
Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Public Sector
Salesforce
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: District of Columbia • Maryland • United States
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Salary
💰 $148,500 - $365,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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 take responsibility for the end-to-end technical delivery of complex AI solutions; personally writing critical code, configuring systems, and troubleshooting issues, while also guiding and reviewing the work of junior team members to ensure successful deployment and measurable business impact.
- Build Transformative AI Solutions by taking primary ownership of designing, developing, and personally implementing high-quality, scalable production systems.
- Engineer Bespoke Agentic AI Solutions, working directly with customers to design and build custom intelligent agents using the Agentforce platform.
- Own the Entire Data Lifecycle, from strategic design of data models to hands-on building of efficient processing pipelines and establishing seamless integration strategies.
- Drive Agentforce Innovation by becoming an expert in our innovative Agentforce platform.
- Conduct Deep-Dive Technical Debugging and Root Cause Analysis through detailed analysis, debugging, and root cause identification for complex system interactions, data flows, and AI model behaviors to optimize performance.
- Lead Rapid Prototyping and Iteration to develop proofs-of-concept and minimum viable products.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in a hands-on, end-to-end delivery role for high-quality, scalable production solutions in a professional environment.
- Strong background in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline.
- Expert-level proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Java, Python, Apex).
- Extensive hands-on experience building and deploying solutions with AI/LLM technologies, including integrating LLMs, applying advanced AI orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex), prompt engineering techniques, and experience with agentic frameworks.
- Deep expertise in data modeling, processing, integration, and analytics, with demonstrable proficiency in enterprise data platforms (e.g., Salesforce Data Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery).
- Demonstrated entrepreneurship, a "get-things-done" attitude, and a focus on fast, impactful delivery, with a proven ability to lead technical initiatives.
- Exceptional collaboration, communication, and presentation skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead technical engagements, mentor junior team members, and oversee technical aspects of projects.
- Experience working in or adjacent to secure environments.
- 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
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid parental leave
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee stock purchasing program
- Time off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, mental health support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaScriptJavaPythonApexAI technologiesLLM technologiesdata modelingdata processingdata integrationanalytics
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationpresentationleadershipmentoringentrepreneurshipproblem-solvingtechnical engagementarticulating technical conceptsget-things-done attitude
Certifications
TS/SCI with Polygraph