Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Principal Professional Services Engineer role sits at a core SaaS inflection point: turning a complex cloud platform into working outcomes for customers. In the CCaaS and experience orchestration space, implementation quality directly shapes adoption, renewals, and product credibility, and this position is anchored in that delivery layer across the full lifecycle from discovery through testing and acceptance.
From a SaaS career perspective, the work builds durable, cross-functional capability. It blends solution architecture with integration engineering, requiring fluency in APIs, middleware, and third-party ecosystems that are common across modern SaaS stacks. The remit also touches pre-sales scoping, security considerations, and repeatable delivery frameworks, which are the mechanics behind scaling services in enterprise SaaS without losing consistency.
This role tends to suit professionals who like customer-facing technical leadership and are comfortable translating between business requirements and implementation detail. It is a strong match for engineers who prefer project-based ownership, can run workshops and steer technical decisions with stakeholders, and want their SaaS experience to span product configuration, custom development, and platform integrations in production environments.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered Experience Orchestration platform, organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic, personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements.
We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.
Genesys Cloud Services, Inc. seeks Principal Professional Services Engineer in Menlo Park, CA. **Telecommuting allowed for this position.**
Job Description: Accountable for the Genesys implementation during all stages of the project lifecycle: Business Requirements specification and analysis, Technical Design specification, Implementation and Integration of the solution, Test Plan development and Testing. Lead customer workshops and discovery sessions positioning customers for success with awareness of Genesys Products. Lead technical and business discussions both in front of the customer and internally. Responsible for initial definition of project goals, timeliness, milestones, and risks; Provide architecture designs and workflows that meet client specifications for Genesys Cloud CX Digital & AI implementations; Configure, test, document, and optimize Genesys Cloud CX deployments within defined delivery framework; Implement and integrate custom code as well as write and conduct tests to verify the functionality, accuracy, and efficiency of developed or enhanced software; Design and build custom middleware solutions for third party chat bot integrations with Genesys Cloud web messengers; Manage project implementation and monitor productivity efficiencies for simultaneous installations; Track projects through completion and acceptance and participate in project status meetings; Assist with security audits of SaaS infrastructures and procedures; Work closely with project managers and customer success managers to provide customers with a great implementation experience; and Collaborate closely with services engagement directors to address pre-sales requests, offering quotes, scoping, and statement of work to customers. Telecommuting allowed for this position.
Minimum Qualifications: The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field plus six (6) years of experience in a computer related occupation.
The position requires any amount of experience in ALL of the following skills:
- Experience with customer interactions working with a contact center solution: scoping and talking to customers during pre-sales scoping activities; assisting with resolving complex, escalated customer issues that originated with customers or partners in a multicultural environment.
- Experience with configuring CCaaS; Contact Center Metrics and Analytics (KPI’s); web chat and digital channel configuration.
- Experience building technical integrations with ticketing platforms such as ServiceNow and Salesforce.
- Experience with REST API’s and SDK’s.
- Experience building technical documentation, best practices, and troubleshooting guides.
- Experience translating business need into technical specifications for complex, enterprise level engagements.
- Experience with AI Contact Center: Building conversational AI and workflows for Intent Models, Knowledge Management and External Data Storage; Using NLP and NLU models; and Predictive and Proactive engagement AI solutions.
- Experience with Agile methodology, AWS, Node.js, CSS, HTML, jQuery, and JavaScript.
Telecommuting allowed for this position.
Salary range: $213,512.00 - $223,512.00
Compensation:
This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a commission or performance-based bonus opportunities.
$110,600.00 - $194,400.00
Benefits:
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
Telehealth coverage
Flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities
Development and career growth opportunities
Open Time Off in addition to 10 paid holidays
401(k) matching program
Adoption Assistance
Fertility treatments
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About Genesys:
Genesys® empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. With agentic AI at its core, Genesys Cloud™ is the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform that connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise. As a result, organizations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visit www.genesys.com.
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