Salesforce Architect

Mariner Finance•Eagan, MN

1d•$150,675 - $195,950•Onsite

About The Position

Mariner Finance is seeking a Salesforce Architect to guide the architecture and ongoing development of Salesforce solutions across the organization. The role establishes and refines architecture standards, solution patterns, technical design principles, and roadmaps across Salesforce applications, data models, integrations, security, automation, and development practices. The architect partners with business, technology, security, data, operations, and delivery leaders to align designs with business objectives, lending and loan origination workflows, regulatory expectations, enterprise standards, and long-term platform needs. The position serves as a Salesforce subject matter expert and trusted advisor, providing guidance on platform capabilities and emerging features while promoting secure, scalable, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions. It works through cross-functional and matrixed collaboration, design governance, and influence to support consistent, high-quality decisions across Salesforce delivery teams, integration teams, stakeholders, and implementation partners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Business Information Systems, or a related field; additional applicable experience may substitute for a degree.
At least 8 years of Salesforce platform experience, including implementation, architecture, configuration, development, integration, or platform delivery.
At least 3 years acting as a Salesforce Architecture Lead, Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or in a similar senior Salesforce technical role.
Expertise in Salesforce Financial Services Cloud and core Salesforce platform capabilities.
Experience designing Salesforce solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, or other Salesforce ecosystem products.
Proven Salesforce solution architecture experience and experience with large-scale Salesforce implementations.
Strong knowledge of Salesforce data modeling, security and sharing architecture, automation, platform limits, performance considerations, and release impacts.
Strong knowledge of Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, Salesforce APIs, and Salesforce development practices.
Experience designing and implementing integrations using REST APIs, SOAP APIs, middleware, ETL tools, MuleSoft, or comparable enterprise integration platforms.
Experience in a federated architecture model, partnering with Enterprise Architects, Data Architects, Security Architects, and delivery teams.
Experience supporting Salesforce or enterprise technology solutions in financial services, consumer lending, banking, or a similarly regulated environment.
Experience providing technical direction to distributed onshore and offshore development teams.
Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery, including backlog refinement, technical story decomposition, sprint planning, and iterative delivery.
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable Salesforce technical designs.
Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
Ability to balance technical constraints, delivery timelines, business needs, security expectations, and long-term platform sustainability.
Salesforce Certified Application Architect.

Nice To Haves

Experience with loan origination systems, credit decisioning platforms, customer servicing systems, data platforms, or third-party financial services providers.
Experience designing Salesforce integrations with loan origination systems, credit decisioning platforms, customer servicing systems, data platforms, or third-party financial services providers.
Experience with MuleSoft or comparable enterprise integration platforms.
Experience with Jira and Bitbucket for development lifecycle management, collaboration, and delivery tracking.
Experience with Salesforce DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines, including Copado, Gearset, Salesforce DX, or similar tools.
Experience in multi-org or enterprise-scale Salesforce environments.
Exposure to Salesforce Data Cloud and Marketing Cloud.
Experience supporting architecture reviews, design governance, code reviews, technical decision documentation, and technical debt remediation.
Salesforce Certified System Architect certification.
Salesforce Certified Technical Architect certification.

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and other platform capabilities.
Translate approved business requirements and user stories into scalable technical architectures, especially for financial services, lending, loan origination, and enterprise CRM workflows.
Create technical and non-technical architecture documentation, including data models, architecture and integration diagrams, security design documentation, and technical decision records.
Partner with Business Analysts, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to align business processes and technical designs with operating models and desired outcomes.
Define and document Salesforce data models, integration patterns, security considerations, automation patterns, and platform configuration standards.
Lead Salesforce solution design for integrations with APIs, middleware, external systems, loan origination systems, credit decisioning platforms, and third-party financial services platforms.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Data Architects, and other domain architects to align designs with enterprise architecture principles, data strategy, integration standards, and technology roadmaps.
Participate in architecture reviews and design governance processes.
Contribute to and enforce Salesforce architecture standards, development best practices, design patterns, and governance processes.
Provide technical leadership and architecture oversight to developers, administrators, analysts, and onshore and offshore partner resources.
Conduct code and solution design reviews to assess compliance with platform limits, performance expectations, security standards, and maintainability requirements.
Support backlog refinement, technical story decomposition, sprint planning, and release planning with Business Analysts, Product Owners, and delivery teams.
Evaluate solution options and communicate tradeoffs involving scalability, maintainability, platform limits, technical debt, cost, complexity, timelines, security, and user experience.
Guide Salesforce Administrators and Developers so configuration, automation, and custom development follow approved designs and standards.
Support architecture-level root cause analysis and remediation planning for complex Salesforce platform or integration issues.
Identify technical debt, platform risks, and opportunities for architectural improvement, and recommend remediation plans with CRM leadership and technology stakeholders.
Stay current with Salesforce releases, capabilities, and architecture practices and assess their impact on solution design and standards.
Review vendor and implementation partner designs for alignment with company standards, approved architecture, and long-term platform sustainability.