Responsibilities

Heroku Architect should be an expert in architectural knowledge of the Heroku platform and its capabilities, including:

Designing, building, deploying and scaling Heroku apps, managing and operating apps, teams, and build infrastructure

Knowing when to use Heroku Enterprise, and understanding the security and trust options available in Heroku and Heroku Enterprise

Utilizing add-ons to extend applications, in particular Heroku Postgres and Apache Kafka on Heroku.

Integrating Heroku apps with Salesforce data via database, API and event systems, including Heroku Connect.

Requirements

Ideal candidate must have minimum of 3 to 4 years of experience and skills across the Heroku domains as well as Salesforce ecosystem and must have hands-on experience in developing, deploying and scaling large scale apps in Heroku Platform, including:

Building and deploying apps on the Heroku platform

Architecting scalable solutions

Using add-ons from the Elements Marketplace

Architecting solutions using Heroku Postgres, Heroku Redis, Dataclips, Apache Kafka and Heroku Connect

Prescribing a third-party add-on and add-on sharing

Using Heroku Private Space Peering and VPN Connections

Understanding Private Space Runtime versus Common Runtime

Understanding how Heroku Enterprise can improve a system's architecture

Architecting solutions using Heroku Shield, and the benefits of various certifications Heroku has

Architecting solutions using Enterprise Teams

Architecting an application using the Twelve-Factor methodology correctly

Constructing solutions for building a microservices architecture

Building architectures that use Apache Kafka on Heroku

Integrating Heroku apps with the Salesforce Lightning Platform

Ensuring Application Reliability and Performance on Heroku

Expertise in Extending and Automating the Heroku Platform

Must be an expert 2 or more of these programming languages - Ruby, Java, PHP, Python, Node, Go, Scala and Clojure

Understanding of Heroku Platform Principles - 12 factor App, Principles of Management and Visibility, Development and Configuration Principles, Architecting Applications for Heroku, Runtime Principles, Erosion Resistance