Salesforce · 5 days ago
Principal AI Engineer - Agentforce Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$197K/yr - $314K/yr
5+ years expSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. The company is seeking a Principal AI Engineer to build tooling and services for AI Agent development, focusing on architecting and maintaining processing pipelines and enhancing the developer experience with client-side tooling.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSoftwareAgentic AICRMSales Enablement
Responsibilities
Architect and maintain the processing pipeline (compilers, interpreters, code generators) that transforms source code into executable Agent specifications
Build client-side tooling for IntelliSense, code completion, validation, refactoring, and diagnostics
Enable rapid iteration through reverse-engineering specs and integrating simulation/debugging APIs
Synchronize language grammars, data models, and validation logic across backend (Python) and client-side (TypeScript/JavaScript)
Collaborate with internal teams to ensure an intuitive, effective developer experience
Design core libraries for validation, compilation, and language services
Qualification
Required
5+ years software development experience; BS/MS in CS, Software Engineering, or related STEM field
Deep JavaScript/TypeScript expertise for client tooling and Language Server development; strong Python skills for compilers and backend
Proven experience with developer tooling, editor integrations, or IDE extensions
Track record designing robust, decoupled architecture
Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills
Strong problem-solving abilities
Preferred
Experience with conversational AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, or AI-enhanced developer productivity
Knowledge of AI agents, declarative specification languages, or conversational AI
Experience with simulation/debugging APIs and fast feedback loops
Expertise in language Intermediate Representations (IRs) and cross-language synchronization
Compiler pipeline mastery (lexing, parsing, semantic analysis), parser generators (ANTLR4, Tree-sitter), and DSL implementation
Benefits
Time off programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
Employee stock purchasing program
Company
Salesforce
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.38MKey Investors
Starboard ValueEmergence CapitalHalsey Minor
2022-10-18Post Ipo Equity
2004-06-23IPO
2003-01-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Chairman & Ceo Salesforce India
Kendall Collins
CEO, GovCloud - Salesforce
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