Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architectural vision, strategy, and technical direction for Salesforce solutions within the enterprise auto lending ecosystem.
• Define and govern Salesforce architecture, system blueprints, technical design standards, and long-term technology roadmaps.
• Ensure Salesforce solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, security guidelines, scalability, and performance requirements.
• Drive configuration-over-customization principles by maximizing native Salesforce capabilities and minimizing unnecessary custom development.
• Design scalable and maintainable custom solutions using Salesforce Apex and Lightning technologies when standard platform functionality is insufficient.
• Define interaction requirements for Salesforce components, subsystems, integrations, and application interfaces.
• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership to Salesforce development teams.
• Conduct formal Technical Design Reviews (TDRs), architecture assessments, and technical checkpoints throughout sprint cycles.
• Review technical designs, development approaches, and implementation strategies to ensure compliance with established architectural standards.
• Provide strategic direction for Salesforce development, application enhancements, and production issue resolution.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, developers, and cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Identify architectural risks, technical dependencies, and opportunities for platform optimization.
• Create and maintain architectural documentation, technical specifications, system design documents, and implementation guidelines.
• Support successful project delivery by ensuring technical solutions meet business objectives and enterprise standards.

Required Technical Skills

• Salesforce Architecture: Strong experience designing and governing enterprise Salesforce solutions and defining architectural standards.
• Salesforce Apex Development: Advanced knowledge of Apex programming, custom business logic, and scalable application development.
• Salesforce Lightning: Strong experience with Lightning components and Lightning-based application architecture.
• Salesforce Customization: Experience evaluating native Salesforce capabilities and determining when custom development is required.
• Technical Design Reviews: Experience conducting architectural reviews, evaluating technical designs, and enforcing development standards.
• Enterprise Architecture: Understanding of enterprise architecture principles, security guidelines, scalability, and maintainability.

Required Qualifications

• 6–9 years of relevant Salesforce architecture and development experience.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Salesforce Apex and Lightning technologies.
• Proven experience leading Salesforce architecture and technical design initiatives.
• Experience establishing architectural blueprints, design standards, and technical roadmaps.
• Ability to balance configuration-based solutions with custom Salesforce development.
• Experience conducting Technical Design Reviews (TDRs) and providing architectural guidance across Agile sprint cycles.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, and development teams.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working within enterprise auto lending, automotive finance, or financial services environments.
• Experience designing Salesforce solutions for complex enterprise business processes.
• Understanding of Salesforce security, integration architecture, and enterprise application design.
• Experience guiding development teams and resolving complex production issues

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree