Salesforce

AI Engineer, ML Systems

Salesforce

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $172,500 - $260,100 per year

About the role

  • Design, build, and maintain model inference and serving systems, including integration with AI gateways.
  • Own and evolve fine-tuning pipelines (e.g., LoRA / PEFT) using internal model tooling.
  • Develop and maintain model evaluation, regression detection, and rollout workflows.
  • Collaborate with AI researchers to transition research models into production-ready assets.
  • Optimize inference systems for latency, throughput, stability, and cost efficiency.
  • Implement best practices for model versioning, deployment, rollback, and monitoring.
  • Partner with agent and platform engineers to ensure smooth integration between model systems and agent runtimes.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship on ML system design and operational excellence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant ownership of backend or distributed systems.
  • Strong proficiency in Python, with experience building production services.
  • Hands-on experience with AI/ML model serving, inference pipelines, or ML systems engineering.
  • Experience designing reliable, scalable systems for production environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Strong debugging skills across system, data, and model-facing failures.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across research and engineering teams.
Benefits
  • Competitive compensation
  • Time off programs
  • Medical, dental, vision
  • Mental health support
  • Paid parental leave
  • Life and disability insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Employee stock purchasing program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythonmodel inferencemodel servingfine-tuning pipelinesmodel evaluationregression detectiondeploymentmonitoringdebuggingscalable systems
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcommunicationcollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Software Engineering