Salesforce Architect

Jobtailor; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Boston, MA seeks a senior Salesforce Architect to translate business requirements into scalable architecture and to design integrations across MuleSoft and enterprise systems.

You will lead design reviews, mentor developers, and enforce governance, security, and performance standards while collaborating with stakeholders to optimize deployments in a DevOps environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field.
• Salesforce certifications are required and expected.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise Salesforce solutions.
• Proven experience with Salesforce integrations, APIs, data architecture, security, and governance.
• Experience with MuleSoft, Copado, CI/CD, Agile, and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and functional requirements into scalable Salesforce architecture and designs.
• Present options, recommendations, and trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, data governance, scalability, and performance standards.
• Provide architectural oversight across Salesforce modules, integrations, and connected systems.
• Lead and mentor Salesforce developers and technical team members.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Salesforce Certifications

Tools

MuleSoft

Copado

CI/CD pipelines

Agile

DevOps

Job description

• Translate business and functional requirements into scalable Salesforce architecture and solution designs
• Present solution options, recommendations, and design trade-offs to business and technical stakeholders
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, data governance, scalability, and performance standards
• Apply Salesforce Public Sector Solutions architecture and object-model best practices
• Provide architectural oversight across Salesforce modules, integrations, and connected enterprise systems
• Review technical designs, configurations, custom development, and proposed feature enhancements
• Evaluate Salesforce product releases and roadmap capabilities for future platform improvements
• Design and optimize integrations between Salesforce, MuleSoft, and enterprise applications
• Define data flows, integration patterns, component interactions, and system dependencies
• Guide data modeling, master data management, synchronization, and data-quality strategies
• Guide REST API, SOAP API, and Bulk API implementations
• Assess the impact of architectural and integration changes across connected systems
• Lead and mentor Salesforce developers and technical team members
• Establish and enforce Salesforce architecture, coding, security, and development standards
• Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and technical quality assessments
• Support governance across design, development, testing, UAT, deployment, change management, and production support
• Identify architectural risks, technical gaps, and optimization opportunities
• Support Agile and DevOps methodologies across Salesforce delivery
• Work with Copado and CI/CD pipelines for controlled and reliable deployments
• Recommend improvements to Salesforce configurations, integrations, custom code, performance, security, and maintainability
• Stay current with Salesforce platform and integration technology advancements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Salesforce certifications required
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise Salesforce solutions
• Strong experience with Salesforce integrations, APIs, data architecture, security, and technical governance
• Experience with MuleSoft, Copado, CI/CD, Agile, and DevOps
• Strong technical leadership, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience with Salesforce Public Sector Solutions preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Salesforce architecture and solution design, with a strong focus on integrations, data governance, and technical leadership. Proficient in applying best practices for Salesforce Public Sector Solutions and guiding development teams in Agile and DevOps environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Salesforce Architecture Design
• Salesforce Integrations
• MuleSoft Experience
• Salesforce Certifications
• Technical Leadership

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Salesforce Solution Design
• Data Architecture
• REST API Implementation
• SOAP API Implementation
• Bulk API Implementation
• Data Modeling
• Master Data Management
• Integration Patterns
• Technical Governance
• Performance Optimization

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Documentation
• Stakeholder Management
• Mentoring
• Technical Leadership

Certifications & Qualifications

• Salesforce Certifications

Industry Keywords

• Salesforce Public Sector Solutions
• Enterprise Architecture
• Data Governance
• Scalability
• Security Standards

Tools & Technologies

• MuleSoft
• Copado
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Agile Methodologies
• DevOps