Principal AI Architect
$143850/y-$287210/y
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OnsiteFull-time
Summary
Salesforce is seeking a Principal AI Architect to join their team in New York, NY. The role involves acting as a trusted advisor to customers, guiding them through emerging AI solutions and ensuring they realize the full value of the platform.
About the Role
As a Principal AI Architect, you will lead pre-sales technical design, shape best practices around generative AI, collaborate with teams to build prototypes, develop thought leadership content, and act as a central technical knowledge resource. You will also map and integrate external agents, enable conversational agents, drive prompt engineering, and support early adoption efforts.
About You
Required:- Several years in solutions engineering, architecture, or technical consulting, ideally in B2B SaaS.
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce Agentforce.
- Strong understanding of external agent ecosystems and interoperability.
- Proven track record in prompt engineering, agent lifecycle management, and hands-on prototype development.
- Experience with machine learning concepts (predictive and generative AI).
- Familiarity with Salesforce CRM and modern data stacks.
- Proficiency in programming (e.g., JavaScript, Python, SQL) or Salesforce development (Apex, Lightning Web Components).
- Strong presentation skills and ability to explain complex ideas.
Preferred:- Experience integrating Salesforce with external agents via APIs and open standards.
- Familiarity with prompt governance, observability, and monitoring frameworks.
- Background in cross-platform integrations.
- Prior exposure to conversational voice pipelines or multimodal integrations.
- Exposure to AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and cloud AI platforms.
Benefits
- Time off programs.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Mental health support.
- Paid parental leave.
- Life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) plan.
- Employee stock purchasing program.
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