Technical Architect

Salesforce, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Technical Architect within the Professional Services team of Customer Success to drive digital transformation for strategic enterprise clients. You will lead architecture, integration design, and PoC work while ensuring technical excellence across multiple projects.

As a Trusted Advisor and technical leader, you will guide delivery, establish DevOps standards, and collaborate with global teams to achieve client outcomes in complex Salesforce environments.

Qualifications

• Delivery experience in enterprise system development or IT consulting.
• Leadership experience as architect, technical lead, or project lead.
• Strong knowledge of web applications and data modeling.
• Ability to perform hands-on technical tasks (e.g., configuring cloud services, scripts).
• Proactive ownership and problem-solving in complex projects.
• Exceptional customer communication and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Trusted Advisor focusing on customer success and project delivery.
• Design overall system architecture and development strategies for integrations and security.
• Build prototypes and validate complex requirements.
• Create development guides and governance for DevOps/CI- CD processes.
• Troubleshoot critical issues and review major deliverables for quality.
• Mentor team members and collaborate with global product teams.

Skills

Delivery experience

Leadership

Technical foundations

Hands-on skills

Ownership

Communication

Tools

Java

Job description

Job Category

Customer Success

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we’re looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce’s core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Role Overview

As a Technical Architect (TA) within the Professional Services team of the Customer Success division, you will serve as a technical consultant driving digital transformation (DX) for strategic enterprise clients. You will lead projects to success by leveraging high technical capabilities and specialized knowledge of the Salesforce platform in the following capacities:

• IT Strategy Advisor: Lead upstream phases, including system concept formulation, overall architecture design, PoCs, and requirement definitions.
• Prime Delivery Leader: Execute and safeguard the technical integrity of Salesforce implementation projects.
• Technical Leader: Provide cross-functional technical support for client- or partner-led individual/multiple projects.
  

Key Responsibilities

• Trusted Advisor: Focus on customer success, understand client strategies, and drive projects forward with technical excellence.
• Architecture & Strategy: Design overall system architecture (external integration, authentication, security, large-scale data processing, mobile utilization, etc.) and establish development strategies.
• Hands-on Validation: Build prototypes and conduct technical validations for complex requirements.
• DevOps & Standards: Create development guides and establish frameworks to manage and optimize development/operational processes (e.g., CI/CD).
• Troubleshooting & QA: Resolve critical technical issues and review major project deliverables to ensure high quality.
• Governance: Build CoE (Center of Excellence) and DevOps organizations to promote long-term Salesforce utilization.
• Global Collaboration: Partner with global product development teams and architects to solve complex customer challenges using global best practices.
• Mentorship: Mentor, support, and develop team members while contributing to the Trailblazer community.

Growth Opportunities

• Lead AI Innovation: Directly engage with Salesforce’s latest innovations, including Agentforce and Data Cloud , to lead cutting-edge AI-driven transformation.
• Global Insights: Gain seamless access to global knowledge and collaborate with top-tier architects worldwide to grow into a world-class cloud architect.
• Architectural Versatility: Master modern cloud architectures by integrating Salesforce with diverse on-premises systems and multi-cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, etc.), leveraging your existing IT expertise.

Basic Requirements

• Delivery Experience: 6 to 12 years of experience in enterprise system development, CRM implementation, or IT consulting.
• Leadership Experience: Around 5 years of experience demonstrating leadership as an architect, technical leader, or project leader.
• Technical Foundations: Strong knowledge of general web application development (e.g., Java-based environments) and data modeling.
• Hands-on Skills: Ability to perform technical tasks firsthand (e.g., configuring cloud services, verifying operations, writing code/scripts).
• Ownership: Proactive mindset to lead complex projects with a strong sense of ownership and problem-solving skills.
• Communication: Exceptional customer communication and facilitation skills.

Preferred Requirements

• Specialized knowledge in system integration, SSO, large-scale data volume (LDV), and DevOps/Agile processes.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js, or Angular).
• Understanding of various Salesforce solutions or experience in large-scale CRM projects.
• Business-level English communication skills for global collaboration.
• Salesforce official certifications are a plus.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

Accommodations

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