Lead Architect, Salesforce

CDW; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking a Lead Salesforce Solution Architect to provide technical leadership in Salesforce solutions. This remote role requires collaboration with stakeholders to understand application needs and develop prototypes while ensuring adherence to platform best practices. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in the Salesforce environment, including LWC, Aura, and Apex Programming, along with a Bachelor's degree in computer science and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall experience in Software Development Life Cycle as a leader.
• 5+ years of experience as a Salesforce Solution Architect.
• 7+ years of strong hands-on experience in Salesforce development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to determine application needs.
• Demonstrate application prototypes and integrate user feedback.
• Work with EA to ensure implementation follows best practices.

Skills

LWC

Aura

Apex Programming

SOQL

VisualForce

RESTful Web Services

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Salesforce CRM

Salesforce CPQ

Financial Force PSA

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Azure Service Bus

Job description

This role is REMOTE. As a Lead Salesforce Solution Architect, you will need a deep understanding of the Salesforce product and platform to provide strong technical leadership on solutions that enable CDW's business transformation outcomes. Equally important, you would be collaborating with stakeholders within tech and in the business to understand business requirements, develop prototypes/POCs, and socialize your vision to evolve and gain buy-in for the final technical solutions.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to determine business-specific application needs
• Demonstrate application prototypes and integrate user feedback to evolve final solutions
• Work with EA to ensure implementation follows native platform best practices for maintaining scalability and performance within the platform ecosystem and with other CDW supporting apps/systems
• Work with SI's to ensure implementation of architectural guidelines and support the team with technical guidance and POC's
• Work with the portfolio management team to participate in SAFE planning and contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating a cohesive technology and business aligned roadmap
• Incorporate industry trends and best practices in our software design and development frameworks
• Enable large scale change by focusing on technical process improvement and operational excellence
• Advise the business on ways to improve user adoption and opportunities to rationalize technology landscape and improve cost efficiencies. Work with Salesforce Product Architects to push critical features to future product releases of CPQ, PSA etc

Qualifications - Internal

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science
• 10+ years of overall experience into Software Development Life Cycle as a leader
• 5+ years of experience as a Salesforce Solution Architect

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of strong hands‑on experience in LWC, Aura, Apex Programming, SOQL, VisualForce, RESTful Web Services
• Working knowledge in all stages of the software development life cycle: requirements gathering, design, development, testing and implementation
• Experience in solution designing on Order to Cash platforms like Salesforce CRM, Salesforce CPQ, Financial Force PSA, Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Order management
• Experience integrating Salesforce with other products using Cloud middleware platforms like Azure Service Bus etc
• Certification in Salesforce CPQ and Salesforce Administration
• Understanding of complex legacy technology landscape needed to create optimal hybrid solution architecture