Details:
- Salary: £400 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: London
- Date: 23 hours ago
Description:
Title: Salesforce Technical Architect
Location: London | Hybrid (2-3 days per week onsite)
Contract: 6 months (possibility to extend)
Rate: Up to £400 PAYE per day
Our client is seeking a hands on Salesforce Technical Architect to provide architectural leadership across a Salesforce platform serving internal and external users in a regulated environment.
Responsibilites
* Define end to end Salesforce solution architecture aligned to business needs, platform strategy, and regulatory constraints.
* Own architecture artefacts including: High level and low level design documents, Data model designs, Integration and security models
* Present architecture proposals and design decisions to technical and governance forums.
* Design and build Proofs of Concept personally to validate architectural patterns, technical feasibility, and non functional requirements.
* Use outcomes from successful POCs to directly inform architecture documentation and design recommendations.
* Assess platform constraints, risks, and trade offs through hands on experimentation.
* Governance & Standards
* Ensure architecture aligns with FCA governance, security, and compliance expectations.
* Define and enforce architectural guardrails, patterns, and standards for Salesforce development teams.
* Review significant technical designs and data model changes for architectural alignment and downstream impact.
* Work closely with Product Owners, Technical Leads, and delivery teams to ensure architecture is practical and deliverable.
* Support teams during complex delivery phases, releases, or remediation activities.
* Provide architectural guidance while remaining pragmatic and delivery focused.
Skills & Experience
* Strong Salesforce technical architecture capability in enterprise scale orgs.
* Extensive hands on experience designing and building solutions using: Apex, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce configuration and data model design
* Strong architectural knowledge of: Salesforce platform architecture, Service Cloud and Experience Cloud, Security, identity, and access controls, Data model remediation and refactoring
* Proven ability to produce clear, governance ready architecture documentation.
* Strong communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to senior and non technical stakeholders.
* Experience working within regulated or audit heavy environments.
* Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or progress toward CTA. (Advantageous)
* Experience supporting large scale Salesforce transformations or remediation programmes. (Advantageous)
* Experience in financial services or public sector environments. (Advantageous)
Certifications
* Salesforce Administrator
* Platform App Builder
* Platform Developer I
* Platform Developer II (Advantageous)
* Integration Architecture Designer (Advantageous)
* Data Architecture & Management Designer (Advantageous)
* Sharing & Visibility Designer (Advantageous)