Forward Deployed Engineer at Salesforce creating AI solutions for defense and aerospace. Collaborating with national security stakeholders and driving operational outcomes.
Responsibilities
Deploy Cutting-Edge Commercial Innovation —from Slack-based AI agents to Data Cloud analytics to field service automation—into defense, intelligence, and aerospace environments, accelerating transformation and outcomes.
Become a Trusted Partner and Collaborate Directly with End-Users in classified and unclassified environments to deeply understand mission needs, operational challenges, and strategic goals and translate them into technical implementations using Salesforce’s multi-cloud portfolio.
Drive Innovation by serving as a connective bridge between customer missions and Salesforce engineering. You’ll gather frontline feedback and help co-design features and capabilities that strengthen national security outcomes.
Improve Efficiency, Mission-Readiness, and Trust by helping the U.S. and allied governments deploy technology that delivers faster response times, better personnel utilization, and more effective logistics and asset management.
Drive Tangible Outcomes through Hands-On Implementation and end-to-end technical delivery of AI solutions, personally writing code, configuring systems, and troubleshooting issues to ensure successful deployment and measurable business impact.
Build Transformative AI Solutions by designing, developing, and personally implementing high-quality, scalable production systems. A significant part of this will involve leveraging AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to create intelligent agents and automate workflows, all built on top of the Salesforce platform.
Direct Ownership of Data Configuration & Integration from end-to-end. You'll design robust data models, build efficient processing pipelines, and establish seamless integration strategies to ingest, transform, and analyze complex datasets. Your work will ensure data is protected and always ready and optimized for our AI applications.
Drive Agentforce Innovation by becoming an expert in our innovative agentic platform. You'll directly push its capabilities to the limit, developing bespoke intelligent agents, automating intricate business processes, and crafting intuitive user experiences that deliver tangible value.
Conduct Deep-Dive Technical Debugging and detailed analysis of complex system interactions, data flows, and AI model behaviors to optimize performance and ensure reliability.
Prototype and Iterate Rapidly to develop proofs-of-concept and minimum viable products, coding alongside client teams to demonstrate capabilities and gather feedback for iterative refinement.
Implement Best Practices for code quality, scalability, security, and maintainability across all deployed solutions.
Requirements
3-7 years of experience in software engineering, solutions architecture, or systems integration.
Strong background in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Java, Python, Apex).
Proven track record of hands-on, end-to-end delivery of high-quality, scalable production solutions in a professional environment.
Hands-on experience building solutions with AI/LLM technologies, including integrating LLMs, applying AI orchestration frameworks, and prompt engineering techniques.
Experience with data integration, API design, ETL, and AI/ML model deployment.
Familiarity with analytics, data warehouses, and operational dashboards (e.g. Tableau, CRM Analytics, Snowflake).
Experience working in or adjacent to secure environments.
Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with high levels of independence.
Strong communication skills, capable of engaging directly with users, executives, and engineers, with a collaborative mindset, bias for action, and customer obsession.
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 with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role.
Eligible for a US Security Clearance.
Benefits
time off programs
medical
dental
vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program
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