Account Solution Engineer - Department of War (All Levels)

About the role

We are seeking a Solution or Sales Engineer with 7+ years of experience in the defense sector. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Agentforce, Data Cloud, and Salesforce Platform, as well as practical AI fluency and strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage directly with DoW customers to understand mission requirements and technical environment
• Map requirements to the Salesforce portfolio and design tailored demos and proof-of-concept solutions
• Architect and prototype Agentforce solutions for DoW environments, including agentic workflow design and production readiness considerations
• Clearly articulate Salesforce's security and compliance posture to technical evaluators and program offices
• Support RFI/RFP responses by contributing technical content and architecture documentation
• Partner with account executives and customer success to support pipeline and pursuit strategy
• Build reusable POC assets, playbooks, and best-practice guides to scale delivery across the DoW customer base
• Feed Voice of the Customer insights back to Salesforce Product and inform messaging plays with Product Marketing

Requirements

Required:

• U.S. citizenship required; ability to obtain a DoW security clearance preferred
• Experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components, or equivalent engineering background
• Familiarity with GovCloud, AWS GovCloud, or Azure Government environments

PREFERRED:

• Experience with agentic engineering tooling (Cursor, Claude Code, Agentforce Vibes, or similar)
• Preferred Salesforce certifications: Administrator, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Platform Developer, or Public Sector Solutions

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, required.

Skills

Hands-on Agentforce, Data Cloud, and Salesforce Platform builder

Practical AI fluency: working knowledge of LLMs, RAG/grounding, agentic system design, and production behavior

Deep discovery and MVP scoping: able to run technical and business discovery, define agentic use cases, set measurable success criteria, and produce a feasible architecture and activation plan

Strong written, verbal, and whiteboard communication skills

Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, team-selling environment

Benefits

At Salesforce, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Time off programs
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health support
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchasing program

For more details, visit Salesforce Benefits.

The typical base salary range for this position is $113,330 - $210,910 annually. Specific ranges vary by location.