Principal, Technical Architect

Leadout Capital; Colorado; Vor Ort; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Leadout Capital is seeking a Core Technical Architect to serve as a pre-sales, customer-facing expert. You will apply broad technical skills and business acumen to align Salesforce solutions with digital transformation and cloud adoption strategies, supporting POCs and technical deep dives into AI and Data products.

You will lead discussions on change programs, develop repeatable propositions, and craft go-to-market strategies for sales teams, including hands-on work with agentic AI frameworks

Qualifikationen

• BS/MS/PhD in CS, Software Engineering or MIS or equivalent.
• Experience with agentic AI, LLM prompts, and AI-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with Salesforce platforms and data tools is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Act as a pre-sales, customer-facing expert to align Salesforce solutions with client strategies.
• Lead technical discussions, POCs, and deep dives into AI and data products.
• Develop repeatable propositions and go-to-market strategies for sales teams.
• Translate business requirements into scalable architectures and integrations.
• Collaborate with sales and engineering to drive successful outcomes.

Kenntnisse

Agentic AI

Prompt Engineering

Generative AI Architecture

Salesforce Data Cloud

Salesforce Flow

Security concepts

Ausbildung

CS/SE/MIS degree

Tools

Apex

Node

Python

Java

CI/CD

Jobbeschreibung

The Role

As a Core Technical Architect, you are a pre-sales, customer-facing expert. You apply broad technical skills and business acumen, to help sales teams align Salesforce solutions with our customers’ digital transformation and cloud adoption strategies. You are an important early player in deal cycles to correctly match our solutions to customer challenges, as well as middle of the sales cycle, to support POCs/technical deep dives into our AI and Data products.

• Act as a subject matter expert in business strategy, application architecture, data, integration, security, and AI.
• Use a consultative approach to understand business and technical requirements.
• Determine optimal technologies to leverage in customer-driven architectures based on product knowledge and industry standards.
• Lead discussions around change programs from both a business and technical perspective.
• Develop repeatable propositions and go-to-market strategies for sales teams.

The Future You'll Build

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with the following skills, which are critical for designing modern, AI-powered solutions.

• Agentic AI & Agentforce: Direct experience developing and managing agentic AI frameworks and autonomous agents.
• Prompt Engineering: Proven ability to optimize prompts for LLMs using techniques like RAG and chain-of-thought.
• Generative AI Architecture: Experience architecting enterprise AI solutions, including API gateways and data pipelines.
• Data360: Deep understanding of Salesforce Data Cloud for unifying and activating customer data.
• Flow & Orchestration: Advanced proficiency with Salesforce Flow for complex AI-driven business processes.

Technical Proficiency

• Deep knowledge of enterprise software applications, delivery, and system architecture.
• Coding experience and willingness to work with code (Apex, Node, Python, Java, etc.)
• Strong understanding of database fundamentals and data management tools.
• Competence in integration architectures/patterns
• Proficiency with software development and application lifecycle management (git, test automation, CI/CD, release management)
• Solid grasp of network, application, and information security principles.

Strategic & Soft Skills

• B.S., M.S. or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering or MIS
• Salesforce Certifications and/or Trailhead Superbadges.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills with executive audiences.
• Strategic problem-solving, thought leadership, and effective time management for multiple projects.
• Hands-on experience in customer-facing architect or consultant roles.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with design thinking, persona-based discovery, or compliance and risk mitigation.
• Graduate study or proven experience in a relevant area