smarsh - Salesforce Functional Architect

• 10+ years of hands-on Salesforce experience with progression into architecture-level ownership. • Deep expertise in Sales Cloud and/or Service Cloud data models and automation design. • Experience with Salesforce CPQ and Billing solutions. • Experience with Agentforce and / or Einstein. • Experience working with sales, revenue, finance, and product management stakeholders, preferably in a subscription (SaaS) environment. • Advanced proficiency in Flow (record-triggered, scheduled, subflows, orchestration) in high-complexity environments. • Proven experience designing scalable, layered automation architectures (modular, reusable, bulk-safe) • Strong data modeling skills with an understanding of long-term reporting and integration implications. • Experience preventing and resolving automation conflicts (recursion, order of execution, duplication) • Clear judgment on declarative vs Apex trade-offs; comfortable partnering with technical engineering leads. • Experience supporting large user bases and high-volume environments, with complex permission management requirements associated with scaled organizations. • Ability to translate ambiguous business processes into durable system behavior. • Experience establishing governance standards (naming conventions, documentation, release discipline) • Relevant Salesforce certification(s) and the ability to explain how those certifications will guide you to success in this role.