# Chief Architect at Thunder VC

- Company: Thunder VC
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $210K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/thunder/am9icG9zdDosf-vp8Mldf91bLpWstVrP
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/thunder-vc-chief-architect/

## About the role

The Head of Architecture (Chief Architect) is Thunder's senior technical authority, owning the architecture practice end to end and carrying the architecture leadership seat on the Delivery team. You define and enforce Thunder's architecture standards, govern cross-cloud, data, and AI solution design, provide oversight on technical solutioning through pre-sales, and own the technical bar that defines architectural excellence at Thunder.

## What they're looking for

- 12–15+ years within Enterprise and/or Salesforce ecosystem as an architect, solution engineer, or technical consulting leader in customer-facing roles, including complex, multi-cloud programs
- Executive presence: able to own a room, earn trust with client C-suite and technical teams alike, and turn a technical narrative into a business decision
- Deep expertise across Salesforce architecture and platform capabilities (Sales, Service, Experience, and custom solutions), plus cross-cloud and cross-system fluency
- Expert in custom and managed-package API integrations (RESTful + SOAP) and proven implementation using Salesforce Integration Patterns, including MuleSoft and middleware
- Demonstrated depth in data architecture, including data modeling, data quality, migrations, and integration into governed data platforms (Data 360 and comparable), as the foundation for the platform, analytics and AI
- Working fluency in AI and agentic solution design on the Salesforce platform (Agentforce and related patterns), with the judgment to separate durable architecture