Strategic AI Architect – Data & Platform Solutions

Salesforce, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 148,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. seeks an experienced enterprise architect to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-domain architectural initiatives.

You will work across Platform Advantage, Emerging Tech & UI Innovation, Data & AI Excellence, and Governance & Trust to shape customer-centric solutions. You will drive architecture decisions, ensure alignment with business goals, and maintain delivery momentum through complex engagements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in enterprise or solutions architecture, with direct experience influencing senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience with AI tooling to build solutions, learn new skills, and be more efficient with your job.
• Deep, credible expertise in at least one of the six focus areas above, deep enough to be the final word in a room, not conversational familiarity.
• Fluency across the Salesforce platform or at least one major alternative / adjacent technology relevant to your focus area.
• A track record of staying engaged through delivery, including recovering stalled or politically stuck work.
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering or MIS

Responsibilities

• Lead with the customer's business and technical problem, not a product pitch, and stay engaged through execution so the work lands, not just the recommendation.
• Work across multiple pre and post sale teams to align stakeholders around a shared view of a business problem mapped to a capability.
• Resolve platform-fit ambiguity for customers facing conflicting internal recommendations or a troubled prior rollout.
• Name ambiguity and route it explicitly to the right domain to avoid unclear work.
• Collaborate within the four domains: Platform Advantage, Emerging Tech & UI Innovation, Data & AI Excellence, Governance & Trust.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

AI tooling

Stakeholder management

Salesforce platform

Domain expertise

Education

Bachelor's/Master/PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering or MIS

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. seeks an experienced enterprise architect to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-domain architectural initiatives.

You will work across Platform Advantage, Emerging Tech & UI Innovation, Data & AI Excellence, and Governance & Trust to shape customer-centric solutions. You will drive architecture decisions, ensure alignment with business goals, and maintain delivery momentum through complex engagements.