Job
Title: Salesforce
Technical Architect – Nonprofit Focus
Location: 100% Remote (USA)
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
Job
Summary
We
are seeking an experienced Salesforce Technical Architect with strong
expertise in the Nonprofit Cloud ecosystem to lead the design,
architecture, and implementation of Salesforce solutions for nonprofit
organizations. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of Salesforce
architecture, integration strategies, data migration, and nonprofit business
processes including fundraising, donor management, grants management, volunteer
engagement, and program delivery.
This
role requires a hands-on technical leader who can collaborate with business
stakeholders, solution architects, administrators, developers, and
implementation teams to deliver scalable and secure Salesforce solutions.
Key
Responsibilities
- Architect and
design enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions utilizing:
- Salesforce
Nonprofit Cloud
- Nonprofit
Success Pack (NPSP)
- Experience
Cloud
- Service Cloud
- Marketing Cloud
(preferred)
- Lead end-to-end
Salesforce architecture, including:
- Data model
design
- Security
architecture
- Integration
architecture
- Application
scalability and performance optimization
- Work closely
with nonprofit stakeholders to translate business requirements into
technical solutions.
- Design
integrations between Salesforce and third-party platforms including:
- Fundraising
platforms
- ERP/Finance
systems
- Marketing
automation tools
- Data warehouses
- Provide
technical leadership to development teams and conduct architecture
reviews.
- Define
Salesforce development best practices, governance standards, and release
processes.
- Lead data
migration, cleansing, and transformation strategies.
- Support solution
deployment, testing, and post-production enhancements.
- Create
architecture documentation, technical specifications, and implementation
roadmaps.
- Ensure
compliance with security, privacy, and nonprofit regulatory requirements.
Required
Qualifications
- 10+ years of
Salesforce platform experience.
- 5+ years of
Salesforce Technical Architect experience.
- Strong expertise
in Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud and/or NPSP (Nonprofit Success
Pack).
- Experience
designing complex Salesforce integrations using:
- REST APIs
- SOAP APIs
- MuleSoft
- Middleware
platforms
- Hands-on
experience with:
- Apex
- Lightning Web
Components (LWC)
- Visualforce
- Salesforce
Flows
- Platform Events
- Strong
understanding of:
- Salesforce
Security Model
- Sharing Rules
- Profiles
- Permission Sets
- Role
Hierarchies
- Experience with
large-scale data migration and master data management initiatives.
- Excellent
stakeholder communication and leadership skills.
Preferred
Qualifications
- Experience
working directly with nonprofit organizations, foundations, educational
institutions, or charitable entities.
- Salesforce
Nonprofit Cloud certification.
- Salesforce
Application Architect Certification.
- Salesforce
System Architect Certification.
- Salesforce
Certified Technical Architect (CTA) highly preferred.
- Experience with
Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
- Knowledge of
fundraising, donor engagement, grants management, and volunteer management
processes.
Required
Skills
- Salesforce
Technical Architecture
- Salesforce
Nonprofit Cloud
- Nonprofit
Success Pack (NPSP)
- Apex Development
- Lightning Web
Components (LWC)
- Salesforce Flow
- Integration
Architecture
- REST/SOAP APIs
- MuleSoft
- Data Migration
& Data Governance
- Experience Cloud
- Service Cloud
- Security &
Compliance
- Salesforce Best
Practices
Nice
to Have
- Salesforce CTA
Certification
- Marketing Cloud
- Data Cloud
- Fundraising
Systems Integration
- Grants
Management Solutions
- Volunteer
Management Applications
