Salesforce Technical Architect

Bridgenext, Inc•Jacksonville, FL

2d•Remote

About The Position

Technical Architects are the champions of technical quality and experts when it comes to platform knowledge. You listen to and collaborate with a client on their vision, know how to achieve that vision with the right combination of people, process, and technology, and can execute your ideas with thoughtful purpose and leadership. You must love learning new things and assimilating new technologies into your solutions.

Requirements

Expert with all major Salesforce technologies including Licensing models, Declarative configuration (flow, workflow), Platform security features, Enterprise Apex Patterns, SOQL & SOSL, all APIs and common integration patterns, Object modeling, SSO/OAuth technologies and flows, Reporting/Analytics Cloud, Integration with JavaScript frameworks, Experience Cloud, and mobile platforms and deployment patterns
Fantastic listening, verbal, and written communication skills.
4+ years coding in LWC/Apex/VF/Aura, 5+ years with other OOP platforms (preference to cloud deployments)
7+ years Salesforce platform experience,5+ years in a lead design / architecture role
Salesforce Certified Developer and Platform Developer 2 required (or Platform Developer 2 and 1 or more Designer certification required)
Solid experience with JavaScript and CSS
SQL experience on more than one major database platform
Javascript toolkits: Angular, React, jQuery, etc
Strong understanding of architectural design patterns including SOA, SOC, layering, DRY, object-oriented design patterns, common integration patterns, etc
Expert use of VSCode, IntelliJ Illuminated Cloud or comparable IDE.

Nice To Haves

Salesforce Certified Technical Architect certification
Salesforce Certified Application and System Architect certification
While ISV / PDO experience is valued, SI / Enterprise architectural experience is acceptable
Proficiency with Salesforce Data Cloud, including data ingestion, harmonization, and activation
Familiarity with Einstein GPT and generative AI use cases in Salesforce
Knowledge of Salesforce Well-Architected Framework and its pillars
Experience with Event-Driven Architecture using Platform Events and CDC.

Responsibilities

Stay current on technology changes and remain a subject matter expert on best practices for Salesforce development, including packaging strategies, AppExchange security review requirements, Salesforce DX, and OEM / Trialforce
Part of your time will be spent keeping up to date on the latest Salesforce technologies like AgentForce, Data 360 (Data Cloud), Platform Events, LWC, CRM Analytics, Platform Cache, and Shield
Design and develop software solutions to fulfill client needs, that are secure, scalable, and maintainable
Collaborate with business users/clients to understand their business objectives and serve as a subject matter expert on the Salesforce platform and ISV ecosystem
Lead all members of a project in implementing your design architecture, including review of development artifacts to ensure the solution adheres to best practices
Design the object model adhering to business processes, sharing model, reporting needs, and integrations
Make expert choices on architectural design, such as when to use person accounts vs. standard account-contact relationships and when to use master-detail vs. lookup relationships
Provide a delivery framework that ensures quality and success. Review the code written by the developer and make sure that it follows best practices and scales well
Assist the sales team to design and estimate solution costs for clients
Provide "Level of Effort" (LOE) estimates including a project timeline and the right team role mix
Analyze customer’s product or development process to identify problems and formulate software engineering solutions
Utilize Apex enterprise patterns for maximum scalability and least risk of performance constraints of the Salesforce platform
Configure OAuth and SSO integrations between Salesforce and customer products
Review technical architecture designs from other Technical Architects and provide validation and feedback
Practice good development life cycle, including solid coding patterns, use of source control, proper use of test methods, and self-testing work
Be responsive to requests from project members and management