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American Healthtech, a PointClickCare CompanyPrincipal Application Engineer (Salesforce)
American Healthtech, a PointClickCare Company, seeks a Principal Application Engineer specializing in Salesforce to guide application development, write production-grade code, and support technical excellence across teams.…
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American Healthtech, a PointClickCare Company, seeks a Principal Application Engineer specializing in Salesforce to guide application development, write production-grade code, and support technical excellence across teams. The company provides a platform serving over 30,000 provider organizations in long-term and post-acute care. This role acts as a subject matter expert for key applications such as Salesforce, NetSuite, and billing platforms. The ideal candidate tackles complex tasks, collaborates with business stakeholders, designs…
Job Description
American Healthtech, a PointClickCare Company, seeks a Principal Application Engineer specializing in Salesforce to guide application development, write production-grade code, and support technical excellence across teams. The company provides a platform serving over 30,000 provider organizations in long-term and post-acute care.
This role acts as a subject matter expert for key applications such as Salesforce, NetSuite, and billing platforms. The ideal candidate tackles complex tasks, collaborates with business stakeholders, designs scalable technical architectures, and leads incident root cause analysis. Responsibilities include building test automation regression suites, integrating AI workflows, and coaching other engineers.
Travel to offices in Mississauga or Salt Lake City may be required for specific events like onboarding and team meetings. The compensation for this full-time position ranges from USD 179,300 to 224,100 per year, supplemented by bonus, equity, and benefits.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert for core applications including Salesforce, NetSuite, and billing platforms
- Identify, prioritize, and execute high-complexity tasks within the application development life cycle
- Translate strategic business objectives into scalable technical solutions and simplified solution architectures
- Write clean code using languages such as Apex, JavaScript, SuiteScript, and Python
- Build test automation regression suites and establish test automation practices using tools like Copado
- Embed and build AI workflows and agents to accelerate business value delivery
- Coach, mentor, and perform peer reviews for other engineers while overseeing vendor deliverables
- Take ownership of enterprise initiatives to modernize application architectures and reduce technical debt
Requirements
- Ability to travel to Mississauga and or Salt Lake City for events such as onboarding and team meetings
Qualifications
- Experience working on a software-as-a-service product
- Deep expertise in Salesforce Lightning Design System or UI frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular
- Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS or Azure
- Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture and software development
- Working knowledge of SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect for authentication and authorization
- Practical experience with SQL
- Prior involvement with on-call responsibilities for production-grade systems
- Understanding of how to resolve team dysfunctions related to trust, conflict, and accountability
Core Skills
Benefits
- Benefits starting from day one
- Retirement plan matching
- Flexible paid time off
- Wellness support programs and resources
- Parental and caregiver leaves
- Fertility and adoption support
- Continuous development support program
- Employee assistance program
- Allyship and inclusion communities
- Employee recognition programs
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the salary for the Principal Application Engineer role?
The US base salary range is between USD 179,300 and 224,100 per year, with additional components including a bonus, equity, and benefits.
What travel is required for this position?
While the role is remote, travel to the Mississauga or Salt Lake City offices is required for specific events such as onboarding, team events, and semi-annual or annual team meetings.
What core applications will I be responsible for?
The role acts as the subject matter expert for core applications such as Salesforce, NetSuite, and billing platforms.
How are hiring decisions made?
While AI tools are used to assist with candidate screening and assessment, final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.
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