Senior Salesforce Technical Architect

About the role

Robert Half and Protiviti run a sophisticated Salesforce ecosystem bridging Salesforce (Sales Cloud) and Azure at scale. They are looking for a Salesforce Technical Architect to own this ecosystem end-to-end and lead a distributed team of 10+ engineers across the US and India. This is an architect-level, hands-on leadership role: you will set technical direction, define engineering standards and be the final authority on platform versus off-platform decisions, while driving a major greenfield initiative implementing Salesforce Data 360 (CDP) for marketing segmentation and evolving Agentforce and AI-enriched data pipelines.

Key responsibilities

• Define the on-platform versus off-platform decision framework and oversee complex Salesforce-Azure integrations with event-driven, near real-time patterns.
• Lead the implementation of Salesforce Data 360 (CDP) and evolve Agentforce and AI-enriched data pipelines.
• Act as final authority on design and code reviews, embed security throughout development and enforce automated linting, testing and security review gates (e.g., Checkmarx).
• Evolve Python-driven CI/CD pipelines and automate security scanning, code generation and review through to release.
• Mentor 10+ senior and junior engineers on Apex, LWC and distributed systems, and guide them on complex Salesforce applications and integrations.
• Develop and maintain back-end services, APIs and ETL data pipelines on Azure and Salesforce Data 360, and lead the customization of Agentforce and the rollout of Einstein Copilot, predictive analytics and generative AI features.
• Contribute to the Agile team's roadmap planning, technical direction and peer code reviews, and work with product managers, data science teams and business partners.

Required profile

• 10+ years of software engineering experience focused on the Salesforce ecosystem, especially Sales Cloud, Data Cloud/360, Experience Cloud, Service Cloud and Marketing Cloud (or similar marketing automation platform).
• Strong experience building off-platform applications in Azure with Node.js or Python.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
• Bonus: deep knowledge of cloud data architecture and agentic workflows, and a preference for building production-grade code within established standards.

Required skills

• Expert-level Salesforce: Apex, LWC, Metadata API and highly customized enterprise instances.
• Azure with Node.js or Python; strong SDLC experience with SF CLI, Git and automated CI/CD pipelines (Python is a strong plus).
• Relational database design, REST/SOAP web services and asynchronous messaging patterns.
• Familiarity with Salesforce Data 360 and emerging AI/agentic workflows.

What we offer

• Annual salary range of $119,000 to $180,000, negotiable, with eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus.
• Group health, vision and dental insurance, FSA and HSA accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, and paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks.
• Paid time off and up to 11 paid holidays, and a 401(k) plan with a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions.