Software Engineering MTS (AI Agent Platform)
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Software Engineering
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Software Engineering - MTS (AI Agent Platform)
About Salesforce
We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Guided by our core values, we help companies across every industry connect with customers in new ways, while empowering our employees to grow their careers, build meaningful products, and make a positive impact on the world.
As part of our AI platform initiatives, we are investing in AI agent-based systems that combine strong software engineering foundations with modern AI capabilities. We are looking for engineers who approach AI agents as production software systems, built with the same rigor as any large-scale backend platform.
This role is based in Hyderabad and follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation of working from the office approximately 2-3 days per week.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Member of Technical Staff (MTS) to join our AI Agent engineering team. This role is ideal for a software engineer with a solid backend foundation who has gained hands-on experience building AI agents and is ready to grow further in a production, enterprise-scale environment.
As an MTS engineer, you will:
- Own well-scoped components and services
- Contribute to the implementation and evolution of AI agents
- Participate in technical design discussions with guidance from senior engineers
- Deliver high-quality code while continuing to build depth in system and agent design
This role is hands-on and engineering-focused, with opportunities to contribute to architecture while remaining primarily execution-oriented.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and AI agents under the guidance of senior engineers
- Implement AI agents that interact with tools, APIs, and services to perform multi-step workflows
- Contribute to the design and evolution of agent workflows, interfaces, and supporting services
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following established engineering best practices
- Build and maintain microservices that support agent execution, orchestration, and integrations
- Integrate services with internal and external systems using well-defined APIs
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and team technical discussions
- Improve service reliability through logging, monitoring, and structured error handling
- Work closely with product managers, QA, and infrastructure teams in Agile development cycles
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Required Skills
Core Software Engineering
- 3-6 years of professional software engineering experience
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining production backend services
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages: TypeScript / Node.js (preferred), Java, Python, or Go
- Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals:
- Modular design and separation of concerns
- API-driven development
- Error handling and fault tolerance
- Experience writing unit and integration tests
- Proficiency with Git and standard code review workflows
- Experience working in Agile development environments
AI Agent Experience
- Hands-on experience building AI agents as part of real applications or platforms
- Experience with at least one AI agent framework such as: LangChain or LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel Or equivalent internal/custom agent frameworks
- Working knowledge of:
- Tool or function calling
- Multi-step agent workflows
- Managing agent state and memory
- Handling failures and non-deterministic behavior in agent execution
Infrastructure & Platform Skills
- Experience deploying and operating services in a cloud environment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Familiarity with Docker and container-based development
- Basic working knowledge of Kubernetes concepts
- Experience developing or consuming RESTful and/or gRPC APIs
- Working knowledge of Linux/Unix systems
- Exposure to monitoring and logging tools for debugging production systems
Desired Skills
- Experience contributing to platform or shared infrastructure components
- Familiarity with vector databases or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns
- Exposure to observability concepts for distributed or AI-driven systems
- Experience working on automation, internal tooling, or developer productivity initiatives
- Interest in system design and growing architectural skills over time
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on collaboration and documentation
What This Role Is NOT
- Not a pure research or experimentation role
- Not a chatbot-only or prompt-engineering-only role
- Not suitable for someone without real software engineering experience
- Not for someone looking to "learn agents from scratch"
Why Join Us
- Work on real AI agents running in production
- Learn from and contribute to a growing agent platform
- Balance hands-on engineering with architectural exposure
- Be part of an early but serious AI agent initiative
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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Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Adoption Leave
- Return-to-Work Program
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- Snacks
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
- Sabbatical
- Volunteer Time Off
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K)
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Company Equity
- Stock Purchase Program
- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
- Financial Counseling
Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Learning and Development Stipend
- Promote From Within
- Mentor Program
- Shadowing Opportunities
- Access to Online Courses
- Lunch and Learns
- Internship Program
- Leadership Training Program
- Professional Coaching
- Work Visa Sponsorship
Diversity and Inclusion
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
- Unconscious Bias Training
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
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