Salesforce Solution Architect

About The Position

As the Salesforce Solution Architect at KIPP Foundation, you will serve as the primary technical authority for our Salesforce platforms—a hands-on architect and principal developer responsible for platform strategy, enterprise solution design, and delivery across KIPP’s national Salesforce ecosystem.

You will partner with technology leadership, administrators, developers, product owners, business stakeholders, and implementation partners to deliver scalable solutions across NPSP, Nonprofit Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Agentforce/Einstein AI, enterprise integrations, and DevOps governance, while maintaining high engineering standards, strong platform governance, and long-term sustainability.

Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Integrations

• Design and implement scalable Salesforce solutions aligned with KIPP’s enterprise technology strategy, translating business requirements into durable, high-quality technical architectures.

• Architect integrations across Salesforce, Azure, SQL Server, and third-party systems using REST/SOAP/Bulk APIs, Platform Events, Change Data Capture, and middleware patterns, while defining API standards, security controls, and monitoring practices

• Provide technical oversight, architecture review, and code review for external contractors and consulting partners, ensuring solution quality, maintainability, security, and alignment with KIPP standards.

Platform Strategy & Governance

• Own the Salesforce platform roadmap including org strategy, sandbox and environment management, security model, data architecture, deployment processes, and release management.

• Establish data governance standards including data modeling, data quality, master data management, and platform best practices across the organization.

• Monitor platform health through capacity planning, license optimization, performance tuning, and proactive management of technical debt.

• Apply Salesforce Well-Architected Framework principles across solution design, development, and contractor-delivered implementations.

NPSP & Nonprofit Cloud

• Own KIPP’s Salesforce NPSP architecture including donor and constituent data models, fundraising workflows, engagement automation, and nonprofit best practices.

• Lead planning and execution strategy for migration from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, including data mapping, gap analysis, coexistence planning, and phased transition roadmap.

• Define nonprofit-specific customization standards aligned with Salesforce’s nonprofit roadmap and KIPP’s operational needs.

Technical Leadership & Delivery