Salesforce Solution Architect

Location: NYC

Rate: starting at $100hrType: Right-to-Hire / Contract-to-Hiremust do onsite interview 🔴 MUST-HAVES10+ years of Solution Architecture experience, with a strong Salesforce focus Approximately 10 years of Salesforce platform experience Excellent communication and leadership skills are a MUST70–80% architecture / 20–30% hands-onMust be hands-on enough to demonstrate new Salesforce features/technologies to junior developers Strong technical leadership and mentoring ability Must be able to effectively work with both technical and business stakeholders🎓 CERTIFICATIONS – MINIMUM 2 REQUIREDCandidate must have at least 2 of the following: Salesforce Application Architect OR System Architect Salesforce Integration Architecture Designer Salesforce Platform Developer I OR IISalesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)🔄 CONTRACT-TO-HIRERight-to-Hire opportunity Initial contract period with potential conversion to FTEManager plans to evaluate around 6 months for conversion🏢 WORK SCHEDULEFirst 2 weeks onsite -NYCThen primarily remote Approximately 1 onsite visit per month2 days onsite quarterly🎯 IDEAL CANDIDATEA senior Salesforce Solution Architect with deep enterprise Salesforce architecture experience who can lead architecture, communicate exceptionally well, mentor developers, and remain hands-on enough to demonstrate new Salesforce capabilities. MANAGER INDICATED THIS WILL BE A VERY QUICK HIRE.Senior Salesforce Solution Architect The Senior Salesforce Solution Architect is responsible for designing, delivering, and governing Salesforce solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards. This role serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, high-performing, and maintainable across the Salesforce platform.

Solution Architecture: Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Energy & Utility Cloud, Experience Cloud, and integrated enterprise platforms. Define solution architecture, data models, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements. Ensure designs align with Salesforce best practices and enterprise architecture standards.

Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with business analysts, product owners, project managers, and business leaders to understand requirements and define solution approaches. Translate business needs into clear technical designs and implementation plans.

Integration and Technical Leadership: Lead architecture for integrations between Salesforce and external systems, including APIs, middleware, and data platforms. Provide technical guidance on Apex, Lightning, Visualforce, Flow, and platform design patterns. Support development teams through design reviews, code reviews, and architecture governance.

Platform Governance: Establish and maintain standards for design, development, security, release management, and environment strategy. Evaluate Salesforce products, AppExchange solutions, and third-party tools against business and architectural requirements.

Security, Performance, and Scalability: Design role-based access, sharing models, and data protection controls. Ensure solutions meet performance, reliability, and compliance expectations.

Documentation and Mentoring: Maintain architecture documentation, solution diagrams, and technical specifications. Mentor developers, administrators, and junior architects on Salesforce best practices.

Delivery Support: Contribute to planning, estimation, risk assessment, and major design decisions across the delivery lifecycle. Support solution delivery from requirements through deployment and post-go-live stabilization.