Salesforce Technical Architect - Senior Manager
Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Walk me through the most complex Salesforce architecture you designed across multiple clouds.
What they are checking: Whether they have real multi-cloud design experience across Sales, Service, Marketing or Agentforce.
Tell me about a time an integration failed in production. How did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they can troubleshoot calmly and add monitoring so it does not happen again.
What would you do
How do you run a technical requirements session with stakeholders who only describe business needs?
What they are checking: Whether they can translate business process flows into technical use cases, as the posting asks.
A developer on your team wants to build a custom solution where an AppExchange product exists. How do you decide?
What they are checking: Whether they weigh build versus buy based on cost, support and fit, not preference.
About the work
How do you decide on an integration pattern between Salesforce and an ERP or student information system?
What they are checking: Whether they can weigh real-time APIs, events and batch against volume, latency and limits.
How do you design around Salesforce governor limits in Apex?
What they are checking: Whether they write bulk-safe code and understand the platform's multi-tenant constraints.
Where would you use Agentforce for a healthcare or higher education client, and what guardrails would you put on it?
What they are checking: Whether they can apply AI on Salesforce responsibly with attention to data access and accuracy.
How would you design a sharing and security model for a large organization with complex visibility rules?
What they are checking: Whether they understand role hierarchy, sharing rules and performance impacts at scale.
What goes into a good technical architecture document?
What they are checking: Whether they write documentation that guides build and supports the client after handoff.
How do you set up DevOps and release management for a large Salesforce program?
What they are checking: Whether they use source control, environments and automated deployment to keep releases safe.
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