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Principal Application Engineer (Salesforce)

PointClickCare · US · CA

Software Engineering
Remote/Hybrid — check advert
Not yet analysed
Demand76
Career growth72
Healthcare fit20
Remote potential60
5-year outlook
Principal Salesforce/application engineering roles in health tech generally sit in senior technical compensation bands with moderate long-term growth; exact pay will depend on location, Salesforce depth, and leadership scope, and is not stated in the posting.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
narrow
Seniority
lead
Employment type
full-time
Date found
2026-11-06

Intelligence details

Flexible work details

Engagement type
Permanent
Hours
Full-time
Eligible countries
Canada

Eligibility, licensing, and location restrictions can change. Always confirm details on the source posting before applying.

Why this is worth applying to

Worth considering only for clinicians who already have strong Salesforce/software engineering experience and want a senior health-tech engineering role. It is not realistic as a first non-clinical transition for most clinicians.

Who should apply

Clinician-engineers, experienced Salesforce developers/architects with healthcare domain exposure, and technical leads seeking a principal-level health-tech SaaS role.

CV angle

Lead with genuine Salesforce/application engineering achievements, production code and configuration ownership, system design, incident root-cause analysis, mentoring, and vendor technical oversight. Add healthcare domain context such as EHR/clinical workflow exposure only if it is real and relevant.

Skills to highlight

  • Salesforce platform development and configuration
  • Production application engineering
  • Technical leadership and mentoring
  • Root cause analysis and incident resolution
  • Vendor/partner technical management
  • Healthcare SaaS domain knowledge
  • System design and resilience
  • Cross-functional collaboration

Role summary

Principal engineer leading Salesforce application development, production code and configuration quality, complex incident resolution, mentoring, and vendor technical oversight for a healthcare SaaS platform.

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