Principle Salesforce Engineer - £80,000 + Benefits

Principal Salesforce Engineer - £80,000 + Benefits

Location: Hybrid (2-3 days a week from home)

We're looking for an experienced Principal Salesforce Engineer to lead the technical direction of Salesforce programmes within a large-scale commercial environment. You'll define the Salesforce architecture, drive engineering excellence, and mentor a talented technical team ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and deliver real business impact.

What you'll do

• Lead the technical design and architecture for Salesforce solutions across multiple Clouds.
• Own the Salesforce technical reference architecture and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.
• Produce end-to-end solution designs, including integrations, data flows, and security considerations.
• Drive platform performance, scalability, and reliability improvements.
• Mentor engineers and lead design reviews to promote technical excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Evaluate new Salesforce features, tools, and integration approaches.
• Collaborate with product, delivery, and enterprise architecture teams to align technology with business goals.

What we're looking for

• Strong Salesforce engineering background, ideally in a technical leadership or architect role.
• Expertise across Salesforce Clouds (Financial Services, Sales, Service, Experience, Marketing).
• Deep knowledge of Apex, LWC, Flows, SOQL/SOSL, integration patterns (REST/SOAP), and API design.
• Proven experience designing secure, high-performance Salesforce solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Salesforce Architect certifications (or working towards CTA) are highly desirable.

If this role sounds like your next career move click "APPLY" OR email lauren.hamer@oliverjames.com