
Architect, Data Platform — AgentExchange
Salesforce2 days ago
Base Salary
$218k - $401k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the AgentExchange data architecture, canonical data model, telemetry taxonomy, destination consolidation, and 18-month platform roadmap.
- Design streaming and batch ingestion, schema governance, data contracts, and pipeline reliability SLOs.
- Build self-service partner and marketplace analytics using Data 360 and Tableau Next.
- Lead feature store, model training and serving, evaluation, monitoring, and predictive models such as lead scoring, attrition, and GMV forecasting.
- Architect MCP-based agent data access, RAG, embeddings, vector-store strategy, and evaluation harnesses for LLM-driven insights.
- Set standards for PII handling, tenant isolation, fine-grained access, privacy, audit, and safe LLM or agent access.
- Represent the data platform in cross-organizational architecture reviews and align Platform Services, Search & Personalization, and Partner Experience teams.
- Lead pipeline migrations without disrupting production analytics and mentor the Data Engineering & Analytics organization.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software or data engineering experience, including multi-year ownership of an enterprise-scale data or ML platform.
- Deep architecture experience in at least three areas including lakehouse or warehouse design, streaming and batch pipelines, dimensional and event modeling, feature stores, and model serving.
- Experience with cloud-native data infrastructure such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks on AWS-based platforms.
- Production experience with LLM systems, including RAG, embeddings and vector stores, prompt and context engineering, evaluation, cost and latency tuning, and safety controls.
- Working knowledge of MCP or equivalent agent and tool protocols, with a strong approach to exposing data safely to agents.
- Experience with data security and governance, including PII classification, tenant isolation, fine-grained access, GDPR, CCPA, lineage, audit, and LLM access risks.
- Track record representing a technical domain in cross-organizational architecture forums and influencing teams without direct management authority.
- Strong executive communication skills and ability to explain architecture trade-offs to technical and product stakeholders.
- Related technical degree required.
- Preferred experience includes Salesforce Data 360, Tableau Next, Slack, MuleSoft data integration, marketplace or e-commerce data, large-scale migrations, privacy-preserving ML, agent evaluation frameworks, LLM observability, and Salesforce Platform features.
Benefits
- In-office expectation is 10 days per quarter to support customers and collaborate with teams.
- Benefits include time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.
- Salesforce provides reasonable accommodations during the application and recruiting process.
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About Salesforce
Salesforce builds cloud-based customer relationship management software and a broader Customer 360 platform for sales, service, marketing, commerce, and analytics, sold by subscription to businesses and public-sector organizations. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, it trades on the NYSE under the symbol CRM. Its portfolio includes Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, MuleSoft integration, Tableau analytics, and Slack for collaboration, with extensive developer tools and APIs.