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Software Engineering Architect

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The Software Engineering Architect at Salesforce will define and drive software architecture, lead engineering teams, influence business partners, and work with various stakeholders to craft the architectural vision for scalable SaaS solutions. The role requires strong technical and leadership skills to deliver complex projects and mentor team members effectively.
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Software Engineering

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About Salesforce

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

About Salesforce

We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good– you’ve come to the right place.

Role Description

Salesforce has Software Architect opportunities throughout the company! These positions require technical skills, outstanding analytical and influencing skills, and extraordinary business insight. It is a multi-functional role that requires alignment building and communication within a large engineering organisation!

The Architect helps to build the technological vision, drives technology strategy and influences business partners and technology leaders on strategic direction in general. They work with engineering leaders and other software architects on the definition and delivery of highly scalable and secure SaaS solutions. This position does not only require excellent technical skills, but outstanding analytical, leadership and influencing skills paired with great business insight. It is a multi-functional leadership role that requires alignment building and communication with all engineering organizations.

Your Impact

  • Accountable for defining and driving software architecture and enterprise capabilities (scalability, fault tolerance, extensibility, maintainability, etc.)

  • Design sophisticated software systems for high-end solutions independently

  • Determines overall architectural principles, frameworks, and standards

  • Works in a consultative fashion with other organizations such as security and operations

  • Provide leadership to engineers, QE and product partners

  • Drives research, case studies, and prototypes on groundbreaking technologies and how they can be demonstrated

  • Leads all aspects of software architecture within the scope of assigned systems

  • Analyzes and provides feedback on product strategy

  • Works with other architects, principal architects, and CTOs to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization.

  • Drives long-term design strategies that span multiple sophisticated projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events

  • Actively communicates, encourages and motivates all levels of staff.

  • Provides (informal) mentor to team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development.

Required Skills:

  • Mastery of multiple programming languages and platforms

  • 15+ years of software development experience

  • Ability to independently craft and deliver large sophisticated projects

  • Ability to provide (informal) mentorship to team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development

  • Experience with Agile development methodology (e.g., Scrum)

  • Ability to work with other architects, principal architects, and Chief Technology Officers to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization

  • Develops technical performance architecture that solves most complex performance issues

  • Ability to drive long-term design strategies that span multiple complex projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events

  • Ability to build an environment for clear and open discussion of all issues You involve the right people, from your team and others, to resolve critical issues

  • Experience in short release cycles, and the full software lifecycle. Some roles require experience with a product that was released for public consumption across multiple releases

  • A related technical degree required

BENEFITS & PERKS

  • Comprehensive benefits package including well-being reimbursement, generous parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and more!

  • World-class enablement and on-demand training with Trailhead.com

  • Exposure to executive thought leaders and regular 1:1 coaching with leadership

  • Volunteer opportunities and participation in our 1:1:1 model for giving back to the community

  • For more details, visit https://www.salesforcebenefits.com/

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Top Skills

Agile Development Methodology
Platforms
Programming Languages
Saas Solutions
Software Architecture
Technical Performance Architecture

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