Senior Salesforce Technical Architect

Core Responsibilities

Lead the modernization of Farmer Mac’s Salesforce architecture, evolving legacy implementations and new build requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable enterprise solutions.
Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture for the Salesforce platform, including internal applications, portals, and external integrations.
Establish and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and best practices across the Salesforce ecosystem.
Define the overall platform strategy, including multi-org or app considerations, data architecture, integration patterns, and application boundaries.
Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Lead technical discovery efforts, including current-state assessments, future-state design, and solution evaluation.
Oversee the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) across multiple workstreams, including developers, configurators, QA, and DevOps/Release Management resources.
Guide development teams through solution design, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and enterprise standards.
Perform hands-on development and configuration when needed, particularly for complex or high-priority initiatives.
Define and implement robust DevOps, release management, and CI/CD processes to support continuous delivery and platform stability.
Establish and conduct code reviews and solution reviews to ensure quality, performance, scalability, and adherence to standards.
Design and implement secure, scalable integration architectures across Salesforce and external systems (e.g., APIs, middleware, event-driven patterns)
Ensure platform security and compliance through proper design of authentication, authorization, and data protection mechanisms.
Drive performance optimization, monitoring, and ongoing platform health improvements.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers, administrators, and other technical team members.
Support vendor management and third-party solution evaluation, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and long-term strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in Salesforce platform delivery, including solution architecture and hands-on development
• Proven experience as a Salesforce Technical Architect or equivalent role designing and implementing enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions
• Deep expertise across core Salesforce platforms, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud (portals for external users such as partners and customers)
• Demonstrated ability to design scalable solutions supporting complex user groups
• Demonstrated leadership experience mentoring developers, configurators, and technical team members
• Salesforce certifications strongly preferred (e.g., Certified Technical Architect (CTA), Application/System Architect, Platform Developer I/II)