AI Forward Deployed Engineer (Senior/Lead/Principal) at Salesforce

Salesforce seeks a highly accomplished Forward Deployed Engineer to lead complex AI deployments. The role emphasizes hands-on implementation, customer partnership, and technical leadership across AI/LLM solutions built on the Agentforce platform.

Key Responsibilities

Drive end-to-end technical delivery of complex AI solutions with hands-on coding and system configuration

Design and implement high-quality, scalable production systems leveraging AI and LLM-based intelligent agents

Engineer custom intelligent agents using Agentforce, ensuring seamless integration with customer ecosystems

Own complete data lifecycle: modeling, pipeline development, and integration strategy

Identify and resolve complex technical blockers across data integration, model deployment, and agent orchestration

Become foremost expert in Agentforce platform, pushing capabilities while influencing product strategy

Embed with client teams as primary technical advisor and strategic partner

Conduct deep-dive debugging and root cause analysis for system interactions and AI model behaviors

Lead rapid prototyping and MVP development with iterative refinement

Mentor junior team members and enforce engineering best practices

25-50% travel to customer sites

Required Qualifications

5+ years hands-on, end-to-end delivery experience for scalable production solutions

Strong Computer Science or related engineering background

Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript, Java, Python, or Apex

Extensive experience building and deploying solutions with AI/LLM technologies

Demonstrable proficiency with integrating LLMs, applying advanced AI orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex), prompt engineering

Experience with agentic frameworks

Deep expertise in data modeling, processing, integration, and analytics

Proficiency with enterprise data platforms: Salesforce Data Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery

Preferred Qualifications

Extensive Salesforce Data Cloud and/or Agentforce experience

Experience deploying conversational AI in highly regulated industries

Expert-level Apex and/or Python coding

Lightning Web Components (LWC) expertise

Open-source AI framework contributions

Advanced Salesforce certifications

Compensation

British Columbia: CAD $108,000 - $267,700

Ontario: CAD $108,000 - $158,000

Does not include bonuses, equity, or benefits.

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life/disability insurance, 401(k), employee stock purchasing program.

Locations: Toronto, ON / Vancouver, BC, Canada.