Affirm

Staff Salesforce Architect – Agent and Channel Experience

Affirm

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $160,000 - $230,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Own and optimize Salesforce as the primary CRM, ensuring it meets business needs across Servicing, Operations, Compliance, and Customer Success.
  • Hold a high technical bar for your work and your team’s tactical changes; partner with the Systems Manager to influence technical strategy.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, Design, and Analytics to ensure technical sustainability, risk management, and informed trade-offs.
  • Architect end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Service Cloud and other business systems.
  • Lead evaluation of new Salesforce features and third-party technologies to enhance functionality and user experience.
  • Act as a force-multiplier for your team by defining and advocating technical solutions and operational processes.
  • Maintain and support integrations between Salesforce and core systems (Snowflake, Amazon Connect, internal tools) to enable seamless case creation flows and automation.
  • Consistently generate simple, elegant designs and write high-quality, reusable code.
  • Develop and enforce best practices for system governance, security, and data integrity, ensuring compliance with fintech regulations (e.g., PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOC 2).
  • Partner with Ops Excellence, Servicing, Product, Security, and Engineering to translate business needs into scalable system solutions.
  • Drive excellence and automation in DevOps using Salesforce DevOps Center and/or GitHub Actions.
  • Leverage Lightning Flows, Agentforce, and other low-code tools to improve workflows and eliminate manual processes.
  • Manage system enhancements and customizations, including configurations, flows, Lightning components, and API integrations.
  • Develop metrics for system observability, availability, and performance.
  • Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and drive continuous improvements.
  • Provide training and documentation to ensure strong adoption and effective use of business systems.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in Business Systems Engineering, Software, or Enterprise Applications, preferably in a fintech, SaaS, or high-growth tech environment.
  • Deep expertise in Salesforce (certifications preferred: Salesforce Admin, Advanced Admin, Platform App Builder, Developer I, Certified Architect).
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, Analytics, and Business teams.
  • Proven ability to implement and improve Salesforce platform observability and availability best practices.
  • Comfort with ambiguity, and ability to move from low-level language idioms to large-scale system architecture.
  • Demonstrated growth and impact through incorporating feedback from engineering and cross-functional peers.
  • Experience with Salesforce Service Cloud functionality such as Case Management, Knowledge Base, Omni-Channel, and Service Console configurations.
  • Hands-on expertise in implementing and optimizing Service Cloud features including Skill-Based Routing, Entitlements, Messaging for In-App and Web (MIAW), and Einstein Gen AI for Service.
  • Familiarity with Lightning Web Components, Apex, BuildKite, GitHub, and other CI/CD tools within Salesforce.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, reporting, and analytics, with experience leveraging Snowflake for business intelligence.
  • Experience working in Scrum or other Agile methodologies.
  • Technical proficiency in Salesforce administration, declarative development (Flows, Process Builder, validation rules, SQL), and basic Apex development.
  • Hands-on experience with JIRA, Notion, and Agile methodologies to manage sprints and system-related projects.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance culture, balancing multiple priorities with strong execution.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and business needs.
  • This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Benefits
  • Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
  • Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
  • Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
  • ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
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Hard Skills & Tools
SalesforceSalesforce Service CloudApexLightning FlowsSQLdata modelingreportinganalyticsDevOpsCI/CD
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationadaptabilityleadershipinfluenceexecutionfeedback incorporationtrainingdocumentation
Certifications
Salesforce AdminSalesforce Advanced AdminSalesforce Platform App BuilderSalesforce Developer ISalesforce Certified Architect