Lead Forward Deployed Engineer – Data Science, Integration
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Forward Deployed Engineer at Salesforce, the AI CRM company, building ML, API integrations, and workflows for defense and intelligence customers. Leading secure, customer-site mission delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the forward-deployed technical lead on customer engagements for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions
- Design, build, and deploy tailored data science and integration solutions on-site
- Architect and implement enterprise integrations using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform or equivalent iPaaS tooling
- Design and deploy workflow automation using Regrello or equivalent orchestration tooling
- Integrate AI/ML models, custom data pipelines, and automation flows for predictive maintenance, personnel planning, and logistics decisions
- Work with customer IT and security teams to accelerate Authority to Operate and production go-lives under DoD IL5/IL6 and applicable regulatory frameworks
- Partner with internal product and engineering teams to co-develop integration patterns and data science capabilities
- Enable adoption of modern data platforms and integration middleware for field operations, asset visibility, command center analytics, and secure workflows
- Mentor junior FDEs and share lessons learned with the engineering community
- Translate mission priorities into data and integration roadmaps and present recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Design and implement production ML and analytics systems, predictive models, intelligent automation pipelines, and LLM-augmented workflows
- Own data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, feature engineering, and integration strategy
- Lead rapid prototyping and MVP development with customer teams
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in a hands-on, end-to-end delivery role for high-quality, scalable production solutions
- Strong background in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related engineering discipline
- Expert-level proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, or SQL
- Extensive hands-on experience building and deploying AI/ML solutions, including model development, MLOps pipelines, LLM integration, prompt engineering, and agentic frameworks
- Demonstrated expertise in enterprise integration platforms and API-led connectivity design
- Demonstrated expertise in workflow orchestration and process automation platforms
- Deep expertise in data modeling, processing, and analytics with enterprise data platforms
- Proven ability to deliver in ambiguous, customer-site environments
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Proven ability to lead technical engagements, mentor junior FDEs, and own technical delivery end-to-end
- Ability to travel 50-75% of the time to customer sites, including classified facilities
- Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil who does not hold dual citizenship
- Eligible for and willing to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
- Must agree to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position
Benefits:
- Time off programs
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Mental health support
- Paid parental leave
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Employee stock purchasing program
- Incentive compensation, as applicable
- Equity, as applicable
- Reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process
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