Salesforce Solutions Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Leading the design of solutions and making pivotal architectural decisions

• Establishing development standards, best practices, and platform guidelines

• Remaining actively involved in complex builds, Apex, LWC, and integrations as necessary

• Collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Delivery stakeholders to ensure that platform solutions accurately reflect business operations

• Minimizing rework, technical debt, and system friction

• Leading and nurturing a team of Salesforce and GTM systems specialists, overseeing team delivery, prioritization, and individual development

• Facilitating sprint planning, backlog management, and capacity planning to ensure the team meets both strategic initiatives and daily platform support needs

• Serving as the main technical point of contact for senior leadership, translating intricate architectural decisions into straightforward business language

• Overseeing the Salesforce architecture within our GTM tech stack, defining solution designs, integration patterns, and platform standards that promote scalability and long-term maintainability

• Steering architectural decision-making and providing hands-on support to the team throughout the delivery process—reviewing builds, identifying issues early, and iterating solutions as necessary

• Ensuring systems function as a connected ecosystem across Salesforce and the wider GTM toolset

• Staying updated with the Salesforce roadmap and practically integrating new capabilities into the platform strategy

• Designing and implementing a deployment process and CI/CD pipeline, establishing version control, release management, and testing standards across the team

• Managing end-to-end delivery throughout the full SDLC—from requirements and solution design to build, testing (unit, integration, UAT), release, and post-deployment support

• Building and maintaining integrations via REST/SOAP APIs and middleware platforms such as n8n and Zapier

• Establishing standards for data structure, quality, and consistency, along with monitoring and failure recovery processes across integrated systems

• Managing the Salesforce security model (access, permissions, sharing)

• Ensuring compliance with client and regulatory requirements (GDPR, data handling)

• Defining practical governance concerning data, audits, and retention

• Collaborating with IT and leadership on broader security posture and risk management

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as a Salesforce Architect or in a senior Salesforce delivery role, with a history of managing complex, end-to-end implementations

• Strong commercial acumen—understands how systems facilitate revenue generation

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with day-to-day execution

• Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and client-facing teams

• Able to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels, with the credibility to gain trust from both technical teams and senior stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams—setting direction, managing delivery, and fostering employee development

• Inquisitive and forward-thinking, with an emphasis on automation, AI, and scalability

• 7+ years of experience in Salesforce and GTM systems architecture

• Salesforce Architect certification (Application/System Architect preferred)

• Extensive technical knowledge across Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL/SOSL, Flows, and the Salesforce security and sharing model

• Experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes using tools such as Gearset, Copado, or Salesforce DX

• Experience in designing API-led integrations between Salesforce and downstream systems utilizing modern integration patterns and middleware tools

• Strong understanding of security, compliance (GDPR), and governance

• Background in consulting, high-growth B2B, or dynamic commercial environments

• Exposure to cloud platforms, data storage, or data warehousing

• Experience with vendor evaluation, platform strategy, or system migrations

🏝️ Benefits

• Company pension contributions

• Life assurance

• Loyalty rewards

• Access to a company car scheme

• Flexible working options

• Enhanced family-friendly policies

• Wellbeing initiatives

• Regular company events that celebrate success and teamwork