Salesforce
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mid/Senior Level)
$89K–$317K
California - San Francisco +31 · Office - Flexible · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- California - San Francisco
Florida - Remote
North Carolina - Remote
Washington - Seattle Metro - Remote
California - Remote
Washington - Bellevue
Virginia - Remote
New Jersey - New York City Metro - Remote
Colorado - Remote
Maryland - Washington DC Metro - Remote
New York - New York City Metro - Remote
New York - Remote
Texas - Remote
Colorado - Denver
Georgia - Atlanta
Ohio - Remote
Illinois - Chicago
Massachusetts - Boston
Illinois - Remote
West Virginia - Washington DC Metro - Remote
New Jersey - Remote
Massachusetts - Boston Metro - Remote
West Virginia - Remote
Connecticut - New York City Metro - Remote
Virginia - Washington DC Metro - Remote
New York - New York
Minnesota - Remote
Georgia - Remote
Texas - Dallas
Washington - Remote
Virginia - Herndon
Virginia - Mclean - Experience
- 3+ years; 6–10 years for Senior levels.
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Build and deploy production agentic AI solutions for enterprise customers, integrating customer data and systems and collaborating directly with customer teams.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, deploy, and validate AI agents and their integrations in production environments.
- Build data pipelines, agent performance dashboards, and KPI reporting; contribute to proofs of concept and MVPs.
- Co-build with customers and partners, advise on delivery practices, and relay platform gaps and field insights to product teams.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of software engineering or technical delivery experience; 6–10 years for Senior levels, including experience with at least one production system.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- Prior customer-facing technical delivery experience in consulting, professional services, or forward deployed engineering.
- Fluency in at least one of Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Apex; hands-on LLM and prompt engineering experience.
Nice to have
- Salesforce platform experience or certifications (Administrator, Platform Developer I, Agentforce Specialist).
- Familiarity with LangChain or LlamaIndex, cloud data platforms, or specialist AI delivery areas.
Pay
$88,970 - $287,910 annually (USD, base salary); $97,860 - $316,750 per year (USD, base pay, specified locations)
Tools
Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Apex, Salesforce Data 360, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery
AI focus
Develop and deploy production AI agents using Salesforce's agentic AI platform and LLM techniques; design prompts, reasoning, and tool calls, and evaluate AI outputs.
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