Forward-Deployed AI & Data Integration Lead

114 Acumen Solutions, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce seeks a senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join our Public Sector team. You will work on high-impact, on-site projects delivering data science pipelines, enterprise integration, and AI-enabled workflows for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions.

The role blends hands-on coding with integration architecture, mentoring, and rapid prototyping of POCs in regulated environments. Travel to customer sites is expected as part of delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on delivery experience in high-quality, scalable production solutions.
• Strong background in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Experience with API-led integration patterns and enterprise data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as forward-deployed technical lead on high-profile engagements for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions.
• Architect and implement enterprise integration solutions across REST, SOAP, and event-driven patterns.
• Design and deploy workflow automation to model complex operational processes and surface data-driven insights.
• Lead AI/ML model integration, data pipelines, and automation flows for mission-critical logistics decisions.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to playbooks and reusable data science assets.

Skills

Data Science

API design

Cloud platforms

Hands-on coding

Mentoring

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Regrello

iPaaS platforms (Dell Boomi, Azure API Management, Apigee, AWS API Gateway)

Temporal

Prefect

Apache Airflow

Job description

Salesforce seeks a senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join our Public Sector team. You will work on high-impact, on-site projects delivering data science pipelines, enterprise integration, and AI-enabled workflows for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions.

The role blends hands-on coding with integration architecture, mentoring, and rapid prototyping of POCs in regulated environments. Travel to customer sites is expected as part of delivery.