Principal Salesforce Consultant

We are seeking a senior, client-facing Salesforce Technical Architect who has grown from a hands-on Salesforce Developer into a technical leader, development manager, or architect. This person will own end-to-end technical solution design, lead delivery teams, and remain capable of diving into code, integrations, troubleshooting, and platform decisions when required.

The ideal candidate is comfortable operating at both the strategic and delivery levels: advising clients and executives, translating business priorities into scalable Salesforce architecture, guiding developers and admins, and ensuring high-quality implementation across the lifecycle. Salesforce Technical Architects are expected to design secure, high-performing, integrated solutions within the client’s broader technology.

• Lead technical discovery, solution design, estimation, and delivery for complex Salesforce engagements.
• Partner directly with client business and technology stakeholders to understand goals, constraints, processes, data, and enterprise architecture.
• Translate functional requirements into scalable Salesforce technical designs, including architecture diagrams, data models, integration specifications, security models, and implementation roadmaps.
• Serve as the technical authority for Salesforce platform design, custom development, integrations, data migration, release strategy, performance, and security.
• Lead, mentor, and guide Salesforce developers, administrators, QA resources, and technical leads; conduct design and code reviews and establish engineering standards.
• Remain hands‑on as needed with Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL/SOSL, Flows, APIs, integrations, debugging, and complex production issue resolution.
• Design and govern integrations between Salesforce and enterprise platforms using APIs, middleware, event‑driven patterns, and appropriate synchronous/asynchronous processing.
• Define architecture and development standards for scalability, maintainability, testability, security, CI/CD, source control, and environment management.
• Evaluate Salesforce capabilities and recommend the appropriate mix of configuration, declarative automation, custom development, App Exchange solutions, and external services.
• Lead technical work streams across full project life cycles: discovery, design, build, test, deployment, hypercare, and ongoing optimization.
• Communicate technical risks, trade‑offs, dependencies, estimates, and recommendations clearly to both technical and nontechnical client audiences.
• Support pre‑sales activities as needed, including solutioning, technical demos, estimation, statements of work, and client presentations.

Technical Architects commonly lead custom Apex/LWC development, API and integration design, large‑data‑volume considerations, environment strategy, and Dev Ops processes.

• 8+ years of Salesforce experience, including a clear progression from Salesforce Developer or Senior Developer into Technical Lead, Development Manager, Technical Architect, or equivalent senior consulting role.
• 3+ years leading technical teams, delivery work streams, or major Salesforce implementation programs.
• Strong hands‑on development experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce where applicable, SOQL/SOSL, asynchronous Apex, REST/SOAP APIs, and Salesforce DX.
• Deep knowledge of Salesforce security, sharing, role hierarchy, permission sets, profiles, identity/access considerations, and governance.
• Demonstrated experience designing enterprise integrations, data migration approaches, API strategies, and error‑handling/reconciliation processes.
• Experience with CI/CD, version control, automated testing, code quality practices, release management, and multi‑environment deployment strategies.
• Proven ability to design for scale, performance, system limits, large data volumes, maintainability, and operational support.
• Consulting experience with direct client interaction, stakeholder management, technical workshops, requirements clarification, and executive‑level communication.
• Experience leading distributed or cross‑functional teams while balancing hands‑on technical contribution with…