Description
As a Core Technical Architect, you are a pre-sales, customer-facing expert. You apply broad technical skills and business acumen, to help sales teams align Salesforce solutions with our customers’ digital transformation and cloud adoption strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a subject matter expert in business strategy, application architecture, data, integration, security, and AI.
- Use a consultative approach to understand business and technical requirements.
- Determine optimal technologies to leverage in customer-driven architectures based on product knowledge and industry standards.
- Lead discussions around change programs from both a business and technical perspective.
- Develop repeatable propositions and go-to-market strategies for sales teams.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with the following skills, which are critical for designing modern, AI-powered solutions:
- Agentic AI & Agentforce: Direct experience developing and managing agentic AI frameworks and autonomous agents.
- Prompt Engineering: Proven ability to optimize prompts for LLMs using techniques like RAG and chain-of-thought.
- Generative AI Architecture: Experience architecting enterprise AI solutions, including API gateways and data pipelines.
- Data360: Deep understanding of Salesforce Data Cloud for unifying and activating customer data.
- Flow & Orchestration: Advanced proficiency with Salesforce Flow for complex AI-driven business processes.
Technical Proficiency:
- Deep knowledge of enterprise software applications, delivery, and system architecture.
- Coding experience and willingness to work with code (Apex, Node, Python, Java, etc.)
- Strong understanding of database fundamentals and data management tools.
- Competence in integration architectures/patterns
- Proficiency with software development and application lifecycle management (git, test automation, CI/CD, release management)
- Solid grasp of network, application, and information security principles.
Strategic & Soft Skills:
- B.S., M.S. or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering or MIS
- Salesforce Certifications and/or Trailhead Superbadges.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship-building skills with executive audiences.
- Strategic problem-solving, thought leadership, and effective time management for multiple projects.
- Hands-on experience in customer-facing architect or consultant roles.
Benefits:
- Time off programs
- Medical, dental, vision
- Mental health support
- Paid parental leave
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- Employee stock purchasing program