Salesforce Solution Architect

Salesforce Solution Architect

As the Salesforce Solution Architect at KIPP Foundation, you will serve as the primary technical authority for our Salesforce platforms—a hands-on architect and principal developer responsible for platform strategy, enterprise solution design, and delivery across KIPP's national Salesforce ecosystem.

You will partner with technology leadership, administrators, developers, product owners, business stakeholders, and implementation partners to deliver scalable solutions across NPSP, Nonprofit Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Agentforce/Einstein AI, enterprise integrations, and DevOps governance, while maintaining high engineering standards, strong platform governance, and long-term sustainability.

Responsibilities include:

• Solution Architecture & Integrations
• Platform Strategy & Governance
• NPSP & Nonprofit Cloud
• Technical Leadership & Delivery
• AI, Data Cloud & Experience Cloud

Skills and mindsets include:

• Mission and Student Focus
• Self-Management
• Work Management
• Process Management
• Data-Driven Actions and Decisions
• Problem-Solving
• Communication and Change Management
• Collaboration
• Technical Expertise

Qualifications

Experience and qualifications include:

• 8+ years of enterprise technology experience, with 3+ years specifically in a Salesforce Architect or Lead Developer role.
• Deep expertise in Salesforce architecture across Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, NPSP, and Nonprofit Cloud, with strong understanding of scalability, governor limits, and enterprise solution design.
• Expert proficiency in Apex, LWC, Flows, SOQL/SOSL, Salesforce APIs, and enterprise integrations using event-driven architecture patterns.
• Experience with LDV strategies, data modeling, migration planning, platform optimization, and Salesforce Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Hands-on experience with Agentforce, Einstein AI, Einstein Copilot, Prompt Builder, and AI-driven workflow automation.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and ability to translate strategy into technical roadmaps.

Tools and technologies include:

• Salesforce: Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, NPSP, Nonprofit Cloud, Agentforce, Einstein AI
• Development: Apex, LWC, Flows, SOQL/SOSL, JavaScript, C#/.NET
• Integration: REST/SOAP/Bulk APIs, Platform Events, CDC, MuleSoft
• DevOps: Salesforce DX, Git, CI/CD, deployment automation
• Platforms: Azure, SQL Server, Tableau, Salesforce CLI, VS Code

Certifications required: Salesforce Certified Application Architect or System Architect, Platform Developer II. Preferred: Salesforce Certified Data Architect, Integration Architect, Nonprofit Cloud Consultant.

Additional Information

Work conditions include:

• Travel requirements: Basic Travel Expectations: Up to 5% (up to 10 days per year)
• Job Type: Full time, Exempt

Location:

It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role has the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation offices are in NYC and Chicago.

Compensation and benefits:

• The salary range for this position is $155,000-$170,000.
• KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees, including:
• 25 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+).
• 100% paid parental leave
• 100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family's medical/dental/vision plans.
• Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program
• Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts

KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world that's around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.