Salesforce Architect

Since 1927, Mariner Finance has delivered creative, flexible lending solutions, operating coast‑to‑coast from its headquarters in Baltimore. With a growing employee base and a dedication to superior customer service, Mariner is recognized as a top choice in consumer finance.

All full‑time employees receive a generous benefits package in addition to compensation. Learn more at

USD $ - USD $ /Yr.

In this role, you will drive the development, maintenance, and ongoing refinement of Salesforce architecture standards, solution patterns, technical design principles, and technical roadmaps across Salesforce applications, data models, integrations, security, automation, and development practices. Serve as a Salesforce subject‑matter expert and trusted advisor, evaluating platform capabilities, shaping secure, scalable, and cost‑effective solutions, and partnering across business, technology, security, data, operations, and delivery leaders.

• Design end‑to‑end Salesforce solutions across Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and other platform capabilities.
• Translate approved business requirements and user stories into scalable technical architectures, focusing on financial services, lending, loan origination workflows, and enterprise CRM capabilities.
• Deliver technical and non‑technical architecture documentation for assigned initiatives, including data models, high‑level architecture diagrams, integration architecture diagrams, security design documentation, and technical decision records.
• Partner with Business Analysts, Product Owners, and stakeholders to align business processes with technical designs, ensuring solutions support the intended operating model and business outcomes.
• Define and document Salesforce data models, integration patterns, security design considerations, automation patterns, and platform configuration standards.
• Lead Salesforce solution design for system integrations (APIs, middleware, external systems) in partnership with Mule Soft development teams, enterprise integration teams, and external partners.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Data Architects, and other domain architects to develop solution designs consistent with enterprise architecture principles, data strategy, integration standards, and technology roadmaps.
• Participate in architecture reviews and design governance processes to support cross‑platform alignment and architectural consistency.
• Contribute to and enforce Salesforce architecture standards, development best practices, design patterns, and governance processes within the Salesforce delivery function.
• Provide technical leadership, solution guidance, and architecture oversight to developers, administrators, analysts, and partner resources across onshore and offshore teams.
• Conduct code reviews and solution design reviews to ensure adherence to Salesforce platform limits, performance expectations, security standards, and maintainability requirements.
• Partner with Business Analysts, Product Owners, and delivery teams during backlog refinement, technical story decomposition, sprint planning, and release planning.
• Evaluate solution options and communicate trade‑offs related to scalability, maintainability, platform limits, technical debt, cost, implementation complexity, delivery timelines, security, and user experience.
• Provide architecture guidance to Salesforce Administrators and Developers to align configuration, automation, and custom development with approved solution designs and platform standards.
• Support architecture‑level root cause analysis and remediation planning for complex Salesforce platform or integration issues.
• Identify technical debt, platform risks, and architectural improvement opportunities; recommend practical remediation plans.
• Stay current with Salesforce releases, emerging capabilities, and architecture best practices.
• Support vendor and implementation partner design reviews to ensure recommendations align with Mariner standards, approved architecture, and long‑term platform sustainability.

• Bachelor’s degree…