About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect to support our growth by owning the overall technical solution design and recommending best practices. This role involves leading the technical strategy and architectural vision for complex Salesforce-centric ecosystems and SaaS integrations, bridging business strategy and technical execution. You will lead discovery sessions, craft scalable architectures, guide delivery teams, and play a key role in presales, mentoring, and defining best practices.
Responsibilities
- Own the overarching technical design for enterprise-grade solutions across Salesforce (Sales, Service, Revenue Cloud/CPQ, Experience Cloud, Industry Clouds) and integrated SaaS/ERP platforms.
- Architect and design Partner Relationship Management product.
- Deliver technical and non-technical documentation for assigned projects, including architecture diagrams (data models, high-level architecture, integration architecture, etc.).
- Responsible for overall solution design, build task development, estimating effort to complete build tasks, and oversight of reporting/dashboard creation and UAT.
- Evaluate declarative vs. custom programmatic solutions (Apex, LWC), off-the-shelf AppExchange products, and custom integrations to balance cost, performance, maintainability, and scalability.
- Perform Salesforce.com administration/configuration/data migration duties as needed.
- Act as a solution SME, working with Delivery leadership and Account Executives to accurately scope sales proposals.
- Partner with Project Managers to encourage a collaborative environment with delivery and customer project teams.
- Seek opportunities to develop professional and technical skills, while also providing guidance and support to team members for technical and professional growth.
- Achieve and maintain necessary Salesforce technical certifications and Salesforce partner certifications.
Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive experience designing and implementing Salesforce-centric enterprise solutions in a consulting or agency environment.
- 3+ years in a dedicated Senior Solution Architect, Lead Architect, or Principal Consultant role leading multi-cloud implementations.
- Experience implementing Salesforce PRM (Partner Relationship Management).
- Deep mastery of core Salesforce clouds (Sales, Service) along with hands-on expertise in at least two specialized domains (e.g., CPQ, Field Service, Data Cloud, Industry Clouds).
- Applied knowledge of Salesforce and the Sales, Services, and Marketing functions.
- Previous experience with software development life cycle (SLDC), Agile or Hybrid preferred.
- Ability to create entity relationship and object relationship diagrams to demonstrate design concepts and tools.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Experience being client-facing and/or acting as an internal project leader and managing multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to develop practical solutions and methodologies on the Salesforce platform.
- Must have full-time permanent US work authorization.
Skills
- Salesforce
- SaaS integrations
- Salesforce platform
- Sales Cloud
- Service Cloud
- Revenue Cloud/CPQ
- Experience Cloud
- Industry Clouds
- Partner Relationship Management
- Declarative development
- Programmatic development
- Conga
- DocuSign
- AccountingSeed
- AppExchange products
- Salesforce.com administration
- Salesforce.com configuration
- Salesforce.com data migration
- Apex
- LWC
- Salesforce System Architect
- Salesforce Application Architect
- Administrator certification
- Sales Cloud certification
- Service Cloud certification
- Integration/Data Architecture certifications
- Nonprofit Cloud
- Education Cloud
- Marketing Cloud
- Community Cloud
- CPQ
- Field Service
- Software development life cycle (SLDC)
- Agile
- Hybrid
- Entity relationship diagrams
- Object relationship diagrams
- CRM
- ERP
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Onsite
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 7+ years
- 3+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Life-work balance
- Remote flexible work
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (RTO)
- 401K with Company Match
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- Competitive quarterly bonus opportunities
- Continuing education and certification reimbursements
- Occasional in-house competitions with spot bonuses
- Frequent team and culture activities, virtual & in-person
- Monthly All-Hands calls
- Open-door leadership policy
- Access to mentorship and guidance
- Opportunities for accelerated growth
- Networking opportunities
- Career guidance and support
About the Company
- Coastal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Equal Opportunity
- Coastal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
