Principal AI Architect

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Sales Job Details About Salesforce We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good - you've come to the right place. As an Agentforce Technical Architect, you'll act as a trusted advisor to our customers, guiding them through the emerging AI solutions and ensuring they realize the full value of the platform. You'll combine deep technical domain expertise in AI/ML, data infrastructure, and CRM with strong presentation and solutioning skills. Working side by side with our Account Executives, Solutions Engineers, Product, and Product Marketing teams, you will: You will: Lead pre-sales technical design by analyzing customer needs and recommending solutions aligned with Agentforce capabilities and integration with external agent frameworks. Shape best practices around generative AI, agent interoperability, prompt engineering, Data Cloud, and cross-platform integrations. Collaborate with AEs and SEs to build hands-on prototypes and demos using Agentforce and integrated external agents. Develop thought leadership contentdemo templates, whitepapers, enablement sessionsfocused on agent lifecycle, integration strategy, and technical effectiveness Act as a central technical knowledge resource, proactively addressing internal technical inquiries, facilitating deep technical enablement, and documenting best practices to empower specialist teams across the organization. If you are naturally curious about AI, love diving into new technologies, and enjoy educating others while crafting solutions that deliver real business impact, we want to talk to you! Responsibilities Understand Agent Interoperability - Map and integrate external agents from hyperscalers (e.g. Copilot, Gemini) into Agentforce via open standards (MCP, A2A); design how these systems collaborate. Enable Conversational & Background Agents - Use Agentforce Studio and Agent Builder to configure chat and background agents; integrate with external channels including voice via hyperscaler APIs. Drive Prompt Engineering & Lifecycle Strategy - Lead prompt design, testing, monitoring, and iteration; define agent lifecycle best practices from development through refinement. Build Hands-On Demos & Prototypes - Co-create quick prototypes (