Technical Architect - German or French Speaker

Salesforce, Inc.; Switzerland; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. in Switzerland is seeking a Technical Architect within the Customer Success Group to guide large-scale Salesforce engagements.

You will translate business needs into scalable, secure architectures and lead delivery across sales, service, and connected enterprise processes. You will collaborate with customers and partners, mentor teams, and shape migration strategies while balancing data quality, security, and long-term maintainability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise architecture or technical consulting experience.
• 4+ years leading Salesforce implementation projects.
• Ability to translate business needs into architecture and delivery plans.
• Experience with enterprise security, privacy and governance requirements.
• Strong Salesforce application design skills, including data modelling, integration, identity, security and scalability.
• Hands-on configuration and development experience with Salesforce customization.
• Willingness to travel regionally or internationally as needed.
• Authorized to work in Switzerland with a valid Swiss work permit if required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor, connecting business objectives with Salesforce architecture and measurable outcomes.
• Lead architecture for complex engagements, coordinating architects and aligning decisions across customers and Salesforce teams.
• Translate requirements into practical designs balancing needs, platform capabilities and maintainability.
• Design data, integration and security architectures linking Salesforce with enterprise apps and analytics platforms.
• Mentor customers, partners and colleagues; contribute reusable architecture patterns and delivery best practices.

Skills

German or French

Strong communication

Team leadership

Salesforce architecture

Security & governance

Tools

Salesforce

APIs

Data migration

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Customer Success

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. 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, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

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Salesforce Professional Services is seeking a Technical Architect within the Customer Success Group (CSG). You will serve as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to enterprise customers across industries, helping them turn business priorities into scalable, secure and maintainable solutions.

You will work with customers and partners to define the solution vision, lead technical architecture and guide implementation across sales, service, customer engagement and connected enterprise processes. You will connect business needs with platform capabilities while helping customers manage complexity, reduce technical debt and realise long-term value.

The role combines hands-on technical expertise with consulting and leadership. You will engage developers, business stakeholders and executives, align delivery teams and help customers make informed architecture decisions.

Your Impact

• Serve as a trusted advisor to customers, connecting business objectives with Salesforce architecture, delivery roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Lead architecture for complex engagements, coordinate the work of solution and technical architects, and align decisions across customers, partners and Salesforce teams.
• Translate business and technical requirements into practical solution designs, balancing customer needs, platform capabilities and long-term maintainability.
• Design data, integration and security architectures connecting Salesforce with enterprise applications, master data, content repositories and analytics platforms.
• Partner with customer security, privacy and governance teams to translate requirements into access controls, data protection, auditability and release governance.
• Review architecture, implementation approaches and key deliverables to ensure performance, scalability and maintainability. Guide configuration and development, and contribute hands-on where required.
• Shape migration and rollout strategies that address data quality, legacy applications, global standards and local market needs.
• Work closely with project and engagement managers to plan delivery, manage dependencies and risks, resolve issues and set clear customer expectations.
• Evaluate AI and automation use cases with customers, defining appropriate data access, human oversight and evaluation criteria.
• Mentor customers, partners and colleagues; contribute reusable architecture patterns and delivery best practices; and support pre-sales activities where required.

Required Qualification s

• Professional working proficiency in German or French, both written and spoken, with the ability to lead customer workshops, present technical recommendations and discuss architecture decisions in at least one of these languages.
• Candidates must already be authorised to work in Switzerland and hold a valid Swiss work permit where required.
• 8+ years of enterprise architecture or technical consulting experience, including 4+ years leading Salesforce implementation projects.
• A consulting background with experience advising customers, facilitating discovery workshops and translating business needs into architecture and delivery plans.
• Strong Salesforce application design skills, supported by experience in data modelling, integration, identity, security and platform scalability.
• Hands-on configuration and development experience, including Salesforce customisation and coding in object-oriented languages.
• Experience with APIs, enterprise integration patterns, data migration and the design of connected enterprise applications.
• Understanding of enterprise security, privacy and governance requirements, with the ability to incorporate them into solution designs and delivery practices.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams, manage architecture decisions and deliver through agile methods across distributed, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs and influence senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Ability to take ownership of complex problems, learn new technologies quickly and travel regionally or occasionally internationally according to customer