Solution Engineer

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Dublin, IRL
In-Office
Mid level
Cloud • Software
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The Role
Serve as a pre-sales technical partner to Sales, designing and delivering Salesforce and Agentforce-based solutions and demos, translating business needs into technical recommendations, leading the solution lifecycle, and engaging stakeholders from IT to C-suite to close complex enterprise deals.
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Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. We’re 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.
Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Role Overview

As an Account Solution Engineer (also known as a "Presales Consultant" or "Sales Engineer"), you are the visionary who transforms customer experiences. You aren’t just a technical expert; you are a strategic partner to Sales, owning the solutioning throughout the entire sales cycle. You will act as a trusted advisor to our customers, translating complex business objectives into enticing, practical recommendations that drive real change.

Business Acumen & Strategic Impact
  • Business Transformation Advocate: You are passionate about how technology solves real-world business puzzles. You enjoy digging into a company’s value chain to find where Salesforce can drive the most impact.

  • The "Bottom Line" Mentality: You understand that technology is only as good as the business outcome it creates. You are excited by the challenge of connecting high-level business strategy to technical execution.

Strategic Sales Partner: You thrive on the "win." You act as a co-pilot to the sales team, bringing a strategic lens to every deal to ensure we aren't just selling software, but building a long-term partnership.

The Ideal Profile: Passion & Mindset

Demonstrated Passion for Technology & AI

  • The "First to Know": You are a true technophile. You don't just wait for training; you are already experimenting with the latest in Generative AI, LLMs, and Agentic workflows.

  • AI Visionary: You have a clear passion for how AI is transforming the workforce. You are eager to show customers how Agentforce and autonomous agents can augment human productivity.

  • Continuous Learner: You have a "Growth Mindset." Whether it’s passing a new Salesforce Certification or exploring a new API, you are driven by a natural curiosity to understand the how and why behind the tech.

Responsibilities
  • Strategic Sales Partnership: Act as the technical "North Star" for the sales team, aligning technical strategy with business outcomes to close complex deals.

  • Solution Innovation: Develop and deliver innovative custom solutions and demos (including Agentforce and Data Cloud) that address unique business challenges and prove tangible value.

  • Lead the Cycle: Coordinate and lead the entire solution cycle through close collaboration with other high-performing teams (Product, Marketing, Professional Services).

  • Value Communication: Articulate the benefits of Salesforce to audiences at every level—from IT Administrators to C-suite executives—using industry-specific insights.

  • Continuous Growth: Maintain expert-level knowledge of Salesforce products and industry trends to remain effective in a performance-driven environment.

Experience & Background

We are looking for a diverse range of backgrounds to join our high-performing UKI team. Whether you are a career SE or looking to pivot your technical and business acumen into a pre-sales career, we want to hear from you.
Core Experience (One or more of the following):

  • Solution Excellence: A proven track record in Solution Engineering (Pre-sales), technical consulting, or professional services delivery within an enterprise software organization.

  • Strategic Sales & Account Management: Experience in Account Management or Solution Selling, with a focus on navigating complex sales cycles and acting as a strategic partner to sales leadership.

  • SaaS & Cloud Fluency: Deep familiarity with the SaaS (Software as a Service) landscape, including an understanding of subscription-based business models and cloud architecture.

  • Consultative Mindset: A background in Business Consulting, with the ability to perform deep discovery, identify "pain points," and map them to high-value technology roadmaps.

  • Technical Foundation: A strong Technical Background—this could be a degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience with APIs, data modeling, or software development.

Required Skills & Qualifications

The Foundations

  • Professional Background: A track record in Solution Engineering, SaaS, Account Management, Management Consulting, or a deep Technical Background. We are open to a variety of backgrounds if you can demonstrate the core proficiencies of the role.

  • Strategic Partnering: Experience acting as a strategic partner to sales or business units, helping to steer the direction of a deal or project.

  • Demonstrated Passion: A visible passion for Technology, Business, and AI. You are curious about the latest trends and eager to learn how they apply to customer success.

  • Problem-Solving: Exceptional ability to find creative, pragmatic solutions to unique and complex business challenges.

Key Professional Skills

  • Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage and influence internal and external stakeholders, navigating different interests to reach a common goal.

  • Communication & Presence: Strong oral, written, and presentation skills. You are good at explaining complex ideas and finding ways to keep an audience’s attention.

  • Prioritisation: Strong organizational and time-management skills to manage multiple high-priority projects simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Experience & Adaptability

  • Industry Insight: Ability to understand business requirements within multiple industries and translate them into a compelling vision and roadmap.

  • Agility: Comfortable working as part of a team to tackle problems in energizing environments and willing to travel occasionally.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Salesforce Ecosystem: Existing Salesforce product knowledge and certifications (e.g., AI Associate, Administrator, or Cloud Consultant) are highly preferred.

  • SaaS Mastery: Experience or background in solution selling and the enterprise software landscape.

  • Education: Degree or equivalent proven experience (including extracurricular leadership, military experience, or volunteer roles).

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.

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Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

Skills Required

  • Proven track record in Solution Engineering (Pre-sales), technical consulting, or professional services delivery within an enterprise software organization
  • Experience in Account Management or Solution Selling, navigating complex sales cycles
  • SaaS and cloud fluency, including subscription business models and cloud architecture
  • Consultative business consulting mindset with deep discovery and mapping pain points to technology roadmaps
  • Strong technical background (degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience with APIs, data modeling, or software development)
  • Experience acting as a strategic partner to sales or business units
  • Demonstrated passion for Technology, Business, and AI
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to deliver pragmatic solutions
  • Stakeholder management and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders
  • Strong communication, presentation, and presence across technical and executive audiences
  • Strong prioritisation, organisation and time-management skills in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to understand business requirements across multiple industries and translate into roadmaps
  • Agility, teamwork, and willingness to travel occasionally
  • Existing Salesforce product knowledge and certifications (e.g., AI Associate, Administrator, Cloud Consultant)
  • Experience or background in solution selling and enterprise SaaS landscapes
  • Degree or equivalent proven experience (including leadership, military, or volunteer experience)

Salesforce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Salesforce and has not been reviewed or approved by Salesforce.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is positioned as above-market in the U.S., with multiple peer-reported benchmarks converging around a similar median total compensation figure. Compensation is also framed as broadly viewed as fair in aggregate, even while acknowledging variation by role and group.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is described as notably generous for U.S. caregivers, with additional supports like gradual return-to-work and doula reimbursement. Family-building programs are also emphasized through fertility/adoption/surrogacy support with sizeable reimbursement limits.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Mental-health and coaching offerings are highlighted as accessible supports alongside financial-wellbeing tools. Volunteer Time Off and donation matching are presented as distinctive lifestyle-aligned benefits that add value beyond cash compensation.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
72,000 Employees

What We Do

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where Humans with agents drive customer success together. Through Agentforce, our groundbreaking suite of customizable agents and tools, Salesforce brings autonomous AI agents, unified data from any source, and best-in-class Customer 360 apps together on one integrated platform to help companies connect with customers in a whole new way. Salesforce is democratizing AI agents for businesses of every size and industry so every company can embrace a workforce without limits. Our low code, open, and secure platform helps companies build and customize Salesforce fast so they can safely scale AI-powered work to every customer and employee experience and transform their business. Salesforce is proud to be the market leader, but we’re even more proud to lead in philanthropy, innovation and culture. Guided by core values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability, Salesforce is more than a business — we’re a platform for change.

Why Work With Us

There’s no typical day in the life of a Salesforce employee. You could be transforming our next AI innovation — or transforming your community. Closing deals — or closing your laptop for a day of Volunteer Time Off. Driving change for our customers — or driving change within one of our high-performing teams.

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