Senior Technical Architect
About the role
Salesforce is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to serve as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, most complex enterprise customers. The role involves serving as a trusted advisor to the client, identifying and leading internal strategic initiatives, guiding customers and colleagues in adopting emerging technologies, managing customer expectations, and architecting technology solutions to meet client needs.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
- Identify and lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice
- Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies
- Work collaboratively and have strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts
- Proactively manage risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution
- Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party partners
- Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward
- Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs
- Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform
Requirements
- 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience
- 4+ years of experience leading Salesforce Core Projects
- Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
- Strong presentation skills, able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences
- Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
- A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles
- Prioritizes self-awareness and proficiency in building strong relationships
- Strong point of view and executive presence, confident but not arrogant, a great storyteller
Preferred Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline
- Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization
- Experience with AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Agentforce for Developers)
- Experience leading a technical team or workstream, with a passion for mentoring and developing talent
- Experience defining and delivering enterprise applications on the Salesforce Platform
Benefits
At Salesforce, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being and financial security. This includes:
- Time off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, mental health support
- Paid parental leave
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Employee stock purchasing program
For more details, visit Salesforce Benefits.
Pay
The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually. Specific ranges vary by location. For California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range is $207,800 - $285,800 per year.
Schedule
Full-time position.