Thunder Salesforce Technical Architect
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Location : United States (Fully Remote - Preferred locations : SF Bay Area / NYC)
Thunder’s Technical Architect (TA) is a leadership role focused on designing and driving a scalable Salesforce architecture, vision, and strategy for customers. You’ll partner closely with customer business and technology stakeholders to ensure the technical roadmap directly enables their desired business outcomes. This role requires deep technical expertise and strong consulting skills, focusing on problem‑solving and leading technical projects within the Salesforce ecosystem. You will be responsible for technical design, technology selection, integration strategy, and development methodology, while also governing the execution of development work.
Technical Architects at Thunder are problem‑solvers – so here’s your chance to showcase your grit and help redefine how technical architecture can be delivered, focusing on digging deep to solve customer problems!
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Technical Leader for customer engagements from inception through support.
- Translate business requirements into well‑architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platforms and products.
- Define the system architecture and identify gaps between the current and desired end‑states to deliver a comprehensive CRM solution.
- Forecast detailed estimates for proposed solutions and clearly articulate the benefits, risks, and feasibility of functionality.
- Create diagrams, draft design documentation, and employ best practices to lead technical aspects of implementation and optimization projects.
- Oversee the development team to ensure the system meets client expectations, proper testing is conducted, and performance is monitored.
- Partner with offshore and nearshore resources to conduct code reviews, uphold coding standards, and clarify design decisions.
- Help define and enforce coding and documentation standards at Thunder.
- Remain current on Salesforce product and technical capabilities.
- Support sales efforts by accurately estimating the technical level of effort.
- Demonstrate expertise through blog writing, public speaking, and client presentations.
Qualifications
7–10+ years of technical or consulting experience within the Salesforce ecosystem, specifically as an architect, solution engineer, IT consultant, or developer in a customer‑facing role that provided differentiated software technology solutions.4+ years’ experience as a Technical Architect.Technical skill set should include system design and architecture, Lightning Component development, Flows definition, Salesforce configuration, Apex class development, and API integration.Expert in custom and managed‑package API integrations (RESTful + SOAP).Proven implementation using Salesforce Integration Patterns.Expertise in data modeling and complex data migrations.Active Salesforce certifications and willingness to achieve additional certifications on emerging technologies.Required : Salesforce Admin, at least 2–3 of the following strongly recommended certifications : Platform App Builder, Platform Developer I, Sharing and Visibility Architect, Data Architect.Nice to have certifications : Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, Experience Cloud Consultant, Platform Developer II, Javascript Developer, Mulesoft Integrations Architect, Identity and Access Management Architect, Deployment Lifecycle and Deployment Architect, Application Architect, System Architect.Why Thunder? Because You Deserve More Than Just a Job.
A Culture of Builders – We’re a remote‑first, global team of curious, collaborative problem‑solvers. You’ll refine processes, solve challenges, and shape the future of Salesforce and Amazon consulting.Forge Your Own Path – At Thunder, you’re not just filling a role—you’re shaping it.Perks In Store for You
Comprehensive Benefits with Sequoia – Medical, Dental, Vision, and Employer‑Paid Life / Disability Insurance.Ownership & Impact – Stock options in a fast‑moving, high‑growth company.Level Up Your Career – Real opportunities to grow your Salesforce and Amazon expertise.Work from anywhere – Remote work, flexible PTO (minimum 2 weeks), generous leave policies.People‑First Flexibility – Listening, evolving, adapting.Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.
Thunder is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, and is deeply committed to building and supporting our diverse team through inclusive, equitable hiring practices.
Thunder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. All resumes submitted by recruitment agencies to any Thunder employee via email, the Internet (including ), or directly without a fully‑executed search agreement will be deemed the sole property of Thunder, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired.
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