Staff Software Architect - Salesforce

We are looking for someone who will be a big-picture thinker, excellent communicator, and in-depth problem solver who designs scalable, secure systems for both B2C and B2B businesses. As a trusted digital advisor and respected team leader in the Salesforce ecosystem, you will be accountable for leading enterprise-level architecture discussions, guiding technical strategy, and ensuring system quality, performance, security, scalability, availability, and flexibility.

What You'll Do

• Drive enterprise architecture strategies and multi-year roadmaps aligned with GM's long-term business goals, balancing global scalability with immediate needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Customer Experience, and other teams to guide architectural decisions and ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Define and implement solution selection frameworks emphasizing modularity, standardization, and reuse of existing technologies.
• Recommend integration strategies, platforms, and infrastructure to support complete end-to-end business solutions.
• Govern and simplify the IT landscape through architecture governance processes, standards adherence, and roadmap compliance.
• Maintain and enhance a portfolio of business capabilities and processes, establishing metrics and driving improvements across the Lead-to-Order domain.
• Develop system strategies including environmental analysis, value cases, innovation planning, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Research and evaluate emerging technologies and trends to support enterprise innovation and business continuity planning.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance across IT teams, supporting technical change management, testing, and deployment activities.

Additional Description

Your Skills and Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Engineer, Computer Science or related field
• 15+ years of Salesforce software experience
• 5+ years of architecture experience
• Salesforce Certified Application Architect
• Salesforce Certified System Architect

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Higher levels of education (Master's degree)
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

• The salary range for this role is $195,000 to $298,800. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.

Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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