Salesforce Technical Architect

Role: Salesforce Technical Architect


Location: Torrance, CA - Hybrid Must (4 Days to office) - Locals Preferred


Type: Contract

Job Description:


Summary


The Salesforce Technical Architect is responsible for leading the design development and delivery of scalable Salesforce solutions
This role acts as the senior most technical expert on Salesforce projects over seeing developers enforcing coding best practices guiding architectural decisions and ensuring high quality implementations across Sales Cloud Service Cloud Experience Cloud and custom Salesforce applications


Roles and Responsibilities


Drive the architectural strategy and vision for complex enterprise solutions within the Technical Architecture family Develop and maintain architectural frameworks and governance to ensure consistency across projects Conduct architectural reviews and provide expert guidance to development teams Facilitate communication between stakeholders including business development and operations teams Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies related to architectural decisions Lead innovation initiatives by exploring new architectural styles and patterns Provide leadership in troubleshooting and resolving complex architectural issues Support the professional growth of team members through coaching and knowledge sharing


Key Responsibilities
1 Technical Leadership Delivery
Lead the end-to-end technical delivery of Salesforce projects ensuring solutions meet performance scalability and security standards
Oversee and mentor Salesforce developers and administrators providing guidance on Apex Lightning Web Components LWC integrations and CICD
Review solution designs and technical specifications before development begins
Own the technical backlog and coordinate with project managers and product owners to align technical priorities


2 Solution Design Development
Translate business and functional requirements into technical specifications solution designs and data models
Develop high quality reusable components using
Apex classes triggers batch jobs
Lightning Web Components LWC
Flows automation tools
SOQLSOSL queries
Design secure and scalable sharing models permission sets and roles


3 Integration Ownership
Architect and implement integrations between Salesforce and external systems using
REST SOAP APIs
Middleware MuleSoft Boomi Jitterbit or similar
Event driven patterns Platform Events Streaming API
Troubleshoot integration failures and optimize performance


4 Governance Best Practices
Establish enforce and evangelize Salesforce development best practices coding standards and DevOps processes
Conduct code reviews unit testing and technical QA
Ensure compliance with org limits governor limits and Salesforce security guidelines
Manage and optimize CICD pipelines Gearset Copado Jenkins Gitbased workflows


5 Cross Functional Collaboration
Work with architects analysts and business stakeholders to validate feasibility of requirements
Convert functional requirements into technical tasks for the development team
Support UAT cycles resolve defects and facilitate knowledge transfer


6 Documentation Support
Create and maintain technical documentation including
Data flow diagrams
API specifications
Deployment guides
Coding standards
Provide L3 support for complex production issues


Required Qualifications
Experience
10 - 15 years of experience working with Salesforce
Hands on experience with enterprise level Salesforce implementations


Technical Skills
Expertise in
Apex classes triggers asynchronous operations
Lightning Web Components LWC
SOQLSOSL
Flows and automation
Strong command of integration technologies RESTSOAP middleware eventdriven architecture
Strong understanding of
Salesforce security model
Sharing architecture
Governor limits performance tuning
CICD and DevOps
Experience with Sales Service or Experience Cloud


Mandatory Skills : Application Rearchitecting, Architectural diagrams, Architecture Assessment, Architecture Patterns and Styles, Architecture Principle Design, Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method, Architecture Views and ViewPoint Design, Capacity Planning, Compliance Evaluation, Cost Benefit Analysis Method, Estimation, Migration Planning, SOA and Microservices Based Architecture, Solution Frameworks & Accelerators, Solutioning NFRs, TCO Evaluation, Transformation