Technical Architect

Salesforce, Inc.; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Technical Architect to design and drive complex Salesforce solutions in the Saudi Arabia market. You will translate business needs into scalable architectures, lead design sessions, and govern project delivery from data migration to integration with external systems.

You’ll partner with client teams, ensure best practices, and support pre-sales activities. Expect 50–75% travel to client sites and a flexible office arrangement in Riyadh.

Qualifications

• Proven experience translating business needs into Salesforce solutions.
• Ability to lead technical design sessions and governance.
• Experience delivering large-scale, data-intensive Salesforce projects.
• Willingness to travel 50–75% to client sites.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements and deliverables.
• Architect and document Salesforce-based solutions aligned with goals.
• Oversee project delivery, code reviews, and deployment practices.
• Support pre-sales discovery and PoC activities when required.

Skills

CRM experience

Leadership

Systems architecture

Data integration

Release management

Security capabilities

Web-scale design

Education

Salesforce certifications

Tools

ETL tools

CPQ

Salesforce APIs

Job description

## Technical ArchitectApply: Office - Flexible: Saudi Arabia - Riyadh: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 22, 2026 (29 days left to apply): JR359403*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 CategoryCustomer SuccessJob Details****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.The Technical Architect is responsible for successfully designing and leading the successful delivery of complex Salesforce solutions for our customers. These technologies include—but are not necessarily limited to Salesforce.com products and APIs, Apex/Visualforce, Lightning, mobile development technologies, and integration/ETL technologies. You are both a big picture thinker and an in-depth problem solver, your knowledge and skills are both broad and deep. You take pride in designing systems that stand up to high volumes and won't fail at critical points. You have a good mix of technical and enterprise skills when it comes to architecting a solution. The solutions you design are built for the long term and will scale with the customer's growth plans seamlessly. You have validated experience integrating systems via APIs as well as a strong development background. **YOUR IMPACT*** Collaborate with client stakeholders to define requirements, and deliverables, and set and handle expectations.* Translate business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platform.* Lead technical design sessions; architect and document technical solutions aligned with client business objectives; identify gaps between client's current and desired end states.* Provide oversight and governance of Salesforce projects.* Follow and help define coding standards. Lead code reviews during projects to ensure quality and appropriate design patterns are followed.* Handle the technical delivery of custom development, integrations, and data migration elements of a Salesforce implementation.* Maintain a target billable utilization aligned to the role.* Ability to understand a project and deep dive to debug issues.* From time-to-time, the TA may be expected to partake in other pre-sales activities such as discovery and technical deep-dive sessions, Proof-Of-Concept (POC) development with prospects.* Liaise with Salesforce product teams to support client implementations.* Travels to client sites for projects, estimated 50-75% **REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS*** Strong CRM experience with solid background on the Salesforce platform.* Senior Leadership expertise.* Expert-level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including Sales, Service, Community, Marketing, and Community Clouds.* Understanding of systems architecture and ability to design scalable performance-driven solutions.* Understanding of key design patterns and large data volume limitations and best practices.* Understanding of data sharing and visibility considerations and how these play into platform architecture.* Familiarity with platform authentication patterns (SAML, SSO, OAuth).* Knowledge of data integration tools and experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems (ETL, CPQ, marketing automation, reporting, etc.).* Strong understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies.* Experience with platform security capabilities (TLS, SSL).* Expert-level experience defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps between current and desired end-states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will enable the achievement of the desired business outcomes.* Strong background in the design/development of large web-based systems, or complete software product lifecycle exposure.* Active Salesforce certifications or ability to achieve relevant certifications upon hire.* Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.).Unleash Your PotentialWhen you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and *be your best*, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can *do your best*. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.AccommodationsIf you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.