Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack (Workspace)

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Software Engineering

Job Details

About Salesforce

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Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled Full Stack Software Engineer to enhance the development experience for UI and Java developers in an AI First development (ADLC)  organization in the Technology & Product organization at Salesforce. In this role, you will be a dynamic, innovative engineer and as such you will design, develop products and services that enable Salesforce developers to deiver workflows in remote development environments. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, work and contribute to open source, investigate/explore/GTM new AI solutions to deliver efficiency, reliability and 10x productivity to Tech & Product developers.

Key Responsibilities

Developer Environment Platform

• Design, build, and maintain the Salesforce Workspaces devcontainer base image (Nix-based), encompassing user home directory persistence, lifecycle service management via s6-overlay, and automated rebuild and rollback mechanisms

• Develop and own devcontainer features (Agentforce, OrgFarm, CoreApp settings, Git clone, etc.) in accordance with the devcontainer feature backbone framework and established "blessed" feature standards

• Lead the Gold Standard Workspaces initiative — defining, enforcing, and continuously improving criteria for healthy, reproducible, and supportable workspace environments, including feature versioning, pinning, and compliance validation

Build Systems & Remote Build Execution

• Own and optimize Bazel build infrastructure for Salesforce Workspaces, including Remote Build Execution (RBE) integration with BuildFarm, disk and cache tuning, and multi-codeline build performance

• Conduct in-depth build performance analysis — profiling critical path bottlenecks, RBE worker failures, cache hit ratios, and memory and page-cache behavior — and implement targeted solutions

• Collaborate with JetBrains (external vendor) and internal CBX/Bazel teams on BSP/Bazel plugin stability for IntelliJ, including diagnosis of mapping failures, logging issues, and RBE action input failures

 

Control Plane & Backend Services

•  Develop and maintain the sfw-controlplane-api service, including workspace provisioning pipelines, Temporal workflow and schedule management, DynamoDB table provisioning, snapshot lifecycle management, and Hyperforce/Falcon deployments

• Implement the Single Schema / Single Config initiative — unifying workspace configuration into a single devcontainer schema that supports multiple features with minimal developer setup overhead 

 

Security, Compliance & Supply Chain

• Drive workspace image supply chain security: migrate OCI base images to Trusted Image Central (TIC), enable Renovate for automated dependency updates, and manage associated security CARs and PRBs

• Enable SFCI builds for Nix-dependent repositories by mirroring public Nix packages into Nexus/Artifactory and migrating EBS snapshot creation off EC2 instances onto scheduled Jenkins jobs

• Maintain security compliance for the Workspaces fleet — eliminating configuration drift, enforcing security SLAs, managing deactivated-user workspace shutdowns, and owning corrective actions arising from security reviews

 

Observability & Reliability

• Own and evolve Workspaces observability by building dashboards and telemetry in Honeycomb and driving migration to Monitoring Cloud/AutoTelemetry; analyze workspace creation failures, rebuild error rates, and vault reliability signals

• Build AI-powered diagnostic tooling (e.g., a Workspaces Diagnostic Agent) to automate fleet health checks, reduce on-call MTTR, and contribute reusable skills to the CDW Marketplace

 

Developer Support & Incident Response

•  Participate in a rotating support hero schedule — triaging and resolving Sev3 and above incidents involving snapshot failures, workspace creation issues, IDE connectivity (IntelliJ, VS Code, Cursor), and disk/RBE problems

• Maintain and improve internal developer documentation covering workspace setup, sfworkctl, disk management, and developer tooling onboarding

 
 

Cross-Team Collaboration & Technical Leadership

• Partner with CBX/Bazel, SFCI, JetBrains, OrgFarm, Temporal, and Falcon/Hyperforce platform teams to unblock and deliver workspace platform improvements

• Author technical design documents and 1-pagers, lead deep-dive sessions, drive V2MOM measure execution, and contribute to sprint planning and Kanban backlog replenishment

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.

The typical base salary range for this position is $197,300 - $313,700 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $237,700 - $344,700 annually.

The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.