Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kinaxis is a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, committed to solving major challenges in supply chains. The Technical Architect will be responsible for the technical roadmap and platform engineering excellence for Salesforce, ensuring its reliability, scalability, and maintainability while collaborating with various teams to align technical designs with business needs.
Responsibilities
- Create detailed technical solution designs, including data models, integration specifications, automation patterns, and security models
- Translate high‑level solution architecture into implementable technical blueprints
- Own and maintain Salesforce reference architectures, reusable patterns, and guardrails
- Conduct code and design reviews; ensure alignment with standards, integration patterns, and security policies
- Lead troubleshooting of complex issues across data, integrations, and platform components
- Design and oversee integrations between Salesforce and enterprise systems using API‑first principles
- Define integration contracts, data transformation rules, error handling strategies, and performance requirements
- Ensure governance of master data and consistent platform-to-platform interactions
- Participate in Architectural Review Board (ARB) processes for platform‑related decisions; automating governance wherever possible
- Partner with Solution Architects to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with business needs
- Communicate risks, constraints, and trade‑offs clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5–7+ years building and designing solutions on enterprise platforms, including at least 2–3 years architecting Salesforce or similarly complex systems
- Proven experience as a senior developer or technical lead on Salesforce, building scalable, secure, and performant solutions
- Expertise in Salesforce platform architecture, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, platform events, flows, automation, identity (OAuth/SAML), and integration mechanisms
- Strong understanding of API‑first design, event‑driven architecture, error handling, and integration patterns
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and environment strategy
- Strong grasp of non‑functional design: performance modeling, limits management, data modeling, and secure configuration
- Salesforce Platform Developer II, Application Architect, or progress toward the Architect track
Benefits
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the third Friday of every month)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs, training, and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
Company Overview
Kinaxis is a leading provider of cloud-based subscription software. It was founded in 1995, and is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.kinaxis.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Kinaxis has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 13 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 9 in 2023, 9 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.