Principal Solution Engineer - Strat FINS

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The Principal Solution Engineer in Strat FINS will interact with the largest insurance and financial firms to demonstrate and deliver the latest Salesforce capabilities to meet business needs.  This includes a heavy emphasis on AI and Vibe coding in workshop and collaborative environments.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Solution Engineer in Strat FINS, your core focus will be driving technical alignment and showing concrete value through hands-on execution:

• Lead AI & AgentForce Workshops: Create, deliver, and manage high-impact, interactive customer workshops. You will guide executive stakeholders through the art of the possible, focusing heavily on AI capabilities and AgentForce deployment.

• Build PoCs and PoTs: Design and develop sophisticated Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and Proof of Technology (PoTs). You will be hands-on in development orgs and customer sandbox environments to validate architecture and prove feasibility.

• Co-Innovate with Customers: Collaborate directly with customer technical and business teams to build prototype solutions, ensuring a deep sense of co-ownership and technical validation.

• Translate Value: Articulate complex AI architectures and Agentic Use Cases into tangible business value summaries that resonate with C-level financial executives.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

AI Fluency & Technical Execution

• Deep AI Expertise: Strong fluency in modern AI paradigms, including Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and autonomous agent architectures.

• Hands-on Builder: Proven experience building with modern AI tools, low-code/pro-code AI builders, and specifically AgentForce or equivalent autonomous agent frameworks.

• Environment Management: Comfort working within complex development orgs and customer sandbox environments; ability to safely configure, test, and deploy prototype solutions.

Domain & Consultative Expertise

• FINS Acumen: Deep understanding of the Banking, Wealth Management, or Insurance verticals, including their unique operational workflows, compliance considerations, and customer pain points.

• Value Engineering: Ability to identify and define Agentic Use Cases (e.g., automated loan underwriting support, autonomous wealth advisory assistants, claims processing agents) and map them directly to business ROI.

• Workshop Facilitation: Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills, with a track record of managing technical workshops for both highly technical and non-technical business audiences.

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.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link:

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.

The typical base salary range for this position is $157,640 - $210,910 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 $173,460 - $231,980 per year. Your 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.