Salesforce Platform Architect, New York (372)

New York
Lab49 – Software Engineering /
Hybrid
We are seeking a Salesforce Platform Architect to join our newly created sub-practice, dedicated to serving a mature and impactful long-term client in the financial services industry. This role requires a balance of independent work and teamwork, focusing on advancing the client's agenda. The ideal candidate will possess some understanding of the financial services sector, coupled with a proven track record of independent work, team collaboration, and client relationship management. Join us to make a meaningful impact and contribute within our innovative team. 

What You’ll Do:

    • Architectural Leadership
    • Help the lead architect to define and maintain the overall Salesforce architecture strategy across multiple clouds, including Sales, Service, Marketing, Analytics, and Community Cloud, ensuring alignment with business goals. 
    • Design of Salesforce solutions to support the lead architect 
    • Provide expertise, oversight and guidance on all Salesforce projects and initiatives. 
    • Solution Design
    • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, translating them into technical solutions. 
    • Ensure best practices are followed in the design, development, and deployment of Salesforce solutions. 
    • Platform Management
    • Oversee the administration and maintenance of the Salesforce platform, ensuring optimal performance and stability. 
    • Manage platform upgrades and ensure compatibility with existing solutions. 
    • Monitor system performance, resolve technical issues, and optimize the platform for scalability. 
    • Team Collaboration & Leadership
    • Work closely with developers, administrators, and other IT teams to ensure cohesive and efficient development processes. 
    • Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members and developers. 
    • Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment. 
    • Stakeholder Engagement
    • Engage with business leaders and stakeholders to understand their needs and provide technical solutions. 
    • Present architectural solutions to stakeholders. 
    • Compliance & Security
    • Ensure that Salesforce solutions comply with industry standards and bank's security policies. 
    • Implement and enforce security best practices within the Salesforce platform. 
    • Continuous Improvement
    • Stay current with industry trends and advancements in Salesforce and related technologies. 
    • Identify opportunities for process improvements and recommend innovative solutions to enhance platform capabilities. 

Requirements:

    • 10 Years of experience in the IT industry including extensive expertise in Core Platform, Sales, Service, Marketing, Analytics (CRMA) and Experience Cloud. 
    • Proven experience with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Analytics Cloud, and Community Cloud. 
    • Proficiency in the Salesforce CRM platform. 
    • Fundamental object-oriented programming techniques (OOPs). 
    • Apex DML, Apex Triggers, Apex Testing, Batch Apex. 
    • Data management and modeling competence. 
    • Understanding of Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL) and Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL). 
    • Experience in building and maintaining sites hosted on Force.com or Site.com
    • Expertise in Lightning Framework. 
    • APIs & Integrations. 
    • Salesforce technical consultancy and system assessment. 
    • Solution design (architecting) and code review, including the considerations, limitations, and impact. 
    • Building Lightning Components via Lightning App Builder to facilitate component development. 
    • Database modeling, data sets deduplication, data querying from a custom object to a standard object, and performance of DML operations with consideration of governor limits. 
    • Resolving code coverage issues and writing test classes. 
    • Development of custom objects, custom reports, and dashboards for sales and marketing needs. 
    • Creation of custom fields and validation rules for new and existing objects and custom functionality using custom controllers and custom extensions. 
    • Maintenance of user roles, application-level security, system-level security, single Sign-on configuration, and customized security rules. 
    • Design and development of Apex Classes, Controller Classes, extensions, and Apex Triggers across multiple objects and applications for various functional needs. 
    • Integrating with third-party solutions that are already installed and running on the client’s systems. 

Certifications:

    • Salesforce Certified Application & System Architect is required. 
    • Salesforce certified Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, Experience Cloud Consultant, Marketing Cloud Consultant, Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) preferred. 
Lab49 is a specialist strategy, design, and technology consulting company dedicated to the financial services industry. We were founded in 2002 to fill a need in the Financial Technology marketplace for high-end execution and reliable delivery of technology projects.

We have office hubs in Midtown Manhattan, Washington DC, London, Budapest, New Delhi and Sydney. 

Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.

Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.