Salesforce Architect

Summary: The Salesforce Architect role is a leadership position focused on guiding the Salesforce development organization, requiring extensive technical expertise in Salesforce environments and DevOps practices. The candidate will be responsible for defining the technical architecture, implementing DevOps transformations, and leading a high-performing development team. This position also involves hands-on technical guidance and fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the team. The role is primarily remote with occasional high-level meetings in person.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve the overall Salesforce technical architecture.
• Ensure scalability, performance, and alignment with business objectives across Salesforce clouds.
• Guide Salesforce best practices, new features, and integrations.
• Lead the design, reengineering, and implementation of complex Salesforce solutions.
• Design, implement, and champion mature Salesforce DevOps practices.
• Establish continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), automated testing, and release management.
• Optimize tooling (e.g., Salesforce DX, Copado, Gearset, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
• Enforce development standards, code quality guidelines, and branching strategies.
• Take ownership of, rebuild, and strategically direct the Salesforce development team.
• Define team structure, roles, and responsibilities, and plan for the transition of the current Salesforce development team.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence.
• Implement effective hybrid Agile/Scrum methodologies, project management, and planning practices.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and guidance on complex development challenges.
• Contribute to code reviews and ensure high-quality, maintainable, and scalable solutions.
• Act as a technical escalation point for critical issues and provide expert troubleshooting.
• Stay current with Salesforce releases and industry trends, evaluating new technologies.
• Assess existing development organization capabilities and implement strategies for improvement and growth.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Possess Salesforce Architect certifications (e.g., Application Architect, System Architect, Technical Architect) as preferred qualifications.

Key Skills:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Salesforce development and architecture roles.
• 5+ years in a leadership/management role, with demonstrated success in building and leading development teams.
• Extensive hands-on experience across multiple Salesforce clouds.
• Deep expertise in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura Components, and Salesforce APIs.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing comprehensive Salesforce DevOps strategies and utilizing related tools.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Salesforce Architect certifications (e.g., Application Architect, System Architect, Technical Architect) are highly preferred.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT