Forward Deployed Engineer

pbProduction experience required. Builder mindset non-negotiable. /b /p pSalesforce is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers — experienced bTechnical Builders /b who design, build, and deploy agentic AI solutions directly inside enterprise customer environments. You'll work as part of a delivery team, partnering closely with a Deployment Strategist (bStrategic Builder /b
- a customer-facing advisor who shapes AI strategy and drives adoption) to co-build solutions that go live in production environments from day one. Engagements range from a single large strategic customer to multiple accounts simultaneously. The common thread is real code, real environments, and measurable business impact. This work spans configuration, customization, and full-stack deployment — shipping solutions customers depend on. /p h3bThe Builder Experience /b /h3 ul libAI-Powered Development: /bShip real customer solutions, supported by best-in-class AI tools — Cursor, Claude, and Salesforce coding products like Vibes — embedded into your day-to-day workflow. /li libCollaborative Delivery: /bYou'll work alongside Senior Forward Deployed Engineers and a Deployment Strategist. You'll own real components, benefit from structured mentorship from people who've shipped agentic systems at scale, and have a clear path to leading complex deliveries yourself. /li libFrontier Access: /bOur agentic AI platform is evolving in real time. You'll work on capabilities most engineers won't touch for months — spanning Agentforce, data, platform, and headless architectures and your field insight will feed directly to the product teams building them. /li libContinuous Innovation: /bYou'll be expected to stay at the forefront, experimenting with emerging AI tools, models, and frameworks, and sharing what you learn with your team and customers. /li /ul h3bWhat You'll Actually Be Building /b /h3 ul liDevelop AI agents and experiences that take real actions for real organizations. Our solutions are in production at some of the largest enterprises on the planet. The work matters because the customers depend on it. /li liDesign agent intelligence: prompts, reasoning, tool calls, and integration with customer systems, leveraging our Agentic AI platform and current LLM techniques. /li liOwn technical components end-to-end: from architecture choice to deployed, validated, and observable in production. /li liBuild and integrate data pipelines on Salesforce Data 360, Snowflake, Databricks, and customer data platforms. Model the data, ship the pipeline, validate the output /li liBuild and maintain agent performance dashboards and customer KPI reporting to track deployment health and business outcomes. /li liContribute to proofs-of-concept and MVPs that move from sketch to deployable in days, not months. /li liCo-build alongside customers and partners, sharing best practices and enablement as you go. Leaving teams more capable after each engagement than before. /li liSurface platform gaps, edge cases, and field insights to senior Engineers and the product team. Your real-world experience is the product feedback loop. /li liPartner with the Deployment Strategist in your pod to translate customer business challenges into agentic solutions that actually ship. /li /ul h3bYou're Our Forward Deployed Engineer If… /b /h3 ul libLanguage Requiremen /bts: Must be fluent in English and either Dutch or French /li liYou bhave a degree in Computer Science or a related field /b /li liYou have 3+ years (6-10 years for Senior levels) of software engineering or technical delivery experience, with at least one production system you'd be proud to walk us through
- ideally in an AI tech stack, full-stack development, or working with frontier models /li liYou have prior customer-facing technical delivery experience (consulting, professional services, or forward deployed engineering) — this is a requirement, not a nice-to-have. /li liProven experiencemanaging and delivering customer-facing projects within Public Sector, Higher Education, or Nonprofit environments /li liYou're fluent in at least one of Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Apex — and willing to add to that list as the work demands. /li liYou've been hands-on with LLMs and prompt engineering. You can explain why a prompt failed and what you'd change. /li liYou understand data modeling, APIs, and integration patterns deeply enough to design them, not just consume them. /li liYou can hold your own in a room with sales teams and customer architects. /li liYou ship quality code and evaluate AI outputs with engineering rigor. /li liYou actively tinker with the evolving AI/data landscape — piloting new tools, experimenting with new models, and staying genuinely curious about what's coming next. /li liYou thrive in the group chat that's building something, not just talking about it. /li liYou're excited to travel ~25% of the time, working directly alongside customers. /li /ul h3bNice-to-Haves /b /h3 ul liSalesforce platform ex