum)
Expert experience with industry quality & usability practices
In-depth experience with AI tools and LLM
Expert experience in writing functional and End-to-End automation (UI/API)
Expert experience in creating and architecting automation frameworks, productivity tools, and CI/CD pipelines
Ability to work with other Principal Engineers, principal architects, and Chief Technology Officers to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization
Develops technical performance architecture that solves most complex performance issues
Ability to drive long-term design strategies that span multiple complex projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events
Ability to build an environment for clear and open discussion of all issues You involve the right people, from your team and others, to resolve critical issues
Experience in short release cycles, and the full software lifecycle. Some roles require experience with a product that was released for public consumption across multiple releases
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
A related technical degree required
Benefits Benefits & Perks: Check out our benefits site which explains our various benefits, including wellbeing reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and more.
Salesforce Information: Check out our Salesforce Engineering Site.
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