Salesforce Technical Architect

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. Design and own the end-to-end Salesforce architecture across Sales, Service, Experience, Marketing, Data Cloud, and industry-specific clouds .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRiyadh • Saudi ArabiaSeniorLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Salesforce architecture and solution design, with a strong focus on integration patterns, data migration strategies, and technical documentation. Proficient in guiding development teams and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure solutions that align with business goals.

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Salesforce ArchitectureIntegration Patterns DesignTechnical Documentation SkillsSalesforce CertificationsClient-Facing Consulting Experience

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Hard Skills

Salesforce Sales CloudSalesforce Service CloudSalesforce Experience CloudSalesforce Data CloudMuleSoftAPI DesignData Migration StrategiesIntegration with External SystemsAgile MethodologiesEvent Streaming

Soft Skills

Stakeholder CommunicationMentoringCollaborationProblem SolvingDocumentation

Tools & Technologies

Claude CodeKafkaConfluentSchema RegistryAvroJSON

Certifications & Qualifications

Sales Cloud CertificationService Cloud CertificationAgentforce CertificationApplication Architect CertificationSystem Architect Certification

Industry Keywords

Client-Facing ConsultingCross-Functional TeamsEnterprise Architecture StandardsData AccuracySaudi Arabia

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKafka

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and own the end-to-end Salesforce architecture across Sales, Service, Experience, Marketing, Data Cloud, and industry-specific clouds
Work with business stakeholders and functional leads to turn requirements into scalable technical solutions
Evaluate and design integration patterns between Salesforce and external systems using APIs, middleware, and event-driven approaches
Ensure solutions meet enterprise architecture standards for scalability, security, and performance
Guide development teams through design reviews, best practices, and code quality oversight
Define API standards and data models, including canonical models
Support pre-sales activity through solutioning, effort estimation, and architecture advice
Create and maintain technical documentation, including ERDs, sequence diagrams, data mappings, and architecture blueprints
Present technical design rationale, discuss it with key stakeholders, and drive architecture decisions
Work directly with clients to shape technical solutions around business goals
Guide and mentor developers and run code and design reviews
Maintain Architecture Decision Records throughout projects
Design data migration strategies across Salesforce clouds and define mechanisms to validate data accuracy and completeness
Use AI tools such as Claude Code across the delivery lifecycle to accelerate design and development while safely validating and rolling out changes

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of client-facing consulting experience focused on Salesforce architecture and solution design
8+ years of hands-on experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, MuleSoft, and Marketing Cloud (Good to have)
Fluent Arabic and English, spoken and written
Based in, or willing to relocate to, Riyadh or Jeddah
Experience working in cross-functional project teams to understand requirements and deliver secure, scalable solutions
Strong system documentation skills, including ERDs, process flows, and sequence diagrams
Proven experience designing scalable integration patterns with external systems
Salesforce certifications: Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Agentforce, and one or more Salesforce Architect domain certifications, such as Application Architect or System Architect
Experience with agile methods, including estimation and planning across multi-disciplinary teams
Nice to have: experience with event streaming on Kafka / Confluent, including consumer groups, Schema Registry, and Avro/JSON serialisation
Nice to have: experience with data transformation and mapping, especially from nested JSON and EDIFACT into a canonical relational model
Nice to have: experience with Data Cloud, MuleSoft, Field Service, or Revenue Cloud
Nice to have: previous delivery experience in Saudi Arabia or the wider GCC

Benefits

Comp & perks

22 days holiday
Comprehensive medical insurance plan for employee and spouse and children
Visa for employee and spouse and children
Flexible office times and working from home twice per week
Remote working from a place of your choice for 2 weeks a year