[Hiring] Specialist Solution Engineer @Salesforce

Role Description

Do you want to be part of an outstanding team selling into the world's top organizations? Come join the Salesforce Solution Engineering team! Through collaboration with the customer, the Sales team, the Product team, and Professional Services, our Solution Engineers (SEs) drive the technical sale of our products and help customers realize real business value. This unique perspective creates an opportunity for the SE to interact with the entire customer lifecycle. If you enjoy a fast-paced environment full of exciting challenges and opportunities to build compelling solutions, this Solution Engineering role may be right for you.

The SE world is a dynamic, constantly evolving environment where expertise in design, business consulting, and technology is used every day to drive innovation.

As a Solution Engineer at Salesforce, you must have a strong desire to demonstrate technical and sales skills, including the ability to:

• Drive discovery
• Solicit business requirements
• Develop a technical sales strategy
• Configure and successfully demonstrate the solutions that address those requirements and deliver business value

We hire based on skills and experience and are open to hiring at all levels for the right candidate.

The Salesforce Solutions team is organized into account-focused/industry SEs and product specialist SEs. This role is for an Analytics Specialist Solution Engineer (Tableau) supporting our Consumer Business Services (CBS) vertical. The ideal candidate has a passion for helping customers solve complex business problems with analytics and AI. Experience with Salesforce, AI, Tableau and/or CRM Analytics/Tableau Next is required.

You'll bring creativity to incorporating analytics concepts into comprehensive visions that span the entire Salesforce platform, lead from the front by showing customers how to bring agentic, data-driven experiences to their end users today, and partner with our Account and Analytics sales teams to showcase the right technical solution to drive value and efficiency for our customers.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, Data Science, or equivalent relevant experience
• Hands-on experience with Tableau, CRM Analytics, or Tableau Next
• Familiarity with data visualization, dashboarding, and self-service analytics best practices
• Knowledge of related applications, relational databases, and web technology
• Solid oral, written, presentation, collaboration, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team to solve technical problems in varied organizational and political environments
• Strategic problem solver comfortable engaging technical, business, and executive audiences
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally for customer engagements and team events

Requirements

• Previous experience as a solution/sales engineer/consultant for a CRM, analytics, or BI company, or in a similar customer-facing technical role
• Experience building with AI tools (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, MeshMesh, etc.)
• Salesforce Certifications (including Tableau Certifications)
• Familiarity with AI/ML fundamentals and how analytics platforms surface AI-driven insights (e.g., Einstein, agentic AI, predictive analytics)
• Experience with SQL and data modeling across structured and semi-structured data
• Basic programming/scripting experience (Python, HTML, JavaScript, or similar)
• Experience with design thinking, persona-based discovery, or workshop facilitation techniques

Benefits

• Time off programs
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health support
• Paid parental leave
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchasing program