Salesforce Platform Enterprise Engineering Lead

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals. 

Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams.  We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. 

Job Summary

The Salesforce Platform Architect will be instrumental in designing and implementing a robust architecture to support our Lead-to-Cash transformation. They will contribute to long-term strategic planning for Equinix’s Salesforce Org and ecosystem and work closely with IT product owners, business partners, and OCTO to define the architecture, security measures, scalability, and overall solution strategy aligned with our new processes.

The Platform Architect will design the architecture and technology strategy to support our Lead-to-Cash program, whose vision is “Make it easy for sellers to win and for leaders to coach and influence the outcome." The strategy will include a broader long-term scope of Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, Forecasting, and Sales Planning (Territory/Quota and Communities).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the overall Salesforce platform architecture and technology strategy for Equinix’s new Salesforce environment, ensuring it aligns with our organization's IT strategy and business objectives

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, translating them into scalable, reliable, secure, and efficient platform design and strategy leveraging out-of-box capabilities

• Define and maintain principles for the architecture and design of the Salesforce platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and maximization of out-of-the-box capabilities

• Collaborate with IT teams to establish and enforce best practices for Salesforce org configuration, integration, and development, maintaining a streamlined user experience

• Lead the design and implementation of a complex, AI-ready, enterprise Salesforce environment, focusing on system integrations, data migrations, and leveraging native capabilities

• Develop system architectures to accommodate business, customer, and product growth, ensuring the platform can scale effectively as business demands increase across systems

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering and development teams, ensuring adherence to Salesforce best practices and architectural principles

• Partner with other architects and OCTO to ensure seamless integration of Salesforce with other enterprise systems and applications

• Identify integration points and develop data flow strategies using APIs and middleware. Document architectural designs, process flows, and guidelines for knowledge transfer and future development

• Monitor Salesforce platform performance, recommend optimizations, and stay updated on new Salesforce technologies to drive continuous improvement

Experiences:

Must-Haves

• 15+ years overall engineering experience, including 5+ years in a Principal Architect role. Proven experience designing Salesforce architectures for large enterprise implementations

• Experience in implementing or managing the Lead-to-Quote process in Salesforce, including Sales Cloud, and Marketing Cloud

• Experience with APEX, Visualforce, Flow, SOQL, and integrations

• Demonstrated experience with Salesforce Data Cloud, Forecasting, Territory/Quota Planning, and Communities

• Experience with Agile Hybrid Project Management tools and methodology (JIRA, Agile