Forward Deployed AI Engineer — Public Sector

salesforce.com, inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join the Public Sector team, delivering cutting-edge AI-enabled solutions for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions. You will design, develop, and deploy bespoke systems using the Agentforce platform and Salesforce multi-cloud portfolio.

You will engage with mission owners, integrate AI/LLM technologies, and collaborate across product, security, and engineering teams to ensure secure, scalable deployments.

Qualifications

• 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).
• Hands-on experience building AI/LLM-enabled solutions.
• Experience with data integration, API design, ETL processes, and AI/ML model deployment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical advisor on high-profile customer engagements—designing, building, and deploying tailored Salesforce solutions for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions.
• Partner with internal product and engineering teams to co-develop platform features for public sector requirements (IL5/IL6).
• Facilitate integration of AI/ML models, data pipelines, and automation flows for predictive maintenance and mission-critical logistics decisions.
• Enable customers to adopt Salesforce for field operations, asset visibility, and secure collaboration via Slack and Government Cloud Plus.
• Work with customer IT/security teams to accelerate Authority to Operate (ATO) and production go-lives per DoD IL5/IL6 and regulatory frameworks.
• Share lessons learned to shape playbooks, prototypes, and reusable assets for government innovation.
• Travel 25-50% as needed; U.S. citizen with appropriate clearance and background screening.

Skills

JavaScript

Java

Python

Apex

LLM AI

Data integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join the Public Sector team, delivering cutting-edge AI-enabled solutions for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions. You will design, develop, and deploy bespoke systems using the Agentforce platform and Salesforce multi-cloud portfolio.

You will engage with mission owners, integrate AI/LLM technologies, and collaborate across product, security, and engineering teams to ensure secure, scalable deployments.