Salesforce Architect

Brookfield Residential Properties - Charleston, SC

Full-time - Senior

Charleston, SC

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

About the position

The Salesforce Architect is responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of complex Salesforce solutions. This role involves working with product managers, owners, and business stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into scalable and sustainable technical solutions. The Salesforce Architect ensures the integrity of the Salesforce platform and integrates with other systems to support organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-level and detailed designs for Salesforce solutions, ensuring that they align with business objectives.
• Provide architectural guidance and oversight to development teams during the implementation phase.
• Engage with product managers/owners, business stakeholders to collaborate on requirements and understand strategic goals.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and architectural designs.
• Lead technical aspects of Salesforce implementations, including custom development, integration with external systems, and data migration.
• Ensure best practices in coding, design, and security are followed.
• Oversee the management of Salesforce environments, including development, testing, and production.
• Ensure effective performance, scalability, and security of the Salesforce platform.
• Establish and enforce best practices for writing clean, efficient, and maintainable Salesforce code, including Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and other Salesforce development languages.
• Ensure adherence to Salesforce coding standards and development frameworks.
• Conduct regular code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to best practices, security guidelines, and scalability requirements.
• Implement automated testing strategies (unit tests, integration tests) to validate code functionality and performance.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to developers on the team to promote consistent coding techniques and continuous improvement.
• Stay up to date with the latest Salesforce features and releases, ensuring the team is leveraging the most effective and up-to-date solutions.
• Design and implement integrations between Salesforce and other enterprise systems using APIs, middleware, and other tools.
• Ensure data integrity and seamless data flow across systems.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for Salesforce solutions, including architectural diagrams, data models, and configuration guides.
• Conduct training sessions for end-users and technical teams.
• Stay updated with the latest Salesforce features, releases, and industry trends.
• Proactively identify opportunities to leverage new features and functionalities to improve business processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience working with Salesforce, including hands-on experience with Salesforce architecture, solution design, and development.
• Proven experience in full lifecycle Salesforce implementations.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce products, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and other relevant solutions.
• Proficiency in Salesforce development (Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components).
• Experience with integration tools and techniques (e.g., REST/SOAP APIs, MuleSoft).
• Knowledge of data modeling, security, and Salesforce best practices.
• Salesforce Certified Application Architect or System Architect required.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex situations and design effective solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor development teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
• Ability to partner with external consultants to execute on initiatives within Salesforce.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in a related field is a plus.
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) preferred.

Benefits

• Immediate 5% match on the 401(k) plan.
• Wellness credits that significantly reduce the employee cost for health care coverage.
• Up to 160 hours of PTO per year for full time employees.