Salesforce Data Cloud Architect

The pay range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000/yr USD.

WHO WE ARE:

Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers-the Comfort Technology Company-has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Skechers Digital Team is seeking a Salesforce Data Cloud Architect reporting to the Director, Digital Architecture, Consumer Domain. This role is responsible for designing and governing Skechers' Consumer Data 360 ecosystem, enabling identity resolution, high-quality data foundations, personalization, loyalty intelligence, and machine learning capabilities across digital and retail channels.

The ideal candidate will be a strong technical leader, have hands-on full-stack technical knowledge in enterprise technologies related to Skecher's consumer domain, and have the ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment. You should have knowledge of consumer programs from an architecture/industry perspective, and you should have strong hands-on experience designing solutions on the Salesforce Core Platform (including configuration, integration, and data model best practices).

You will work cross-functionally with Digital Engineering, Data Engineering, Data Science, Loyalty, and Marketing teams to architect scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms that support advanced personalization and recommender systems.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

* Responsible for the full technical life cycle of consumer platform capabilities which includes:

* Capability roadmap and technical architecture in alignment to consumer experience

* Technical planning, design, and execution

* Operations, analytics/reporting, and adoption

* Define and evolve Skechers' Consumer Data 360 architecture, including identity resolution (deterministic and probabilistic matching) and unified customer profiles.

* Architect scalable data models and pipelines across CDP, CRM, e-commerce, marketing automation, data lake, and warehouse platforms.

* Establish enterprise data quality frameworks including validation, deduplication, anomaly detection, and observability.

* Optimize SQL workloads and large-scale distributed queries through performance tuning, partitioning, indexing, and workload management strategies.

* Design and oversee ML pipelines supporting personalization, churn modeling, and recommender systems.

* Partner with Data Science teams to product ionize models using distributed platforms such as Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow preferred).

* Ensure secure data governance, access control (RBAC/ABAC), and compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and related privacy regulations.

* Provide architectural oversight ensuring performance, scalability, resilience, and maintainability.

* Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business objectives (LTV growth, personalization lift, engagement) into scalable data solutions.

REQUIREMENTS:

* Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related degree or equivalent experience.

* 10+ years experience architecting enterprise data platforms in cloud environments.

* 8+ years experience with data engineering with a focus on consumer data.

* 6+ years experience working with Salesforce platforms, including data models and enterprise integrations.

* Strong experience with Data 360 and identity resolution architectures.

* Proven expertise in SQL performance tuning and large-scale data modeling.

* Hands-on experience implementing ML pipelines and recommender systems in production environments.

* Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

* Experience with integration patterns (API, ETL, event streaming).

* Experience providing technical leadership and guidance across multiple projects and development teams.

* Experience translating business requirements into detailed technical specifications and working with development teams through implementation, including issue resolution and stakeholder communication.

* Strong project management skills including scope assessment, estimation, and clear technical communication with both business users and technical teams.

* Salesforce Certifications preferred (Platform App Builder, Platform Developer 1, JavaScript Developer
1).

* Experience with Databricks or similar distributed data/ML platforms preferred.

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About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500 company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment…