Salesforce Solution Architect

About the Organization  KIPP Public Schools  is a national network of tuition-free public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 279 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and nearly 210,000 students and alumni. Our mission : Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.  Our vision:  Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.  The  KIPP Foundation  is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP public charter schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation helps to develop outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools; provides tools and resources for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.  About Our Values:  Excellent Results for Students:  We value results over effort and know that our work is not finished until all students thrive. We maintain high expectations for self, team, and students. We drive outcomes by operating with agility, removing barriers, differentiating support, and prioritizing student-centered solutions—especially for those at the margins.  Collective Impact:  We are one team. We win together. We embody a one-team mindset by working collaboratively across teams, aligning goals, and leveraging the strengths of all teammates. We build trust-based relationships and ensure inclusive decision-making by engaging those closest to the work. We provide clarity through simple, repeatable systems and goals that enable transformational outcomes.  Courageous Action : Our belief in what we can achieve is unwavering, fueling our optimism and commitment to overcome any challenge. We demonstrate an unwavering belief in students' potential and a commitment to addressing systemic inequities. We approach challenges with resilience, a solutions-focused mindset, and adaptability. We foster a psychologically safe environment centered on trust and accountability where feedback is encouraged. We leverage data to reflect on progress, own setbacks, celebrate successes, and continuously improve to maximize impact.  About The Position  As the Salesforce Solution Architect at KIPP Foundation, you will serve as the primary technical authority for our Salesforce platforms—a hands-on architect and principal developer responsible for platform strategy, enterprise solution design, and delivery across KIPP’s national Salesforce ecosystem.  You will partner with technology leadership, administrators, developers, product owners, business stakeholders, and implementation partners to deliver scalable solutions across NPSP, Nonprofit Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Agentforce/Einstein AI, enterprise integrations, and DevOps governance, while maintaining high engineering standards, strong platform governance, and long-term sustainability.  Responsibilities  Solution Architecture & Integrations   • Design and implement scalable Salesforce solutions aligned with KIPP’s enterprise technology strategy, translating business requirements into durable, high-quality technical architectures.  • Architect integrations across Salesforce, Azure, SQL Server, and third-party systems using REST/SOAP/Bulk APIs, Platform Events, Change Data Capture, and middleware patterns, while defining API standards, security controls, and monitoring practices   • Provide technical oversight, architecture review, and code review for external contractors and consulting partners, ensuring solution quality, maintainability, security, and alignment with KIPP standards.  Platform Strategy & Governance  • Own the Salesforce platform roadmap including org strategy, sandbox and environment management, security model, data architecture, deployment processes, and release management.  • Establish data governance standards including data modeling, data quality, master data management, and platform best practices across the organization.  • Monitor platform health through capacity planning, license optimization, performance tuning, and proactive management of technical debt.  • Apply Salesforce Well-Architected Framework principles across solution design, development, and contractor-delivered implementations.  NPSP & Nonprofit Cloud  • Own KIPP’s Salesforce NPSP architecture including donor and constituent data models, fundraising workflows, engagement automation, and nonprofit best practices.  • Lead planning and execution strategy for migration from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, including data mapping, gap analysis, coexistence planning, and phased transition roadmap.  • Define nonprofit-specific customization standards aligned with Salesforce’s nonprofit roadmap and KIPP’s operational needs.  Technical Leadership & Delivery  • Serve as the hands-on architect and principal developer for KIPP's Salesforce platform — a senior individual contributor who leads through technical expertise, engineering standards, and cross-functional influence. You will provide architectural direction and quality oversight to external contractors and consulting partners..  • Make key architectural decisions on declarative versus programmatic solutions based on governor limits, scalability, performance, maintainability, and long-term platform health.  • Lead engineering standards across code architecture, trigger frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, source control, deployment automation, testing, and release management.  • Act as the primary escalation point for complex production issues and Zendesk escalations, including performance bottlenecks, integration failures, data integrity incidents, end-user support, and platform trou