Salesforce
Lead Forward Deployed Engineering - Data Science & Integration
$172K–$260K
Virginia - Herndon +1 · Remote Customer-Based · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Location
- Virginia - Herndon
Virginia - Washington DC Metro - Remote - Experience
- 8+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Not specified.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil, with no dual citizenship. Must be eligible and willing to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; the posting also requires acceptable background investigation results and maintaining the required clearance.
About the job
Leads customer-site delivery of data science, AI/ML, workflow automation, and enterprise integration solutions for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and deploy production data pipelines, predictive models, AI/ML systems, and API-led integrations in secure customer environments.
- Lead customer engagements from mission discovery and prototyping through production deployment, optimization, and stakeholder recommendations.
- Coordinate with customer and internal teams, support security and ATO processes, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of hands-on, end-to-end delivery experience for scalable production solutions.
- Strong background in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related engineering discipline; expert proficiency in one or more programming languages.
- Hands-on AI/ML delivery experience, including model development, MLOps, LLM integration, prompt engineering, and agentic frameworks.
- U.S. citizen living on U.S. soil, without dual citizenship; eligible and willing to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; able to travel 50–75%.
Nice to have
- Prior forward-deployed or embedded customer-facing experience, or experience supporting DoD, IC, or federal civilian agencies.
- Direct MuleSoft Anypoint Platform or Regrello experience; familiarity with classified environments or IL5/IL6 requirements.
Pay
$172,500 - $260,100 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Java, SQL, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Regrello, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Snowflake
AI focus
Designs and delivers production AI/ML solutions, predictive models, MLOps pipelines, LLM integrations, prompt engineering, agentic frameworks, and intelligent automation for mission applications.
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