
Principal Architect – Unified Scheduling and Optimization
Salesforce
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $257,500 - $451,700 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Establish the long-term technology strategy and architecture for Field Service
- Ensure tight alignment between business priorities and platform investments
- Champion emerging capabilities—specifically AI, Data Cloud, and Agentforce
- Lead architecture design covering data models, security, and scalability for global, multi-region implementations
- Act as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, and product leaders
- Drive multi-cloud architectures that leverage Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce, and Data Cloud
- Coach and mentor architects, developers, and delivery teams on design excellence
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Engineering
- At least fifteen (15) years of experience in platform architecture (SaaS, PaaS)
- At least three (3) years of experience applying AI/ML technologies to platform or product architecture
- Broad knowledge across the Salesforce platform, including multi-cloud capabilities, extensibility options, and ecosystem tools
- Expert-level knowledge of relevant architecture, design principles, and patterns
- Demonstrated experience and interest in architecting complex and scalable platforms
- Experience with integration patterns, enterprise data architecture, API management, DevOps/CI-CD, security models, performance tuning, and distributed-system design
- Experience designing and governing integrations with core enterprise platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, legacy systems)
- Proven ability designing architectures for global, multi-region, highly regulated organizations
- Proven ability to analyze complex business challenges and translate them into technical blueprints and execution plans that deliver measurable value.
Benefits
- time off programs
- medical
- dental
- vision
- mental health support
- paid parental leave
- life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- employee stock purchasing program
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Hard skills
platform architectureAI technologiesML technologiesSalesforce platformintegration patternsenterprise data architectureAPI managementDevOpsCI-CDsecurity models
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcoachingadvisorycommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationdesign excellencebusiness analysis
Certifications
Bachelor's in Computer ScienceMaster's in Engineering