Job 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)