Salesforce Principal Technical Architect

Salesforce Principal Technical Architect Are you an experienced Salesforce Technical Architect ready for your next big challenge? This is your opportunity to become the Principal Technical Architect in a brand new Salesforce Practice at a leading European consultancy! This role offers a unique chance to shape the future of a Salesforce Practice from the ground up, influence its direction, and drive its growth. This is your moment to make a real impact. As the first hire into this Salesforce Practice, you’ll have a pivotal role in defining technical strategies, building a team, and delivering world-class Salesforce solutions. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in dynamic environments, enjoys solving complex problems, and wants to leave a lasting legacy. What You’ll Do: Shape the future: Define the business and technology architecture for complex customer solutions and nurture the growth of the Salesforce Practice Lead solution design: Oversee the end-to-end design and implementation of Salesforce solutions that balance business needs with an excellent user experience. Drive excellence: Contribute to the program and platform Centre of Excellence, offering innovative program/project strategies that leverage the Salesforce platform’s full potential. Set best practices: Provide thought leadership and establish and promote best engineering and development practices, from integration and application design to environment management and testing. Mentor and grow the team: Lead and mentor diverse teams, fostering a collaborative culture and ensuring the team remains ahead of the latest Salesforce and ecosystem trends. Optimise performance: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, ensuring that the systems you design are optimised for scalability and responsiveness.What We’re Looking For: Extensive Salesforce expertise: Deep experience with the Salesforce platform, including strong knowledge of Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.  Knowledge of Financial Service Cloud or Health Cloud is also a bonus! Development and integration skills: Strong proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and experience designing and implementing integrations with third-party systems, utilisiing APIs, middleware and other integration tools. Data management knowledge: Expertise in data architecture, data modeling, and migration strategies, ensuring data integrity and security. Security savvy: A deep understanding of Salesforce security best practices and compliance with industry regulations. Performance optimisation: Ability to identify performance issues and optimise systems for maximum efficiency. Business acumen: A strong understanding of business processes, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions that drive value. Thought leadership: Stay ahead of the latest Salesforce trends and innovations, proactively identifying opportunities to improve the platform and solutions. Mentorship and training: Proven experience in advising and mentoring teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.Ideal Skills & Experience: Strong technical strategy and project ownership experience. Proficiency with SQL, SOA design principles, and understanding large code bases. Knowledge of UI/UX principles that enhance end-user experiences. Experience developing comprehensive technical documentation, including architectural diagrams and solution designs. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for innovation. Adaptability: Willingness to evolve with Salesforce’s ever-changing landscape. A collaborative mindset with great customer and stakeholder management skills.Why This Role? Unique opportunity to be the first hire in a growing Salesforce practice. The chance to influence and build technical capabilities from scratch. Work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with endless growth potential. Be at the cutting edge of Salesforce technologies, from AI to machine learning.If you're looking to lead, innovate, and make a real impact, this is the role for you! A highly competitive basic salary is on offer, plus Flexible Benefits Fund, Car Allowance and benefits such as Private Medical, Contributory Pension and 4 x DIS (a total cash package of c£120k + Benefits).   This is a hybrid role that will require you to split your time between home, office and customer site.  You can expect to be in the office 2-3 time per week but this is not a strict rule and dependent upon projects and client requirements.   Apply today to be part of something extraordinary! If you are interested please apply ASAP. The People Network is an employment agency and will respond to all applicants within three - five working days. If you do not hear within these timescales please feel free to get in touch