About the role
Salesforce B2B Commerce Cloud Architect
Skills
Expertlevel knowledge of Salesforce B2B Commerce Cloud built on the Salesforce Lightning platform formerly CloudCraze with a deep understanding of its data model capabilities limitations and extension points for largescale B2B ecommerce scenarios
Strong background in solution architecture and systems design especially in ecommerce or CRM domains skilled in crafting endtoend architectures that encompass application components data flows integration middleware security frameworks and infrastructure considerations
Proficiency in Salesforce platform architecture Sales CloudService Cloud fundamentals Lightning Experience Apex LWC etc with the ability to leverage standard Salesforce features and design patterns to minimize custom code where possible while meeting complex business requirements
Extensive experience in designing integrations between B2B Commerce and other enterprise systems for example realtime or batch integrations with ERP systems for product pricing and inventory sync payment gateways tax calculation services or CRMCPQ modules using RESTSOAP APIs middleware and Salesforce integration tools
Solid grasp of security and scalability best practices knowledge of Salesforce data sharing model roles profiles OWD to enforce proper access to B2B commerce data as well as strategies for performance tuning caching layers data indexing governor limit management to support high volumes of users and transactions
Demonstrated ability to lead architectural decisionmaking and tradeoff analysis considering factors like maintainability cost performance and alignment with overall enterprise architecture capable of producing architecture blueprints sequence diagrams and technical design documents to communicate solutions
Strong collaboration and communication skills to work closely with business stakeholders project managers developers and other architects ensuring the technical vision is clearly understood and implemented consistently across the development lifecycle
Job Description
Define and design the endtoend architecture for the Salesforce B2B Commerce implementation aligning it with business objectives and IT strategy This includes designing the overall component architecture frontend backend integrations data selecting appropriate Salesforce features or custom solutions and ensuring a scalable highperformance system
Develop and maintain the architectural blueprint and roadmap for the B2B Commerce platform outlining how new features integrations or enhancements will be added over time and ensuring the platform can evolve in capacity functionality and maintainability to meet future business needs
Oversee the data model and object design for commerce features ensure product catalogs pricing structures price books contracts customeraccount data and order data are structured optimally within Salesforce and cater to complex B2B scenarios like accountspecific catalogs volumebased pricing and multitier approval processes
Design robust integration frameworks for the commerce solution documenting how data flows between Salesforce and external systems ERP payment providers tax services CRMother Salesforce clouds etc including integration patterns data transformation logic error handling and recovery mechanisms to guarantee data consistency and reliability
Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the implementation review and approve design approaches for significant enhancements ensure that developers are following the prescribed architecture and step in to design or code particularly critical components or proofofconcepts as necessary
Establish architecture standards and best practices specific to the B2B Commerce project for example guidelines on when to use declarative configuration vs custom Apex patterns for LWC development naming and packaging standards for code and conduct periodic architecture reviews or audits to ensure compliance
Evaluate new Salesforce releases and features especially those related to Commerce Cloud Experience Cloud and the broader Salesforce ecosystem to determine opportunities for improvement or simplification in the system plan and oversee platform upgrades or adoption of new capabilities making sure any changes are smoothly integrated into the existing architecture
Other details
Collaborate directly with business and IT stakeholders during the discovery and planning phases help translate highlevel business requirements into a viable architecture identify potential technical risks or dependencies early and propose solutions or mitigations
Work with Project Managers and Technical Leads to break down the architecture into deliverable components estimate the effort for various technical solutions and sequence development activit