Senior Salesforce Technical Architect

The Salesforce Technical Architect will serve as a strategic and hands‑on technology leader responsible for architecting, evolving, and scaling Farmer Mac’s Salesforce platform to support the full lifecycle of products, customer engagement, and digital experiences. This role will lead the design and implementation of enterprise‑grade solutions across both internal Sales and Service Cloud applications and modernized Experience Cloud portals serving sellers, servicers, and borrowers.

The position will be based in Farmer Mac’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. or working remotely for the exceptional candidate. Farmer Mac embraces a Presence with Purpose work environment, which allows for flexibility of work location while providing the opportunity for teams to come together in the office with purpose. Core business hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm eastern time.

Work outside of these times may be required for planned and unplanned activities to complete time sensitive projects or to attend off‑site meetings or events. Periodic travel is expected of this position.

The position will report directly to the Director – Salesforce Technology and will be part of Farmer Mac’s Information Technology team, directly liaising with members of the Farmer Mac IT and other departments. Occasionally, the position will serve as a liaison with external stakeholders and implementation partners.

• Lead the modernization of Farmer Mac’s Salesforce architecture, evolving legacy implementations and new build requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable enterprise solutions
• Define and own the end‑to‑end technical architecture for the Salesforce platform, including internal applications, portals, and external integrations
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and best practices across the Salesforce ecosystem
• Define the overall platform strategy, including multi‑org or app considerations, data architecture, integration patterns, and application boundaries
• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Lead technical discovery efforts, including current‑state assessments, future‑state design, and solution evaluation
• Oversee the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) across multiple work streams, including developers, configurators, QA, and Dev Ops/Release Management resources
• Guide development teams through solution design, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and enterprise standards
• Perform hands‑on development and configuration when needed, particularly for complex or high‑priority initiatives
• Establish and conduct code reviews and solution reviews to ensure quality, performance, scalability, and adherence to standards
• Define and implement robust Dev Ops, release management, and CI/CD processes to support continuous delivery and platform stability
• Establish environment strategy and governance, including sandbox management, refresh strategy, release pipelines, and testing environments
• Design and implement secure, scalable integration architectures across Salesforce and external systems (e.g., APIs, middleware, event‑driven patterns)
• Ensure platform security and compliance through proper design of authentication, authorization, and data protection mechanisms
• Drive performance optimization, monitoring, and ongoing platform health improvements
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers, administrators, and other technical team members
• Support vendor management and third‑party solution evaluation, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and long‑term strategy
• Continuously evaluate new Salesforce capabilities and emerging technologies to drive innovation and platform evolution
• Tracking and proactively responding to Salesforce releases and ad hoc patches

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in Salesforce platform delivery, including…