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Forward Deployed Engineer (Salesforce & Agentforce)

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$150,000–$200,000Tysons Corner, VASenior

Forward-deployed technical delivery leader responsible for enterprise Salesforce, Agentforce, and Data Cloud deployments from executive requirements through production sustainment.

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At a glance

Posted base pay

$150K–$200KBelow the median

The work

Integrates and configures it

Balance

  1. Mostly building
  2. Mixed
  3. Mostly pre-sales or support

Project stages

  1. Pre-sales
  2. Proof of concept (not covered)
  3. Implementation
  4. Operations

Travel Required, amount not stated

Coding
Writes production code
Builds for
Both
Level
Staff+
Role
Technical lead

What they ask for

Experience

  • 12+ yearsoverall experience
  • 5+ yearsleading enterprise Salesforce delivery in a forward-deployed, field engineering, or solution consulting capacity

Background

  • Software engineering
  • Implementation and data engineering
  • Forward deployed engineering
  • Consulting

Tools

  • Salesforce Agentforce
  • Salesforce Data Cloud
  • Prompt Builder
  • Salesforce Flow
  • Apex
  • MuleSoft
  • Workato
  • Informatica
  • Snowflake
  • AWS

Less common in FDE jobs

  • Who you build for: Both9%
  • Responsibility level: Staff+17%
  • Covers pre-sales25%
  • Individual contributor or manager: Technical lead47%

Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.

What you’ll do

  • Lead end-to-end Agentforce and Data Cloud deployments through production sustainment
  • Design autonomous agents, prompt architectures, orchestration flows, and conversational AI solutions
  • Define AgenticOps governance, monitoring, incident response, and lifecycle practices
  • Establish a Salesforce AI Center of Excellence and repeatable delivery operating models

What you’ll bring

  • 12+ years of overall experience, including 5+ years leading enterprise Salesforce delivery
  • Production Agentforce experience with agent design, Prompt Builder, Topics, Actions, testing, and governance
  • Deep Salesforce architecture expertise across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Flow, Apex, APIs, and integrations
  • Data Cloud expertise in modeling, identity resolution, data streams, calculated insights, and Agentforce integration

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Pay and conditions

Posted pay
$150,000–$200,000
Pay details

The estimated base salary range for new hires into this role is $150,000 - $200,000 annually + bonus depending on factors such as job-related knowledge, relevant experience, and location. We also offer a competitive benefits package, details of which can be found here.

Location
Tysons Corner, VA
Employment type
Full-time
Travel
Travel required, amount not stated
Experience requirements
  • 12+ years: overall experience (required)
  • 5+ years: leading enterprise Salesforce delivery in a forward-deployed, field engineering, or solution consulting capacity (required)

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