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Missionforce - Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (Salesforce Technical Architect), Public Sector

Salesforce$148K — $260K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or consulting
  • 4+ years leading Salesforce Core Projects
  • Strong application design and data integration skills
  • Effective communication and presentation abilities
  • Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies
  • Detail-oriented and analytical mindset
  • Resourceful problem solver with a focus on integration patterns

Responsibilities

  • Lead high-profile customer engagements by designing and deploying tailored Salesforce solutions
  • Engineer distributed systems on major cloud platforms like AWS and GCP
  • Develop infrastructure as code, microservices, and data pipelines
  • Deliver production-grade software with an AI-first approach
  • Design systems that seamlessly integrate AI into human workflows
  • Contribute to a shared system context for accurate AI operation
  • Evaluate code quality and security in various environments
  • Collaborate with customers to translate technical needs into solutions
  • Mentor junior engineers and advocate for best practices

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship
  • Work embedded within the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies
  • Engagement with cutting-edge AI technology and solutions
  • Possibility for rapid career advancement given the high-stakes environment
  • Dynamic work environment with innovative projects
  • Chance to make significant impact on mission-critical outcomes
Full Job Description

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Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil who does not hold dual citizenship with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role.

PLEASE NOTE: Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation as well as your having and maintaining the specific level of U.S. government background investigation and clearance required for this role.

About the Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) on our Public Sector team, you'll be embedded with the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Aerospace clients 1 designing and deploying bespoke AI solutions that drive mission-critical outcomes. Additionally you'll architect the backbone of a planet-scale platform that ships hundreds of features daily with rock-solid reliability and security.

This role demands a builder's mindset, an AI-first approach, and the technical depth to take complex challenges from concept to production.

Mission Responsibilities

  • Serve as the technical lead on high-profile customer engagements1designing, building, and deploying tailored Salesforce solutions for defense, intelligence, and aerospace missions.

  • Engineer distributed systems running across thousands of compute nodes on AWS, GCP, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud

  • Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), microservices (Kubernetes, Docker), and data pipelines

  • Build and ship high-quality, production-grade software using modern engineering practices, with AI as a core part of your development workflow by pushing the boundaries of AI development tools to deliver secure, optimized, and high-quality code.

  • Design and orchestrate complex systems where AI agents integrate seamlessly into human workflows, driving efficiency and innovation at scale.

  • Contribute to building and maintaining the shared system context, an explicit repository of system designs, constraints, and standards that enables AI to operate accurately and reliably.

  • Critically evaluate code (human or AI-generated) for correctness, quality, security, and performance.

  • Partner directly with customers and mission stakeholders to translate complex needs into technical solutions

  • Lead rapid prototyping, root cause analysis, and best-practice evangelism across teams

  • Mentor junior engineers and serve as a technical role model


MinimumRequirements:

  • 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience

  • 4+ years of experience leading Salesforce Core Projects

  • Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills

  • Strong presentation skills. Able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences

  • Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies

  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience

  • A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles

  • Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration

  • Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems

  • Strong experience in Integration concepts, designs and patterns

  • Ability to travel 25 60% of the time, as needed to customer sites.

  • Active Secret clearance preferred


Preferred Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline. Equivalent demonstrable work experience in lieu of a degree will be considered

  • Background in defense/aerospace, classified environments (IL5/IL6), or federal civilian agencies

  • Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization

  • Application design and development background

  • Strong Enterprise Architecture background would be favorable

  • Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications

#LI-Y

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.

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