Capgemini

Salesforce Forward Deployed Engineer

Capgemini
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6 days ago
Woking, United Kingdom +7 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Salesforce Functional Consultants, Solution Architects, AI Specialists, engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver Salesforce and AI-powered solutions.
  • Build autonomous agents and AI-enabled business experiences using Agentforce, Einstein, Prompt Builder, Model Builder, and Data Cloud.
  • Develop scalable Salesforce applications with Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow, JavaScript, Platform Events, and APIs.
  • Integrate Salesforce with enterprise systems using MuleSoft, APIs, event-driven architectures, and AppExchange solutions.
  • Design prompts, retrieval, grounding, agent actions, and evaluation harnesses to improve AI accuracy, quality, cost, and latency.
  • Deliver solutions for large-scale Salesforce environments supporting hundreds or thousands of users.
  • Engage directly with client stakeholders and explain AI, automation, and Salesforce concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Support Agile delivery teams and apply DevOps practices using Gearset, Copado, Flosum, GitHub, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Evaluate emerging Salesforce AI capabilities and identify opportunities across client engagements.

Requirements

  • Strong Salesforce technical experience across one or more core clouds, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Industries Cloud, or Field Service.
  • Hands-on experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow, JavaScript, APIs, Salesforce integration patterns, Agentforce, Einstein, Prompt Builder, and Model Builder.
  • Understanding of large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, grounding, and hallucination reduction.
  • Experience testing and evaluating AI features, including building evaluation sets, measuring accuracy, and monitoring production quality, cost, and latency.
  • Knowledge of MuleSoft, event-driven architectures, REST/SOAP APIs, external system connectivity, and AI models hosted outside Salesforce.
  • Experience translating complex business requirements and user stories into scalable technical solutions and delivering them through Agile cross-functional teams.
  • Experience collaborating with third-party delivery partners and Salesforce ecosystem vendors, plus solid Salesforce DevOps and software engineering knowledge.
  • Preferred familiarity with Model Context Protocol, vector search, embeddings, or Python for AI tooling.
  • Preferred certifications include Salesforce Administrator, Platform Developer I and II, JavaScript Developer I, AI Specialist, Data Cloud Consultant, Salesforce Consultant certifications, and Agentblazer Legend.
  • Must obtain Security Check clearance and have resided continuously in the United Kingdom for the last five years; some posts may be restricted to sole UK Nationals.

Benefits

  • Hybrid-first working with flexible working arrangements available to UK employees.
  • Wellbeing support including Mental Health Champions and access to Thrive and Peppy wellbeing apps.
  • Training and development opportunities including thinktanks, hackathons, 250,000 courses, and external certifications.
  • Opportunity to work with major clients on technology projects with business, technological, and societal impact.

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Forward Deployed
Capgemini

About Capgemini

10,000+ employees

Capgemini is a global IT services and consulting firm that delivers strategy, cloud, AI, software engineering, and managed services to large enterprises and public-sector clients. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Paris, it is publicly traded on Euronext Paris and operates in 50+ countries. The group expanded its engineering capabilities by acquiring Altran in 2020, now operating as Capgemini Engineering.

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