Salesforce Technical Lead

Salesforce Technical Lead – Contract

Employment Type: Contract

Start: ASAP (January 2025)

Duration: 6 Months

Location: London, UK (Hybrid, 1 day per week office)

Language(s): English

Company: Focus on SAP – a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation on a global scale.

Client: Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services. The mission is to deliver cutting‑edge technology and empower organisations to create meaningful impact.

Role: Experienced Salesforce Technical Lead to guide solution design, hands‑on development, and delivery across multiple Salesforce clouds. You’ll collaborate with solution architects, developers, QA teams, and integration partners to ensure high‑quality, scalable technical solutions. This hands‑on leadership role is ideal for someone who enjoys leading by example, shaping technical direction, and mentoring engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine and scope upcoming sprint work in collaboration with architects and product owners.
• Break down complex technical requirements into actionable tasks.
• Own on‑time delivery of assigned work, ensuring acceptance criteria are met.
• Perform technical spikes and investigations into emerging Salesforce technologies.
• Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering quality standards.
• Coordinate with cross‑functional teams for API integrations and dependency alignment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues alongside QA teams.
• Mentor junior developers and support the wider engineering team with problem‑solving.

Key Skills

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience across Salesforce (declarative + programmatic).
• Strong knowledge of Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.
• Experience with Experience Cloud.
• Advantageous: Salesforce Industries (Vlocity) – OmniScripts, EPC, Integration Procedures.
• Proficiency with Git or similar version control systems.
• Background working in Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
• Proven ability to deliver robust, scalable Salesforce solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision.

If you are interested, please email jonathan.la@focusonsap.org with your CV and availability to speak.

Applicants must be UK-based and hold a valid right to work status.