Job Title: Salesforce Solution Architect – Core Cloud
Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Salesforce Solution Architect with a strong Core Cloud background to lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-quality Salesforce solutions. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and platform capabilities, and will play a critical role in driving architecture decisions across complex, multi-cloud projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end solution architecture for Salesforce implementations across Core Clouds (Sales, Service, Platform).
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Design multi-cloud architecture strategies, ensuring integration across Salesforce and external systems.
- Define data models, security models, and integration patterns aligned with best practices.
- Provide architectural governance, design reviews, and enforce development standards.
- Guide development teams on Apex, Lightning, APIs, and declarative solutions.
- Drive solution optimization, performance tuning, and scalability planning.
- Participate in pre-sales activities including solution design, effort estimation, and client presentations.
- Mentor technical teams and contribute to building internal Salesforce capability.
Required Experience
- 10–14+ years of IT experience with 6–8+ years in Salesforce ecosystem
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect on multiple Salesforce implementations
- Hands-on background in Sales Cloud and Service Cloud implementations
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale and multi-cloud projects
Core Technical Skills
- Deep expertise in:
- Sales Cloud
- Service Cloud
- Salesforce Platform (Flows, Apex, LWC, APIs)
- Strong understanding of:
- Data modeling and architecture
- Security & sharing model
- Integration patterns (REST/SOAP, middleware tools like MuleSoft)
- Experience with:
- Lightning framework (LWC/Aura)
- CI/CD tools (Copado, Gearset, Jenkins)
- DevOps best practices
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Exposure to:
- Experience Cloud
- CPQ / Revenue Cloud
- Marketing Cloud integrations
- Knowledge of industry solutions (Retail, BFSI, Manufacturing, etc.)
- Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery models
Certifications (Preferred / Required)
- Salesforce certifications such as:
- Salesforce Certified Application Architect (Required)
- System Architect (Strongly preferred)
- Sales Cloud Consultant
- Service Cloud Consultant
- TOGAF or equivalent architecture certifications (nice-to-have)
Soft Skills
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to influence and drive technical decisions
- Problem-solving mindset with a focus on innovation
- Experience working in global/onsite-offshore delivery models
