Salesforce Technical Architect

Title: Salesforce Technical Architect

Location: London Hybrid (2-3 days per week onsite)

Contract: 6 months (possibility to extend)

Rate: Up to £550 Inside IR35 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)