Salesforce Development Manager & Systems Architect

We are seeking a highly experienced, strategic, and hands-on Salesforce Development Manager & Systems Architect based in the United States to lead our US-aligned development pod, drive overarching technical architecture, and partner across the business to drive business outcomes. You will lead, mentor, and manage a small US-aligned pod of administrators and quality engineers while collaborating daily with our India-based development team and leadership. Beyond people management, you will serve as a trusted technical consultant and advisor to business stakeholders, product managers, and business systems leadership—advising on how to solve complex operational challenges by architecting a scalable, streamlined, performant, and easily maintainable Salesforce landscape. Location: Preference for Utah-based Reports to: Senior Director of Business Systems WHAT YOU WILL OWN: People Leadership & Global Collaboration - Global Co-Leadership: Partner closely with the Salesforce Development Manager in India to align development practices, unify team culture, ensure smooth handoffs across time zones, and maintain cohesive SDLC standards. - US Team Management: Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing, US-based pod of Salesforce administrators and quality engineers, overseeing goal setting, career development, sprint allocations, and performance evaluations. - Team Elevation: Serve as the primary US technical escalation point, unblocking developers on complex debugging, architectural decisions, and integration hurdles. - Agile Governance: Facilitate and participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog grooming, technical sizing, retrospectives) in coordination with global business systems teams. System Architecture & Strategic Advisory - Enterprise Architecture Ownership: Collaboratively manage and guide the end-to-end technical architecture across our core Business Systems landscape (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, CPQ, Billing & Support & Finance Systems), ensuring enterprise-grade scalability, security, and low technical debt. - Consulting & Stakeholder Advisory: Act as an internal technical consultant to Product Managers, Revenue Operations, Finance, Support, Strategy and executive stakeholders—translating ambiguous, high-level business goals into scalable, streamlined system designs. - Pragmatic Solutioning: Push back constructively on anti-patterns or inefficient customization requests, proposing elegant, sustainable platform solutions that balance immediate business ROI with long-term platform health. Quote-to-Cash, Integrations & Platform Health - Quote-to-Cash & Financial Alignment: Provide architectural oversight across the Salesforce CPQ and Billing lifecycle (product catalogues, pricing rules, billing schedules, and revenue recognition), ensuring audit-ready data flows into downstream ERP/general ledger systems (e.g., Sage Intacct). - Enterprise Integration Strategy: Architect decoupled, reliable integration patterns between Salesforce and external applications using middleware (MuleSoft), REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven architectures (Platform Events, Pub/Sub API), and contract lifecycle tools (DocuSign/Conga). - DevOps, Release & Code Standards: Oversee code quality standards, code reviews, environment strategies, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable deployments and strict adherence to governor limits and security guardrails. WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THE JOB: Education & Experience - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. - 6+ years of progressive, hands-on Salesforce development and architecture experience within enterprise SaaS or high-growth environments. - 2+ years of direct people management or formal technical team leadership experience (managing developers and/or administrators). - Proven track record architecting complex multi-cloud Salesforce environments and advising cross-functional business stakeholders. - Demonstrated experience collaborating with globally distributed teams (specifically US–India cross-regional collaboration). Technical Competency Requirements - Mastery in Programmatic & Declarative Development: Deep expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL/SOSL, asynchronous processing, and advanced Flow automation, with an instinct for when to build custom vs. leverage native platform capabilities. - Architecture & Solution Design: Strong experience architecting solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Revenue Cloud / CPQ & Billing ecosystems. - Integration & Middleware: Strong background designing REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven integrations (Platform Events), middleware configurations (MuleSoft), and third-party SaaS connectors (ERP, Data Warehouse, CLM). - CI/CD & DevOps: Hands-on experience with source-driven development (Git), branching strategies, and automated deployment tools. - Security & Performance: Comprehensive understanding of Salesforce security models, role hierarchies, profile/permission set architectures, governor limits, and LDV optimization. Certifications (Preferred) - Salesforce Certified Application Architect and/or System Architect - Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or CTA track candidate - Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I & II WHAT WILL MAKE US LOVE YOU - An Architectural Visionary & Pragmatist: You build solutions that stand the test of time, resisting shortcut technical debt while keeping business agility front and centre. - A People-First Leader: You take genuine pride in mentoring team members, creating psychological safety, and fostering high accountability and continuous technical growth. - An Exceptional Communicator & Diplomat: You effortlessly translate complex technical trade-offs into plain language for executive and non-technical stakeholders, building trust and consensus across departments. - Global Bridge-Builder: You appreciate the dynamics of distributed development and thrive in keeping US and offshore teams unified in goals, velocity, and culture. - Comfort in Ambiguity: You can take high-level, unstructured business requests, define the architectural blueprint from scratch, and guide your team through execution. Employment with Weave is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, conducted in accordance with applicable laws. At Weave, we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to help us work more efficiently and create a smoother candidate experience. AI may assist with things like writing job descriptions, scheduling interviews, or reviewing applications against job-related criteria. For additional information, please review the External AI Policy Statement available on our Careers page. Weave is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals are valued and supported. 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