Senior Salesforce Architect

Role overview Set technical direction for Salesforce solutions and their connections to a broader business application environment. This senior architecture role turns complex business needs into secure, scalable designs, helps teams make sound platform and integration choices, and promotes consistency and maintainability across major initiatives.

Responsibilities - Lead end-to-end architecture for complex projects spanning Salesforce and connected enterprise applications. - Translate requirements into designs covering data models, automation, APIs, event flows, security, and operational support. - Review high-impact changes and establish reusable architecture standards and design guardrails. - Guide decisions about declarative configuration, custom development, and integration approaches. - Work with business, product, and engineering stakeholders to align architecture with priorities and delivery constraints. - Improve data integrity and simplify systems by reducing technical debt and defining reliable integration, monitoring, and error-handling practices.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience. - At least eight years in solution architecture, enterprise applications, systems design, or SaaS delivery, including five or more years designing Salesforce solutions. - Deep knowledge of Salesforce architecture, platform limits, security, data modeling, automation, and custom development. - Experience designing solutions across Salesforce and multiple integrated enterprise systems. - Familiarity with REST or event-driven integration, data governance, system-of-record concepts, and operational support. - Ability to translate unclear business needs into supportable designs and lead architecture reviews and cross-functional workshops.

Nice to have - Salesforce architecture or development certifications, and experience with API architecture, middleware, DevOps, CI/CD, release governance, or adjacent business platforms. - Familiarity with architecture decision records, reference designs, and sequence diagrams.

Benefits and work setup - Hybrid schedule of three office days and two work-from-home days for candidates within 30 miles of an office; remote candidates outside commuting distance may be considered. - Listed annual salary range is $170,000–$200,000, with a potential 10% bonus. Benefits include health, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k), and flexible time off.