Role OverviewThe Application Architect is the most senior technical role at the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, responsible for designing, delivering, and evolving the organization's full technology platform. This is an enterprise-first position that thinks in systems, builds with intention, and holds the architectural thread across a complex, interconnected stack.
What You Will Do
The Application Architect will provide technical architecture direction across CFSEM's platform portfolio, establish and maintain architecture standards, and own the technical component of the platform architecture roadmap. They will also design and build complex Apex, LWC, Flow, and integration solutions, and partner with the Business Systems Analyst on requirements analysis.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This role is a good fit for a technologist who wants meaningful work, genuine craft, and the latitude to build things well. The Application Architect will have the opportunity to work on a complex, interconnected stack, and will be responsible for mentoring engineers and elevating team technical capability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree; technical focus preferred but not required
- 20+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, or a related technical discipline
- Deep expertise in enterprise architecture principles
- Expert-level Salesforce development proficiency
- Demonstrated experience designing and governing data pipelines, integration middleware, and data warehouse architectures
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality technical work across multiple platforms and technology layers
- Working familiarity with AI-assisted development tooling
- Strong technical communication skills
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and elevating team technical capability
Benefits
- 20 days of vacation accrued monthly
- 5 personal days
- 11 holidays
- 9 sick days accrued monthly
- Paid parental leave
- Employer paid short-/long-term disability
- Pension retirement program after 1 year of service
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