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Principal Solutions Engineer (Salesforce & Enterprise Platforms)

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As a Principal Solutions Engineer, you will design scalable solutions on Salesforce, lead technical teams, collaborate across functions, and drive platform strategy.
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Our Story
Unum Technology Centre in Carlow serves as a strategic software development and IT services centre supporting Unum, a leading provider of income protection in the US. Our team of IT professionals build solutions and critical business applications to digitally transform the way we do business.

We are seeking a highly motivated Principal Solutions Engineer to join our team of Solution Architects. In this strategic and cross-functional role, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-impact solutions across Salesforce and other enterprise platforms. You will play a key role in shaping technical strategy, guiding engineering practices, and ensuring that our solutions align with business goals and deliver exceptional user experiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Solution Architecture: Design and oversee end-to-end solution architectures across Salesforce and other enterprise systems, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical designs.
  • Technical Leadership: Provide thought leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, establish best practices for development, integration, and deployment across platforms.
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Business, and Engineering teams to ensure cohesive and aligned solution delivery across systems.
  • Project Oversight: Lead solution delivery from planning through deployment, ensuring quality, scope, and timelines are met.
  • Platform Strategy & Innovation: Drive continuous improvement by identifying optimization opportunities, recommending new tools and technologies, and fostering innovation across platforms.

Technical Skills

  • Strong expertise in Salesforce technologies including Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, and Salesforce APIs (REST/SOAP).
  • Experience designing and integrating solutions across multiple platforms, including public cloud services and on-premises systems.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, version control (e.g., Git), and DevOps practices.
  • Proficiency in data modeling, security design, and performance optimization across large datasets and complex environments.
  • Experience with ETL processes, data migration, and managing multi-system integrations.

Must Have

  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise software development, including significant experience with Salesforce.
  • 4+ years in a technical leadership or solution architecture role, with proven success designing complex, multi-system environments.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
  • Salesforce Certified Application Architect or System Architect
  • Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
  • Certifications in other enterprise platforms or cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, MuleSoft) are a plus

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What We Offer
Our size and successful history in Carlow means we can offer you exceptional development and progression, supported by continual learning programs, IT Certifications & third level tuition reimbursement. We offer work-life-balance with flexible working arrangements (including hybrid) and initiatives in support of your well-being. Our attractive range of benefits and reward initiatives includes competitive compensation, 25 days annual leave, paid health insurance, pension scheme, annual performance-based bonus, paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, reward programs, and an opportunity to engage with charity and community activities.

Company:

Unum

Top Skills

Apex
AWS
Azure
Ci/Cd
DevOps
ETL
Git
Lightning Web Components
Mulesoft
Salesforce
Salesforce Apis
Visualforce

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