Salesforce Architect · Chennai

Company Description

About Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 51,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognised for its consulting, digital services and solutions. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2025, the Group generated revenues of €5.6 billion.
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Job Description

The Salesforce Product Architect will be responsible for defining and design and governance of Salesforce solutions within a regulated financial services environment and delivering end‑to‑end Salesforce product architecture aligned with business strategy, scalability, security, and compliance requirements. This role bridges business vision and technical execution, ensuring Salesforce solutions are robust, future‑ready, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Product Ownership

1. Own the end‑to‑end Salesforce product architecture across Service, Experience, and Public Sector Clouds.
2. Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and high‑performance scalable Salesforce solutions.
3. Partner with product owners and business stakeholders to define roadmaps and priorities.
4. Design and govern Salesforce security and sharing
5. Design secure integrations with core financial systems
6. Establish and enforce Salesforce architectural standards, guardrails, and best practices.
7. Define and maintain High‑Level and Low‑Level Designs (HLD/LLD) aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
8. Act as the design authority for Salesforce solutions across multiple delivery teams.
9. Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and QA teams.
10. Support release planning, deployment strategies, and environment management.
11. Review solution designs and code for compliance and architectural integrity.
12. Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to delivery teams.
13. Apply API‑led and event‑driven architectures (REST, SOAP, Platform Events)
14. Support release governance, CI/CD pipelines, and environment strategies.
15. Provide architectural leadership and guidance to delivery teams.

Required Skills & Experience

Salesforce Expertise

1. Apex Architecture & Design Patterns
2. Strong knowledge of Apex design patterns and enterprise application architecture
3. Clear separation of concerns between UI, business logic, and data access
4. Experience designing frameworks that scale across multiple teams
5. Strong experience with:
6. Service Cloud, Experience Cloud
7. Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC)
8. Salesforce data model and security framework
9. Deep understanding of governor limits, performance, and scalability.
10. Public Cloud & Integration Architecture
11. Experience integrating Salesforce with public cloud platforms (AWS/SharePoint)
12. API‑led architecture (REST, SOAP)
13. Event‑driven integrations (Platform Events, Change Data Capture)
14. Secure middleware integration (e.g., MuleSoft)
15. Data Governance and Quality
16. Designing data management solution, including data models, Large Data Volume strategies.
17. Compliance & Data Protection
18. Data classification and retention strategies
19. GDPR / data privacy‑aware solution design
20. Secure handling of PII and financial data
21. Automation & Custom Development
22. Apex (Triggers, Batch, Queueable, Scheduled)
23. Lightning Web Components (LWC)
24. Declarative automation strategy (Flows vs Apex)
25. Error handling and transaction control
26. Secure coding best practices
27. DevOps & Environment Management
28. CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce
29. Source‑driven development (Git)

Total Experience Expected: 08-10 years

Qualifications

Engineering or Master in Science (MCA) or Equivalent

Additional Information

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.