Salesforce Engineering Lead

We're looking for a Salesforce Engineering Lead to take ownership of the technical design, build leadership and architectural integrity of our Salesforce platform, as we re-platform the end-to-end client lifecycle onto Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (and related capability). This role provides hands‑on technical leadership across Salesforce development, integrations and an external consultancy during the transformation phase. You'll be a key member of the Salesforce platform team, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, compliant and aligned to Salesforce best practice.

• Own the end-to-end technical architecture for Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, ensuring alignment with our target-state client lifecycle, regulatory obligations and enterprise architecture standards.
• Translate complex business and regulatory requirements into scalable, well-governed Salesforce solutions, balancing declarative configuration with robust programmatic development.
• Lead hands‑on development across Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows and integrations, setting coding standards and design patterns for the wider team.
• Act as the technical authority for FSC data modelling, including Person Accounts, households, relationship groups, rollups and compliant data sharing, etc.
• Design and govern integrations between Salesforce and downstream/upstream systems using modern API‑led and event‑driven patterns.
• Provide technical leadership during the transformation programme, working alongside a delivery partner and ensuring effective knowledge transfer to the in‑house team.
• Establish and enforce CI/CD, environment and release management standards using Copado, ensuring quality, traceability and auditability.
• Mentor and coach Salesforce Developers/Application Engineers, providing code reviews, design guidance and technical escalation.
• Partner closely with the Product team to shape delivery roadmaps, manage technical risk and prioritise platform improvements.
• Ensure platform solutions support long‑term operational sustainability.
• Lead AI‑native SDLC working practices within the Salesforce development process, using agentic coding practices to improve throughput and stability of the delivery system end‑to‑end.

• Significant experience designing and delivering enterprise Salesforce solutions in complex, regulated environments.
• Deep hands‑on expertise in Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, data model and automation capabilities.
• Strong programmatic Salesforce development skills, including Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL/SOSL and Flows.
• Proven experience designing and governing Salesforce integrations using REST/SOAP APIs and middleware.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce security, sharing models, governor limits and performance optimisation.
• Experience with Data
  360 and Marketing Cloud Engagement/Advanced.
• Experience leading development teams and acting as a technical design authority.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD and release management, ideally using Copado.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions to non‑technical audiences.
• Salesforce Platform Developer I certification.
• Evidence of interest and skills growth in agentic SDLC working practices, ideally in the Salesforce ecosystem, but at least via experimentation outside of work.
• Experience delivering Salesforce solutions within wealth management, asset management or financial services.
• Experience with Omni Studio (Flex Cards, OmniScripts, Integration Procedures) within an Industry Cloud context.
• Exposure to Salesforce Data Cloud (Data 360) concepts, including data ingestion, identity resolution and activation.
• Experience supporting or migrating from Marketing Cloud Engagement to Marketing Cloud Next.
• Salesforce Platform Developer II and Financial Services Cloud Accredited Professional certification.