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Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector, Non-profit and Education

Salesforce
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Description

Location
Central London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where ambition meets action and innovation is a way of life. We are seeking Forward Deployed Engineers—experienced Technical Builders who design, build, and deploy agentic AI solutions directly inside enterprise customer environments. You will work closely with a Deployment Strategist to co-build solutions that go live in production from day one, impacting real customers in the Global Public Sector including Government, Nonprofit, and Education organizations.

As part of the delivery team, you will ship real customer solutions using best-in-class AI tools such as Cursor, Claude, and Salesforce coding products like Vibes. You will collaborate with Senior Forward Deployed Engineers and Deployment Strategists, owning technical components end-to-end and benefiting from structured mentorship. This role offers frontier access to evolving AI platforms and requires continuous innovation by experimenting with emerging AI tools, models, and frameworks.

Your work will include designing agent intelligence, building and integrating data pipelines on platforms like Salesforce Data 360, Snowflake, and Databricks, maintaining agent performance dashboards, contributing to proofs-of-concept and MVPs, and partnering closely with customers to deliver impactful AI-driven solutions. You will also provide valuable feedback to product teams based on your field experience.

Join Salesforce to unleash your potential, work at the forefront of AI-powered development, and help redefine what’s possible for AI and the world.

Requirements

Experience
- Minimum 3 years of software engineering or technical delivery experience, with at least one production system you can confidently discuss
- Prior customer-facing technical delivery experience (consulting, professional services, or forward deployed engineering) is required
- Hands-on experience with LLMs and prompt engineering, able to analyze and improve prompt performance
- Fluency in at least one of Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Apex
- Strong understanding of data modeling, APIs, and integration patterns
- Experience working collaboratively with sales teams and customer architects
- Proven ability to ship quality code and evaluate AI outputs with engineering rigor
- Comfortable experimenting with new AI/data tools and models
- Willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time to work directly with customers

About You
- Passionate about AI innovation and delivering real-world impact
- Curious and proactive in staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Collaborative team player who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments
- Strong communicator able to translate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences

Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Salesforce platform experience or certifications (Administrator, Platform Developer I, Agentforce Specialist) is a plus
- Familiarity with agent frameworks such as LangChain or LlamaIndex and orchestration patterns is desirable
- Experience with cloud data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery is advantageous
- Background in specialist AI delivery areas such as data engineering, platform architecture, or headless deployments is beneficial

Expiry date: 16/10/2026
Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector, Non-profit and Education
Company:
Salesforce
Job Type:
Full-time
Location:
Central London