Salesforce Architect

Cloud Bigdata Technologies Group - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Chicago, IL

About the position

The Salesforce Architect is responsible for leading the Salesforce Development Team in creating custom Salesforce solutions. This role involves overseeing junior developers, collaborating with project stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to best practices in Salesforce development. The architect will engage with clients to understand their technical requirements and provide innovative solutions while maintaining quality and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Direct the Salesforce Development Team in designing and building custom Salesforce solutions, including work on Apex, VisualForce, Salesforce APIs, Lightning, and data migration.
• Supervise junior developers, ensuring adherence to best practices across all development activities.
• Partner with project managers, clients, and developers to shape project strategies, promoting seamless collaboration throughout development, testing, and deployment.
• Maintain a proactive and adaptable approach to address evolving project requirements and client objectives, continuously identifying new ways to achieve project goals.
• Engage directly with clients, managers, and end users to understand project objectives and technical requirements, including custom applications, user interfaces, and Salesforce integrations.
• Support the Support Team by addressing escalated issues, particularly those concerning custom applications, user permissions, security configurations, custom objects, and workflows.
• Lead solution design sessions and code reviews, championing Salesforce best practices, recommending alternative approaches, and creating architectural designs.
• Provide effort estimates for new projects and enhancements, develop, test, and address issues discovered during testing phases.
• Follow an iterative software development methodology, actively participating in all phases of the software development lifecycle and support.
• Actively engage in meetings with business and IT stakeholders, ensuring alignment and progress updates.
• Take ownership of deliverables, provide regular status updates, and meet quality standards within timelines.

Requirements

• Proven experience in Salesforce development, including Apex, VisualForce, Salesforce APIs, and Lightning.
• Strong leadership skills with experience supervising development teams.
• Excellent communication skills for engaging with clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and innovate solutions.
• Experience in solution design and code review processes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with data migration strategies in Salesforce.
• Familiarity with agile software development methodologies.
• Knowledge of Salesforce security configurations and best practices.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Flexible scheduling options
• Professional development opportunities