Senior Technical Architect, AI & Cloud Strategy

salesforce.com, inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 148,000 - 232,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Core Technical Architect to guide pre-sales engagements, architect AI-powered, multi-cloud solutions, and drive customer success in complex deals. You will translate business needs into scalable IT architectures, own governance discussions, and support POCs and rapid prototyping for sales cycles.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping with Apex, Node, Python, Java, and LWC, alongside strong collaboration with sales teams and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STEM field, or equivalent experience.
• Salesforce Certifications and/or Trailhead Superbadges.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills across both business executive audiences and technical IT/Developer leads.
• Strategic problem-solving, thought leadership, and effective time management for multiple concurrent projects.
• Hands-on experience in customer-facing architect, pre-sales, or technical consultant roles, including leading live technical demos and architecture reviews.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Agentic AI

Multi-cloud architecture

Data management

Security

AI/ML concepts

Apex

Node

Python

Java

LWC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Salesforce Data360

Informatica

Mulesoft

Kafka

REST/GraphQL

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Core Technical Architect to guide pre-sales engagements, architect AI-powered, multi-cloud solutions, and drive customer success in complex deals. You will translate business needs into scalable IT architectures, own governance discussions, and support POCs and rapid prototyping for sales cycles.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping with Apex, Node, Python, Java, and LWC, alongside strong collaboration with sales teams and customers.