AI Architect
Remote AI Architect at Coastal Cloud who embeds with enterprise clients to design and deploy Salesforce Agentforce autonomous agents — building agent workflows, data pipelines, guardrails, and evals while advising C-suite stakeholders. Core stack: Salesforce Agentforce/Data Cloud, Apex, Flow, LWC, MuleSoft, RAG.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- REMOTE
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 6+ years of solution architecture experience on the Salesforce platform
- Hands-on experience building and deploying Salesforce Agentforce, Einstein Copilot, or advanced Data Cloud implementations
- 5+ years in client-facing technical consulting or Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) roles
- Proven track record of shipping production code and systems under tight timelines on $2M+ accounts
- Strong proficiency in Apex, Flow, LWC, REST/SOAP APIs, and modern programmatic integration patterns
- Deep understanding of Data Cloud, zero-copy architecture, vector databases, RAG, and enterprise data ingestion strategies
- Demonstrated experience implementing agent guardrails, prompt defense, audit logging, and enterprise compliance frameworks
- Exceptional ability to simplify complex generative AI concepts for executive audiences
- Full-time permanent US work authorization
- Willing and able to travel 50%+ to client sites
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Nice to have
- Salesforce certifications: AI Specialist, Data Cloud Consultant, Application Architect, or System Architect
- Data platform certifications: Snowflake Certified Core/Advanced, Databricks Certified Data Engineer, or MuleSoft Integration Architect
- Enterprise architecture & cloud certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, or TOGAF
Full description
AI Architect
We are seeking an AI Architect to embed with our largest, most complex enterprise clients and lead the deployment of cutting-edge Salesforce Agentforce solutions. This high-impact role combines deep hands-on AI systems engineering, enterprise platform architecture, and high-visibility client leadership.
You will bridge the gap between business strategy and autonomous AI execution. You will "command the room" with C-suite stakeholders, dive deep into code and data pipelines, and build scalable, production-grade Agentforce architectures that deliver immediate, measurable business transformation.
Role Responsibilities:
- Field Engineering & Autonomous AI Execution
- Embed directly with client engineering and business leadership to rapidly prototype, architect, and deploy custom Agentforce autonomous agents, topics, actions, and guardrails.
- Design and implement complex agent workflows utilizing Einstein 1 Platform, Data Cloud, and custom API actions (Apex, Flow, MuleSoft, and external REST endpoints).
- Establish robust evaluation, testing, and observability frameworks (evals) to monitor agent accuracy, hallucination rates, latency, and business performance in production.
- Unblock critical deployment bottlenecks in real-time, functioning as the high-velocity engineering engine on $2M+ strategic engagements.
- Enterprise Architecture & Data Strategy
- Own the end-to-end technical architecture for multi-cloud, AI-driven implementations, ensuring enterprise-grade scalability, security, context grounding, and compliance.
- Architect real-time data pipelines using Salesforce Data 360 to power Agentforce context engines, unifying disparate data lakes (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) with CRM data.
- Produce clear architectural artifacts, including system sequence diagrams, agent action flows, data schemas, and security/governance frameworks.
- Evaluate emerging AI/LLM models, prompt engineering patterns, and Agentforce features to build reusable assets, agent templates, and internal accelerators.
- Strategic Client Leadership & Practice Growth
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to C-suite, VP, and Enterprise Architecture stakeholders, framing complex AI paradigms into clear business outcomes.
- Lead high-stakes discovery sessions, live agent demonstrations, and architectural design reviews.
- Partner with Delivery Leadership and Account Executives to scope, estimate, and technically validate high-value Agentforce proposals.
- Share field-tested insights and deployment patterns with internal teams to help mature our Agentforce Center of Excellence.