Software Architect - salesforce.com, inc.

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Job Category: Software Engineering

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Note: By applying to the architect posting, recruiters and hiring managers across the organization hiring architects will review your resume. Our goal is for you to apply once and have your resume reviewed by multiple hiring teams. There are multiple opportunities within Backend Architecture, Front-End Architecture and AI/ML Architecture (this can change frequently).

Your Impact:

• Coordinates and drives the end-to-end architecture of the product.
• Crafts overall architectural principles, frameworks, and standards.
• Creates solutions that are enterprise scalable and maintainable.
• Drive strategic technology initiatives, working with Product Managers, other Architects, Engineers, SME's and the broader Salesforce organization.
• Works in a consultative fashion to improve communication, teamwork and alignment among teams inside and outside of the organization.
• Analyzes and provides feedback on product strategy.
• Provides input into long-range product requirements, standard methodologies, and operational guidelines, with focus on continuous improvement of platform reliability and serviceability.
• Drives research, case studies, and prototypes on innovative technologies and how they can be used.
• Ensures that we are continuously raising our standard of engineering excellence.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation to address complex problems in real-time and keep services operational and highly available.

Required Skills:

• Mastery in multiple programming languages and platforms.
• 15+ years of software development experience.
• Ability to independently craft and deliver large sophisticated projects.
• Ability to provide (informal) mentorship to team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development.
• Experience with Agile development methodology (e.g., Scrum).
• Ability to work with other architects, principal architects, and Chief Technology Officers to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization.
• Develops technical performance architecture that solves most complex performance issues.
• Ability to drive long-term design strategies that span multiple complex projects, deliver technical reports and performance presentations to customers and at industry events.
• Ability to build an environment for clear and open discussion of all issues and involve the right people, from your team and others, to resolve critical issues.
• Experience in short release cycles, the full software lifecycle. Some roles require experience on a product that was released for public consumption across multiple releases.
• A related technical degree required.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with Salesforce platform a plus.

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