Salesforce Technical Architect

The Salesforce Technical Architect leads the designs, architectures, and technical oversights of Salesforce solutions across multiple projects.  This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, developers, quality assurance engineers, and non-technical business stakeholders, to deliver, maintain, and support cutting-edge Salesforce functionality.  The Technical Architect serves as a strategic advisor and ensures solutions are scalable and aligned with CoreSite’s growth strategy.

Leveraging deep expertise with Salesforce.com products, Application Programming Interfaces, Apex / Visualforce, Lightning, and integration / extract, transform and load tools, the Technical Architect creates robust, scalable, long-lasting solutions. The Technical Architect ensures successful project deliveries by crafting clear visions, designing the architectures, providing strategic guidance, and actively supporting teams including taking a hands-on approach when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, implement, and oversee Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability and performance optimization.
• Provide architectural and design leadership across multiple Salesforce projects.
• Lead and facilitate technical and functional workshops, translating business requirements into well-architected Salesforce solutions.
• Guide technical design sessions, documenting risks and solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to shape the architectural vision and develop roadmaps for Salesforce adoption.
• Advocate for configuration over custom code while providing hands-on coding expertise in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, and other Salesforce technologies.
• Lead Salesforce development teams, identifying best practices, driving agile processes, and delivering custom development, integrations, and data migration.
• Develop and review comprehensive design specifications, ensuring adherence to design patterns and coding standards.
• Mentor and coach development teams on Salesforce capabilities, new features, and best practices.
• Act as a trusted advisor, engaging in conversations with Enterprise Architects and business stakeholders to ensure architectural alignment.
• Drive and approach efforts to enable Lightning UI, optimize the Salesforce platform, and create scalable solutions that align with growth initiatives.
• Write and review comprehensive functional and technical specifications, ensuring clarity and alignment with business needs.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :

Education / Experience :

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the job’s essential functions.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the job’s duties, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop or kneel, talk, and hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and / or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

Compensation :

Compensation for this role includes a base salary between $130,000 and $180,000 annually. This role is also eligible for an annual bonus and equity, based upon individual and company performance.

Posting Timeline :   This position is expected to be open for applications through March 7, 2025.

Benefits

Not only does CoreSite have a fun, team-focused work environment, but we also offer great benefits to all employees regularly scheduled to work more than 20 hours a week!

Please note that all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and, where permitted by law, a 5-panel drug test conducted after the offer letter is signed, which will screen for THC, opiates, PCP, cocaine, and amphetamines. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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Salary : $130,000 - $180,000