W2 only--Salesforce with PD I, II and Agent AI certifications

$145K - $156K Remote Mid Level AI/ML Engineer

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MulesoftPrompt EngineeringSalesforce

About This Role

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Job Title: Salesforce Developer – Agentforce \& AI Solutions

Location: Remote

Duration: 12\+ months

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Salesforce Developer with hands\-on experience in Agentforce, Salesforce AI capabilities, Apex development, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and enterprise CRM integrations. The ideal candidate will design, build, and optimize AI\-powered Salesforce solutions that improve customer engagement, automate workflows, and enhance business productivity.

The role involves working closely with business stakeholders, architects, admins, and AI teams to implement scalable Salesforce applications using modern Salesforce technologies including Agentforce, Einstein AI, Flow Automation, and Data Cloud.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable Salesforce applications using Apex, LWC, Aura, SOQL, SOSL, and Flow.
  • Build and configure AI\-powered agents using Agentforce.
  • Integrate Salesforce AI capabilities such as:
  • Einstein GPT
  • Prompt Builder
  • Copilot/Agent actions
  • Predictive AI models
  • AI\-generated workflows
  • Develop conversational AI and automation solutions for customer support, sales, and service operations.
  • Customize and maintain Salesforce Clouds:
  • Sales Cloud
  • Service Cloud
  • Experience Cloud
  • Marketing Cloud (preferred)
  • Create secure integrations with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, MuleSoft, or middleware platforms.
  • Build reusable Lightning Web Components (LWC) and dynamic UI experiences.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices for Salesforce deployments.
  • Optimize system performance, governor limits, and application scalability.
  • Collaborate with business analysts and product owners to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
  • Ensure Salesforce security best practices including profiles, permission sets, sharing rules, and data governance.
  • Participate in code reviews, technical documentation, and agile ceremonies.

Required Skills

Salesforce Skills

  • Strong experience with:
  • Apex
  • LWC
  • SOQL/SOSL
  • Triggers
  • Flow Builder
  • Visualforce
  • Platform Events
  • Experience with Salesforce platform customization and administration.
  • Hands\-on knowledge of:
  • Service Cloud
  • Sales Cloud
  • Experience Cloud
  • Data Cloud

AI \& Agentforce Skills

  • Experience building AI agents using Agentforce.
  • Knowledge of:
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Generative AI concepts
  • AI model integration

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
  • 3\+ years of Salesforce development experience.
  • 1\+ years of Agentforce / Salesforce AI experience preferred.
  • Salesforce certifications preferred:
  • Platform Developer I/II
  • AI Associate
  • Administrator
  • Agentforce Specialist (preferred)

Thanks\& Regards,

K Hemanth Kumar \| Sr IT Technical Recruiter \| Kairos Technologies Inc

E: [email protected]

Pay: $70\.00 \- $75\.00 per hour

Work Location: Remote

Salary Context

This $145K-$156K range is below the median for AI/ML Engineer roles in our dataset (median: $180K across 1841 roles with salary data).

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Role Details

Title W2 only--Salesforce with PD I, II and Agent AI certifications
Location Remote, US
Category AI/ML Engineer
Experience Mid Level
Salary $145K - $156K
Remote Yes

About This Role

AI/ML Engineers build and deploy machine learning models in production. They work across the full ML lifecycle: data pipelines, model training, evaluation, and serving infrastructure. The role has evolved significantly over the past two years. Where ML Engineers once spent most of their time on model architecture, the job now tilts heavily toward inference optimization, cost management, and integrating LLM capabilities into existing systems. Companies want engineers who can ship production systems, and the experimenter-only role is fading fast.

Day-to-day, you're writing training pipelines, debugging data quality issues, setting up evaluation frameworks, and figuring out why your model performs differently in staging than it did on your dev set. The best ML engineers are obsessive about reproducibility and measurement. They instrument everything. They know that a model is only as good as the data feeding it and the infrastructure serving it.

Across the 3,708 AI roles we're tracking, AI/ML Engineer positions make up 70% of the market. At Kairos Technologies, this role fits into their broader AI and engineering organization.

Demand for AI/ML Engineers has been strong and consistent. Unlike some AI roles that spike with hype cycles, ML engineering is a foundational need. Every company deploying AI models needs people who can keep them running, and the gap between research prototypes and production systems keeps growing.

What the Work Looks Like

A typical week might include: debugging a data pipeline that's silently dropping 3% of training examples, running A/B tests on a new model version, writing documentation for a feature flag system that lets you roll back model deployments, and reviewing a junior engineer's PR for a new evaluation metric. Meetings tend to be cross-functional since ML touches product, engineering, and data teams.

Demand for AI/ML Engineers has been strong and consistent. Unlike some AI roles that spike with hype cycles, ML engineering is a foundational need. Every company deploying AI models needs people who can keep them running, and the gap between research prototypes and production systems keeps growing.

Skills Required

Mulesoft Prompt Engineering (15% of roles) Salesforce (4% of roles)

Python and PyTorch dominate the requirements. Most roles expect experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and familiarity with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or JAX. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) has become a top-3 skill requirement as companies integrate LLMs into their products. Docker and Kubernetes show up in about a third of postings, reflecting the production focus of the role.

Beyond the core stack, employers increasingly want experience with experiment tracking tools (MLflow, Weights & Biases), feature stores, and vector databases. Fine-tuning experience is valuable but less common than you'd think from reading Twitter. Most production LLM work is RAG and prompt engineering, not fine-tuning. If you have both, you're in a strong position.

Companies that are serious about AI/ML hiring tend to post specific infrastructure details in the job description: the frameworks they use, their model serving stack, their data pipeline tools. Vague postings that just say 'ML experience required' without specifics are often companies that haven't figured out what they need yet.

Compensation Benchmarks

AI/ML Engineer roles pay a median of $218,750 based on 3,817 positions with disclosed compensation. Mid-level AI roles across all categories have a median of $200,000. This role's midpoint ($150K) sits 31% below the category median. Disclosed range: $145K to $156K.

Across all AI roles, the market median is $217,500. Top-quartile compensation starts at $272,100. The 90th percentile reaches $325,000. For comparison, the highest-paying categories include AI Safety ($300,000) and Research Engineer ($280,000). By seniority level: Entry: $120,000; Mid: $200,000; Senior: $230,000; Director: $272,150; VP: $250,000.

Kairos Technologies AI Hiring

Kairos Technologies has 2 open AI roles right now. They're hiring across AI/ML Engineer. Based in Remote, US. Compensation range: $145K - $156K.

Remote Work Context

Remote AI roles pay a median of $185,334 across 717 positions. About 14% of all AI roles offer remote work.

Career Path

Common paths into AI/ML Engineer roles include Data Scientist, Software Engineer, Research Engineer.

From here, career progression typically leads toward ML Architect, AI Engineering Manager, Principal ML Engineer.

The fastest path into ML engineering is through software engineering with a self-directed ML education. A CS degree helps, but production engineering skills matter more than academic credentials. Build something that works, deploy it, and measure it. That portfolio project is worth more than a Coursera certificate. For career growth, the fork comes around the senior level: go deep on technical complexity (staff/principal track) or move into managing ML teams.

What to Expect in Interviews

Expect system design questions around ML pipelines: how you'd build a training pipeline for a specific use case, handle data drift, or design A/B testing infrastructure for model deployments. Coding rounds typically involve Python, with emphasis on data manipulation (pandas, numpy) and algorithm implementation. Take-home assignments often ask you to build an end-to-end ML pipeline from raw data to deployed model.

When evaluating opportunities: Companies that are serious about AI/ML hiring tend to post specific infrastructure details in the job description: the frameworks they use, their model serving stack, their data pipeline tools. Vague postings that just say 'ML experience required' without specifics are often companies that haven't figured out what they need yet.

AI Hiring Overview

The AI job market has 3,708 open positions tracked in our dataset. By seniority: 102 entry-level, 1,705 mid-level, 1,469 senior, and 432 leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level). Remote roles make up 14% of the market (508 positions). The remaining 3,180 roles require on-site or hybrid attendance.

The market median for AI roles is $217,500. Top-quartile compensation starts at $272,100. The 90th percentile reaches $325,000. Highest-paying categories: AI Safety ($300,000 median, 21 roles); Research Engineer ($280,000 median, 147 roles); AI Architect ($254,798 median, 67 roles).

Demand for AI/ML Engineers has been strong and consistent. Unlike some AI roles that spike with hype cycles, ML engineering is a foundational need. Every company deploying AI models needs people who can keep them running, and the gap between research prototypes and production systems keeps growing.

The AI Job Market Today

The AI job market spans 3,708 open positions across 16 role categories. The largest categories by volume: AI/ML Engineer (2,605), Data Scientist (310), AI Software Engineer (259). These three account for the majority of open positions, though smaller categories often have higher per-role compensation because of specialized skill requirements.

The seniority mix tells a story about where AI teams are in their maturity. Entry-level roles (102) are outnumbered by mid-level (1,705) and senior (1,469) positions, reflecting that most companies are past the 'build a team from scratch' phase and need experienced engineers who can ship production systems. Leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level) total 432 positions, representing the bottleneck between technical execution and organizational strategy.

Remote work availability sits at 14% of all AI roles (508 positions), with 3,180 requiring on-site or hybrid attendance. The remote share has stabilized after the post-pandemic correction. Senior and specialized roles (Research Scientist, ML Architect) are more likely to be remote-eligible than entry-level positions, partly because experienced hires have more negotiating power and partly because these roles require less hands-on mentorship.

AI compensation is structured in clear tiers. The market median sits at $217,500. Top-quartile roles start at $272,100, and the 90th percentile reaches $325,000. These figures include base salary with disclosed compensation. Total compensation (including equity, bonuses, and sign-on) runs 20-40% higher at companies that offer those components.

Category matters for compensation. AI Safety roles lead at $300,000 median, while Prompt Engineer roles sit at $140,000. The spread between highest and lowest-paying categories reflects the premium on specialized technical skills versus broader analytical roles.

The most in-demand skills across all AI postings: Python (1,890 postings), Aws (1,103 postings), Azure (877 postings), Rag (855 postings), Gcp (631 postings), Prompt Engineering (560 postings), Pytorch (545 postings), Claude (498 postings). Python dominates, appearing in the vast majority of role descriptions regardless of category. Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) is the second most common requirement. The newer entrants to the top skills list (RAG, vector databases, LLM APIs) reflect the shift from traditional ML toward generative AI applications.

Frequently Asked Questions

Based on 3,817 roles with disclosed compensation, the median salary for AI/ML Engineer positions is $218,750. Actual compensation varies by seniority, location, and company stage.
Python and PyTorch dominate the requirements. Most roles expect experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and familiarity with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or JAX. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) has become a top-3 skill requirement as companies integrate LLMs into their products. Docker and Kubernetes show up in about a third of postings, reflecting the production focus of the role.
About 14% of the 3,708 AI roles we track offer remote work. Remote availability varies by company and seniority level, with senior and leadership roles more likely to offer location flexibility.
Kairos Technologies is among the companies actively hiring for AI and ML talent. Check our company profiles for detailed breakdowns of open roles, salary ranges, and hiring trends.
Common next steps from AI/ML Engineer positions include ML Architect, AI Engineering Manager, Principal ML Engineer. Progression depends on whether you lean toward technical depth, people management, or product strategy.

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