Salesforce Architect in NYC || Long term

Group Nine - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

New York, NY

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Salesforce Architect will be responsible for architecting, designing, and developing comprehensive solutions that meet business requirements in support of a given portfolio. This role involves partnering with key stakeholders to create solutions aligned with architecture principles, leveraging common solutions and services. The architect will oversee the entire Salesforce architecture and design for projects, ensuring that the system meets defined expectations and enabling the team to execute the vision as designed.

Responsibilities

• Review and integrate all application requirements into Architecture design, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operational needs.
• Design flexible, scalable, and robust architecture for Salesforce to meet the dynamic needs of various projects on Sales Cloud, Experience Cloud, Service Cloud, etc.
• Guide technical teams to deliver flexible and scalable solutions that meet overall business requirements.
• Oversee phases for multiple projects including development, testing, deployment to ensure alignment with application architecture.
• Drive the adoption of Salesforce best practices and build standard processes for development and testing teams to follow.
• Understand requirements and provide one or more options for the solution utilizing Salesforce best practices.
• Experience designing Salesforce integrations with different systems utilizing Web services (REST or SOAP) and middleware (i.e. Mulesoft).
• Perform technical solution reviews and provide recommendations to improve adoption and usage.
• Mentor team members in technology, architecture, and delivery of applications.
• Perform hands-on solution design and deliver proof-of-concepts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field
• 8+ years of direct experience with developing, configuring, and implementing successful Salesforce project implementations
• 3+ years of experience on Salesforce & Force platform as an Architect
• Experience in Lightning Aura and Web Components and strong hands-on experience in development practices
• Proven experience in overseeing the direction, development, and implementation of Salesforce solutions
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce best practices and methodologies
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with teams and stakeholders of different backgrounds and time zones in a multicultural environment
• Experience working with Agile teams and use of tools such as Jira, Copado, etc.
• Experience working with DevOps tools such as AutoRabit along with Github, Jenkins, VS Code preferred
• Excellent communication, negotiation, decision making, and problem solving skills
• Experience with managed packages and AppExchange preferred
• Salesforce Administrator, App Builder and Developer Certifications required

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with managed packages and AppExchange preferred
• Experience working with DevOps tools such as AutoRabit along with Github, Jenkins, VS Code preferred