Salesforce

Lead Solution Engineer

In short

Specialist/Lead Solution Engineer role at Salesforce within the Emerging Business Unit, acting as subject matter expert selling and demonstrating Agentforce IT Service, an AI-driven ITSM solution built on Service Cloud. The role requires articulating product value, integration with the broader Salesforce portfolio, and driving sales through creative problem-solving. Based in New York, with a base salary range of $148,190–$198,170/year for that location.

About Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Agentforce is positioned as the future of AI at Salesforce.
The Experience
This Specialist Solution Engineer role sits within the Emerging Business Unit (EBOU), focusing on products in a similar growth lifecycle phase. The EBU's mission is to incubate, scale, and grow these solutions with a startup mindset. You'll operate as a subject matter expert, articulating the value of the solutions and their seamless integration within the broader Salesforce portfolio. This is a dynamic role where the ability to think outside the box, challenge the status quo, and identify solutions that drive sales will be key to the team's success.
Product Overview
As a Specialist Solution Engineer supporting Agentforce IT Service, you will be instrumental in demonstrating and evangelizing in these areas:
Agentforce IT Service is an IT Service Management (ITSM) solution built on the world's #1 Service Cloud platform that replaces outdated "portal-to-ticket" systems with an agent-first, conversation-first, workflow-driven experience. You'll be selling a solution that helps companies:
•Deliver Conversational, Always-On Support: Empower employees to get help in minutes, not hours, without leaving their workflow. Agentforce meets users where they work — in Slack — allowing them to request hardware, reset passwords, or report issues through natural conversation rather than complex forms.
•Automate End-to-End Incident Management: Accelerate resolutions with AI-driven triage, auto-creation of incidents, and intelligent routing to the right specialists. Reduce manual effort and improve agent productivity by letting Einstein handle repetitive tasks.
•Unify IT and HR Service on One Platform: Eliminate silos by bringing IT, HR, Facilities, and other service teams together within Salesforce. Deliver consistent, cross-departmental experiences with shared workflows, automation, and analytics.
•Gain Full Visibility with a Native CMDB: Leverage Salesforce's Configuration Management Database (CMDB) to visualize asset relationships, dependencies, and health in real time. Identify root causes, track service impacts, and resolve issues before they cascade.
•Boost Productivity and Reduce Costs: Automate up to 80% of IT tasks end-to-end through workflow automation, AI assistance, and self-service. Free up IT talent to focus on innovation instead of routine ticket handling.
•Enable the Agentic Enterprise: Combine human expertise with AI assistance to create a self-healing, proactive support environment where employees and digital agents collaborate to solve problems faster than ever before.
Compensation
Salesforce believes in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $134,750 - $180,250 annually. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $148,190 - $198,170 per year. The recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form.

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