Lead Solution Architect - Salesforce

Waterloo, Hybrid Working - Full Time, Permanent, Grade 5

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues.

The Lead Salesforce Architect will be responsible for leading the solution architecture and owning the technology roadmaps for our business-essential Salesforce Platforms. They will evaluate business needs alongside implementation partners and identify how Salesforce technology can deliver those needs. They will design solutions ensuring performance, usability and scalable configuration that meets business needs across B2C and B2B teams.

This role will help us scale our platforms and processes as our usage of Salesforce continues to grow. You’ll support our users to understand and realise the potential of the Salesforce products we use – Commerce Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Data
360.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong stakeholder management skills, be well versed in supporting a team of architects, and be able to manage conflicting priorities in a fast‑paced environment. You will liaise with various departments including Omnichannel, Commercial, Finance, IT and Analytics, and work closely with BAs and engineering teams based in the UK and overseas.

• Lead the creation, analysis and review of assigned solution architectures involving the Salesforce Platform
• Responsible for the overall design of solutions within the Salesforce Platform, aligning customer/business requirements to system/technical requirements using best practices, design patterns and existing assets
• Define the system components, services, technologies and designs required to implement a solution that represents the intersection of Business, Information, Application and Technology architecture domains
• Contribute to the Currys technology standards, identifying and delivering key differentiating technologies
• Responsible for development of End-to-End solutions/initiatives across the Salesforce Platform, including all aspects of the technology solution (Hardware, Software, Operability, Scalability etc)
• Lead reviews of architecture designs and capabilities within the Salesforce Platform
• Act as a solution leader for solutions within the Salesforce, providing work guidance to development teams
• Implement and review complex software designs for features on the Salesforce Platform
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team to influence technology choices, ensuring Salesforce is used appropriately
• Support Technology and Business leaders using Salesforce to solve business problems
• Provide technical leadership across the Salesforce ecosystem and connected systems to ensure solutions conform with best practices and reduce technical complexity/technical debt from the existing platform
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship and coaching to junior architects, Salesforce administrators and development teams to foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement

• Deep understanding and experience in multi-cloud Salesforce solutions that interact with legacy systems
• 5+ years of Salesforce experience, including architect-level roles
• Well versed in Solution Architecture, including networks, data, application, system and integration architectures
• Knowledge of Commerce, Sales and Service Clouds essential;
  Marketing and Data 360
• Understanding of multi-cloud Salesforce solutions using the Salesforce product suite
• Familiarity with process maps, BRDs, system diagrams, user experience, application maps, test plans and user stories
• Experience with integrations (REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, ETL)
• Proficient in Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow
• Must have experience working in an API First space

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