Technical Architect – Life Sciences Cloud- French Or German Speaker

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

Job summary

Salesforce Professional Services in Zürich seeks a Technical Architect to help pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology customers implement solutions on Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud. You will combine hands-on delivery with customer consulting to build secure, scalable architectures in a regulated environment.

This role suits consultants or developers moving into architecture, owning defined components with support from experienced architects, while collaborating with customers and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical consulting or Salesforce delivery experience.
• Hands-on Salesforce implementation experience (2+ years).
• Experience with APIs, integrations or data migration.
• Gathers requirements and contributes to technology delivery with customers.
• Familiarity with Life Sciences data and regulated environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to solution design, configuration, development and integration.
• Own defined components within agile delivery teams with support from architects.
• Collaborate with customers and partners on Life Sciences use cases.

Skills

Technical consulting

Salesforce delivery

Customer engagement

Data modelling

APIs & integration

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

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. 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. Salesforce Professional Services is seeking a Technical Architect to help pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology customers implement solutions on Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud. Working within the Customer Success Group (CSG), you will combine hands‑on delivery with customer consulting to build secure, scalable and maintainable solutions. This opportunity is suited to Salesforce consultants or developers taking the next step into technical architecture. You will own defined solution components or work‑streams with support from experienced architects, progressively building your design and customer advisory skills. Appointment level and responsibilities will reflect relevant experience. You will work with customers and partners on use cases such as healthcare professional engagement, medical affairs and patient services. You will contribute to solution design, configuration, development and integration while learning how to deliver effectively within a regulated Life Sciences environment.

Required Qualifications

• Professional working proficiency in German or French, both written and spoken, sufficient to participate in customer workshops, explain solution designs and collaborate with customer teams 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.
• 3+ years of technical consulting, software engineering or Salesforce delivery experience, including 2+ years of hands‑on Salesforce implementation.
• A consulting background with experience working directly with customers, gathering requirements and contributing to the delivery of technology solutions.
• Solid foundations in Salesforce application design, data modelling, security and access management, with an interest in developing broader architecture expertise.
• Hands‑on experience with Salesforce configuration and custom development, supported by an understanding of object‑oriented programming.
• Practical experience with APIs, integrations or data migration, and the ability to explain how connected applications exchange data.
• Awareness of data privacy and security principles, together with a willingness to learn the requirements of regulated Life Sciences delivery.
• Experience contributing to technical designs and working in agile delivery teams, with the ability to own a defined component and seek guidance when needed.
• Clear communication and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to explain technical choices to business and technical colleagues.
• A collaborative approach, willingness to learn and availability to travel according to customer and project needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud and its commercial, medical or patient services capabilities.
• Exposure to pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical technology organisations, or familiarity with HCP/HCO data, medical affairs or patient services processes.
• Experience supporting CRM modernisation, platform migration or deployments across multiple markets.
• Familiarity with Agentforce, enterprise data platforms or AI‑assisted development tools, including awareness of their limitations and responsible use.
• Salesforce certifications relevant to development or platform implementation, or progress towards an architecture certification.
• Experience contributing to technical design reviews, prototypes or customer demonstrations.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrable professional experience.

What You Bring

• Trust: Integrity, transparency and sound judgement when working with customers, colleagues and sensitive information.
• Collaboration: A commitment to shared outcomes, knowledge sharing and the development of others.
• Ownership: A reliable approach to delivery, openness to feedback and the judgement to ask for support when needed.
• Industry curiosity: An interest in Life Sciences and a desire to understand how technology can improve experiences for healthcare professionals and patients.

Unleash Your Potential

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