Pre-Sales Data & AI Cloud Architect

Salesforce; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Data & AI Cloud Technical Architect to lead data platform architectures and AI initiatives for premier customers. This role blends deep data engineering with solution architecture, ensuring scalable, secure deployments that leverage lakehouses, data warehouses, and agentic AI patterns.

Applicants should have strong SQL, Python, and cloud experience, plus the ability to translate complex requirements for executive and technical audiences across on‑prem and cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum several years of professional data/AI architecture experience.
• Experience translating business needs into scalable data/AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions on data and AI programs from strategy to deployment.
• Design and validate architectures across data lakehouse and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with sales teams to develop repeatable AI propositions.
• Mentor engineers and drive best practices in governance and security.

Skills

SQL expertise

Cloud data platforms

Python

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

DBT

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Data & AI Cloud Technical Architect to lead data platform architectures and AI initiatives for premier customers. This role blends deep data engineering with solution architecture, ensuring scalable, secure deployments that leverage lakehouses, data warehouses, and agentic AI patterns.

Applicants should have strong SQL, Python, and cloud experience, plus the ability to translate complex requirements for executive and technical audiences across on‑prem and cloud