Salesforce Architect - Remote - Longbridge Financial

Longbridge Financial, LLC (LBF) is an innovative company committed to responsibly helping senior homeowners reshape their financial future to improve their retirement. Our mission is to be consistently fair, transparent, and professional at all times with our employees, customers, and partners.

Recognized as an Industry Changemaker, Longbridge CEO Chris Mayer looks at the industry differently and values employees at all levels who drive our company forward.  In fact, we are now a top 2 reverse mortgage lender.

Why work with us?

At Longbridge Financial, “We do the right thing” is more than a mantra, it’s our guarantee.  We want to attract the best and brightest—that’s why we’re committed to giving our employees the support they need and the respect they deserve. We offer competitive compensation packages and benefits, as well as a strong marketing and operations foundation. Join us for a rewarding career with remarkable growth potential.  Ready to be changemaker and be a part of a team to help propel Longbridge to number one?

Longbridge is currently recruiting for Salesforce Architect to join our IT Department.

As a LBF Architect, you will own the integrity and strength of the solutions recommended. You will be responsible for enabling conversion of functional requirements into technical requirements that allow the development team to build capabilities within the Salesforce platform.  You will need a deep understanding of the Salesforce platform as well as people skills to get your ideas and solutions across to stakeholders and gain integrity to get your visions built into successful solutions.

Primary Job Duties:

• Provide end-to-end solution architecture as it relates to Salesforce and its integrated systems.
• Collaborate with colleagues and customers to create prototypes and proofs of concept as a means of eliciting and defining requirements.
• Develop configuration for the design/creation/prototyping of new software products, enhancements, and fixes while documenting and maintaining technical architecture and designs.
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with stakeholders on the project.
• Lead technical discussions around Development, Integration, Data, Security, Mobility, etc. concepts and ensuring best practices are implemented.
• Act as a release manager, approving configuration, and coded items to be deployed between environments. Where appropriate, this could include deploying changes following CI/CD standards.
• Lead code review sessions and plan platform optimization efforts with development and product team members.
• Ensure success and acceptance criteria are defined for each story.
• Ensure documentation of the steps for testing.
• Supervise the configuration, quality assurance, testing, and deployment of Salesforce.
• Collaborative project and workstream planning.

• At least 5 years’ experience in a leading role in delivering Salesforce projects.
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal, and interactive when online.
• Required Salesforce certifications:
• • Salesforce Designer certification
  • Salesforce Architecture certification
• 3-4 years of experience in Salesforce administration, security, and development for Sales/Service Cloud.
• 1 to 2 years’ experience in configuring and managing SFDC FSC Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Integration of these clouds.
• Understanding of key Salesforce architectural concepts (e.g., API, governor limits, and test coverage) and how they influence design.
• Experience implementing a SDLC utilizing Salesforce Developer Experience (SFDX), automated builds with CI/CD Pipelines, and version control practices (such as GIT).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently and be results driven. Should be familiar with agile driven development.
• Demonstrate organizational skills and detail orientation with ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

Desirable Experience:

• Salesforce certification a plus:
  • Certified System Architect
  • Certified Data Architect
  • Certified Integration Architecture Architect
  • Certified Development Lifecycle & Deployment Architect
  • Certified Identity and Access Management Architect
  • Certified Sharing and Visibility Architect
  • Certified B2B Solution Architect
  • Certified Mobile Solutions Architecture Designer
  • Certified Platform Developer 1
  • Certified Platform Developer 2
  • Certified Advanced Developer
• 3-4 years of experience in Salesforce administration, security, and development for Sales/Service Cloud.
• Consumer mortgage industry experience.
• In-depth experience building customized Salesforce dashboards and reports, understanding of Administration, data management, and security.
• Deep understanding of Salesforce API integration with third party data sources.
• Solid knowledge and experience in developing Apex triggers, classes, controllers, SOQL/SQL, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Lightning Design System (SLDS), custom web services (REST and SOAP), and VisualForce pages, Salesforce DX/CLI.
• Advanced Apex debugging experience using VisualStudio Code, Illuminated Cloud, or similar tools to identify and fix bugs within existing codebases.

• Full benefits
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Working in a growing and dynamic industry
• LBF is an EEO/AA/Vet/Disabled Employe
• Please note that salaries that are estimated on various job sites may not reflect the actual compensations. Job sites, set the estimated salary, not Longbridge Financial.