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Role Description

At Salesforce, we believe technology should serve the greater good—powering mission outcomes, stewarding taxpayer resources, and enabling innovation at speed and scale. We are seeking a highly accomplished and senior-level Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join our elite Public Sector team at Salesforce. This is a unique and high-impact position, blending the roles of a technologist and strategic partner. In this role, you will be the primary driver for bringing cutting-edge AI and other transformative solutions to life for mission-critical work across the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community (IC), and Aerospace & Allied Nations.

• Deploy Cutting-Edge Commercial Innovation into defense, intelligence, and aerospace environments.
• Become a Trusted Partner and Collaborate Directly with End-Users to understand mission needs and translate them into technical implementations.
• Drive Innovation by serving as a connective bridge between customer missions and Salesforce engineering.
• Improve Efficiency, Mission-Readiness, and Trust by helping the U.S. and allied governments deploy technology.
• Drive Tangible Outcomes through Hands-On Implementation and take responsibility for the end-to-end technical delivery of complex AI solutions.
• Build Transformative AI Solutions by taking primary ownership of designing, developing, and implementing high-quality, scalable production systems.
• Engineer Bespoke Agentic AI Solutions, working directly with customers to design and build custom intelligent agents.
• Own the Entire Data Lifecycle, ensuring data is always ready, optimized, and secure for advanced AI applications.
• Drive Agentforce Innovation by becoming an expert in our innovative Agentforce platform.
• Conduct Deep-Dive Technical Debugging and Root Cause Analysis for complex system interactions.
• Lead Rapid Prototyping and Iteration to develop proofs-of-concept and minimum viable products.
• Implement and Enforce Best Practices for code quality, scalability, security, and maintainability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a hands-on, end-to-end delivery role for high-quality, scalable production solutions.
• Strong background in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline.
• Expert-level proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Java, Python, Apex).
• Extensive hands-on experience building and deploying solutions with AI/LLM technologies.
• Deep expertise in data modeling, processing, integration, and analytics.
• Exceptional collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to lead technical engagements and mentor junior team members.
• Experience working in or adjacent to secure environments.
• Ability to travel 25-50% of the time, as needed to customer sites.
• Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil who does not hold dual citizenship.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.

Requirements

• Experience supporting U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or Federal Civilian agencies.
• Background in defense/aerospace industries or operational military/logistics experience.
• Familiarity with IL5/IL6/CNSS #1253 requirements or deployment to classified environments.
• Significant direct experience with the Salesforce platform.
• Extensive experience with Salesforce Data Cloud and/or Agentforce platform.
• Experience developing and deploying conversational AI solutions within highly regulated industries.
• Expert-level experience with Apex and/or Python coding languages in a professional setting.
• Prior experience in a customer-facing, hands-on technical lead or architect role.
• Advanced Salesforce platform certifications (e.g., Platform Developer II, Application Architect).
• Extensive experience with Salesforce Flows and Lightning Web Components (LWC).

Benefits

• Time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health support.
• Paid parental leave.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) and employee stock purchasing program.