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 skilled and hands-on 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 at the forefront of 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.
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.
- 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.
- Direct Ownership of Data Configuration & Integration from end-to-end.
- Drive Agentforce Innovation by becoming an expert in our innovative agentic platform.
- 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.
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required
Benefits
- Accommodations for disabilities
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development