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Forward Deployed Data Scientist

Intercom

CA$206,600 - CA$229,000 / year

San Francisco, CaliforniaFull-timeOn-siteIntermediate

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Description

Fin, now part of Salesforce, is on a mission to help businesses provide perfect customer experiences.

Our AI Agent Fin is the highest-performing AI Customer Agent on the market today, enabling businesses to deliver impeccable, always-on customer support across the customer journey, from service, to sales, to ecommerce. Powered by our own AI models, Fin resolves complex customer issues end-to-end across every channel, with minimal set-up and integration. Fin can also be combined with our natively integrated Intercom help desk, giving modern support teams one single system.

Together with Salesforce, the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success, we're building the future of customer experience. 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.

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.

What’s the opportunity?

The Research, Analytics & Data Science (RAD) team at Intercom uses data and insights to drive evidence-based decision-making. We're a team of data scientists and product researchers who use data - both big and small - to unlock actionable insights about our customers, our products and our business. We generate insights that build customer empathy, drive product strategy and shape products that deliver real value to our customers.

We’re now seeing strong demand for data scientists who can apply their expertise directly with our most strategic customers. As a Forward Deployed Data Scientist, you’ll embed with customers to build Enterprise-grade Fin deployments. You’ll play a pivotal role in transforming how our most strategic customers scale customer support — working closely with them and our go-to-market teams to design, build, and implement data-driven solutions that unlock measurable impact. You’ll also feed insights from these frontline deployments back into Intercom’s product and strategy — helping shape the future of AI customer service.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who thrives in ambiguous environments, is energized by solving complex, real-world problems with data, and is motivated by seeing their work translate into both customer impact and product evolution.

What will I be doing?

  • Drive the adoption of Fin by helping customers automate and scale their support operations.
  • Embed with strategic customers to understand their support workflows, data, and business challenges — to identify and implement opportunities where AI can deliver measurable impact.
  • Steer customers toward best practices in measurement and AI adoption to realize the full value of Fin.
  • Partner closely with Sales, Success, and Product to deliver seamless customer experiences and successful deployments, and to create feedback loops that shape product development.
  • Use AI to prototype, test, and scale data-driven solutions, building tools that make us faster and more effective in driving Fin adoption and customer impact.

What skills do I need?

  • Proven ability to apply data science in real-world business contexts to drive measurable outcomes.
  • Strong collaboration mindset; skilled at working across Sales, Success, Product, and Engineering.
  • High adaptability and ownership: able to shift between deep technical analysis and high-level strategic framing.
  • Excellent communication skills, both technical and non-technical.
  • Rapid prototyping with systems thinking: you know when a customer needs a fast, bespoke answer, and when to build something others will keep using.
  • Excellent SQL and production-aware Python, you write code other people can run, not just code that runs once and are experienced applying analytical and statistical methods to real business problems.
  • Experience with AI/ML evaluation, LLM-driven applications, or conversational AI.
  • Willing to travel and work on-site with customers to build deep relationships and uncover insights firsthand.

Bonus skills and attributes

  • Experience in technical consulting, customer-facing analytics, or SaaS product data science.
  • Experience reframing the problem, not just solving it, you've spotted when the question you were handed wasn't the right one, and changed what got worked on.
  • Experience applying AI to scale the data science workflow.

 

*Proof of eligibility to work in the United States is required.

The base salary range for candidates within the San Francisco Bay Area is $206,600- $229,000. Actual base pay will depend on a variety of factors such as education, skills, experience, location, etc. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All regular employees may also be eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

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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.

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. At Fin, we want to give people what they need to do the best work of their careers. Our benefits and programs are designed to support your health and wellbeing, your family, your time away from work, and your financial future. Offerings vary by location in line with local practices and requirements. Learn more about working at Fin and the benefits we offer at fin.ai/careers. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

Policies 

Fin has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least three days per week.

We have a radically open and accepting culture at Fin. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non-work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.  

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.

 

Benefits

  • stock options
  • remote work

About this role

Intercom's Forward Deployed Data Scientist role sits at the intersection of customer success and product strategy. You'd embed directly with enterprise customers to design and implement AI-driven solutions that scale their support operations using Fin, Intercom's AI agent. This means moving beyond traditional analytics—you'd diagnose real support workflows, identify where AI creates measurable impact, and guide customers toward best practices in adoption and measurement. Equally important, you'd feed insights from these frontline deployments back into Intercom's product roadmap, directly shaping how the platform evolves.

The role demands someone comfortable in ambiguity who can shift fluidly between deep technical work and strategic conversation. You'll need strong SQL and production-grade Python to prototype solutions quickly, paired with experience evaluating AI and LLM applications. Beyond technical chops, you should thrive collaborating across Sales, Success, Product, and Engineering—and be willing to travel to work on-site with customers. The bonus is if you've done technical consulting, customer-facing analytics, or spotted when a problem needed reframing before solving it.

Based in San Francisco with in-office work required, this full-time position offers a base salary of $206,600–$229,000, plus eligibility for corporate bonus, sales incentive, and RSUs. It's built for someone energized by seeing their work translate into both immediate customer wins and longer-term product impact.

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