Missionforce - Associate Forward Deployed Engineer; FDE), Public Sector

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Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

At Salesforce, we believe technology should serve the greater good-powering mission outcomes, stewarding taxpayer resources, and enabling innovation at speed and scale. We are seeking a highly skilled and hands‑on Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join our elite Public Sector team s is a unique and high‑impact position, blending the roles of a technologist and strategic partner. In this role, you will be at the forefront of bringing cutting‑edge AI and other transformative solutions to life for mission‑critical work across the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community (IC), and Aerospace & Allied Nations.

This isn't a typical engineering job. It's for those who want to roll up their sleeves and make a tangible difference. You will work directly with mission owners and internal teams to design, develop, and implement bespoke solutions—from AI and enterprise business systems to analytics, field operations, and logistics. You'll use our Agentforce platform and other technologies to tackle our customers' most complex problems, driving tangible value from initial concept to successful deployment and ongoing optimization.

• 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. You'll gather frontline feedback and help co‑design features and capabilities that strengthen national security outcomes.
• 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 end‑to‑end technical delivery of AI solutions, personally writing code, configuring systems, and troubleshooting issues to ensure successful deployment and measurable business impact.
• Build Transformative AI Solutions by designing, developing, and personally implementing high‑quality, scalable production systems. A significant part of this will involve leveraging AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) to create intelligent agents and automate workflows, all built on top of the Salesforce platform.
• Direct Ownership of Data Configuration & Integration from end‑to‑end. You'll design robust data models, build efficient processing pipelines, and establish seamless integration strategies to ingest, transform, and analyze complex datasets. Your work will ensure data is protected and always ready and optimized for our AI applications.
• Drive Agentforce Innovation by becoming an expert in our innovative agentic platform. You'll directly push its capabilities to the limit, developing bespoke intelligent agents, automating intricate business processes, and crafting intuitive user experiences that deliver tangible value.
• Conduct Deep‑Dive Technical Debugging and detailed analysis of complex system interactions, data flows, and AI model behaviours to optimize performance and ensure reliability.
• Prototype and Iterate Rapidly to develop proofs‑of‑concept and minimum viable products, coding alongside…