What are the responsibilities and job description for the Salesforce Tech Lead / Solution Architect position at Variantyx?
Variantyx is a CLIA/CAP-certified genomics company delivering cutting-edge whole genome sequencing (WGS) diagnostics through our proprietary Genomic Unity® testing platform. We empower clinicians with actionable insights for diagnosing rare and inherited conditions. Our work sits at the intersection of science, healthcare, and technology—and so does our internal systems team.
We’re seeking a Salesforce Tech Lead / Solution Architect to join our Information Systems team. This is a critical leadership role for someone who can translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions—while also seeing the entire system, understanding cross-functional processes, and anticipating how small changes can have large downstream impacts.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the big picture of our systems architecture and business processes, ensuring coherence, scalability, and resilience across projects.
- Understand the full business context behind our operational workflows and how they tie into Salesforce and other core systems.
- Act as a trusted partner to stakeholders—translating business needs into technical roadmaps while highlighting the implications of each change.
- Anticipate downstream effects of design decisions to prevent breakage and ensure system-wide integrity.
- Guide design sessions and system demos with a holistic mindset, asking the right questions to surface hidden risks or inefficiencies.
- Lead technical planning and impact analysis for new features, integrations, and platform changes.
- Define technical standards and best practices for the development lifecycle, from user stories to post-production support.
- Mentor team members in understanding not just how to build, but why we build things a certain way.
Job Requirements
- Proven experience in a Tech Lead or Solution Architect role with system-wide responsibility.
- Deep familiarity with the Salesforce platform, including automation, configuration, and integrations.
- Experience with Integrations, including REST APIs and related technologies.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to map processes, identify edge cases, and think through complex system interactions.
- A structured thinker who thrives on seeing both the forest and the trees.
- Experience in fast-paced, regulated environments such as biotech, healthcare, or enterprise SaaS.
- Superb communication skills—able to explain technical choices clearly to both business and technical stakeholders.
- Degree in Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Excellent written and spoken English – must.
Preferred
- Familiarity with healthcare standards, compliance requirements, or CLIA/CAP processes.
- Experience with companies that utilize salesforce as a platform (not only out-of-the-box modules and clouds)
- Experience with Workato integration platform.
- A background in business process optimization or process reengineering.