Principal AI & Data Solutions Architect

Salesforce; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Core Technical Architect to partner with sales teams and customers, aligning Salesforce solutions with digital transformation and cloud adoption strategies. This pre‑sales role requires broad technical and business acumen to match customer challenges to our AI, data, and integration offerings.

You will lead architecture discussions, develop repeatable propositions for sales, and support POCs and deep dives into AI and data products across deal cycles.

Qualifications

• Hands-on architect or consultant with customer-facing experience.
• Experience in AI-powered enterprise solutions and cloud adoption projects.
• Strong business and technical requirements elicitation skills.
• Ability to design scalable, secure architectures for AI-enabled platforms.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME in business strategy, architecture, data, integration, security, and AI.
• Lead discussions on change programs from business and technical perspectives.
• Develop repeatable propositions and go-to-market strategies for sales teams.
• Support pre-sales with POCs and deep dives into AI and Data products.

Skills

Agentic AI

Prompt Engineering

Generative AI Architecture

Data Cloud

Salesforce Flow

Coding (Apex/Node/Java)

Security principles

Integration architectures

CI/CD

Executive communication

Education

B.S./M.S./PhD in CS/Software Engineering or MIS

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Data pipelines

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Core Technical Architect to partner with sales teams and customers, aligning Salesforce solutions with digital transformation and cloud adoption strategies. This pre‑sales role requires broad technical and business acumen to match customer challenges to our AI, data, and integration offerings.

You will lead architecture discussions, develop repeatable propositions for sales, and support POCs and deep dives into AI and data products across deal cycles.