Salesforce vs EY

Two public-company gtm-hybrid FDE seats with opposite pay and prestige profiles. Salesforce posts a $200K–$330K TC Agentforce FDE role in the US plus an India seat; EY posts four 'Forward Deployed' AI and data roles across Poland and Ireland with comp listed only as 'competitive'.

	Salesforce	EY
Open roles	2	4
Comp on board	$200K–$330K TC	Undisclosed
FDE type	GTM hybrid	GTM hybrid
Travel	Medium	High
Comp	Competitive	Below market
Stage	Public	Public
Our take	The single largest FDE hiring wave in the market — and the easiest lab-adjacent entry point, if you accept a GTM-flavored seat.	The widest funnel into FDE — EY trains engineers without deployment experience, pays below product companies, and works best as an 18-month springboard.

Bottom line

Salesforce is the stronger résumé line and the only one with a published, defensible band: you ship Agentforce deployments on a product the market is actively buying. EY is the wider door: it hires engineers without prior deployment experience and works best as an 18-month springboard rather than a destination, and its European seats are hybrid, which is rare in this market. Take Salesforce if you can clear the bar and want product leverage; take EY if you are in Poland or Ireland, need an entry rung, and plan to convert the experience into a lab or growth-stage role.