Salesforce Developer Architect in London

As a hands-on Salesforce Developer and Functional Architect, you will be responsible for defining, designing, and delivering end-to-end Salesforce solutions, combining strategic functional leadership with hands-on configuration and build responsibilities. This role bridges business and technology while actively contributing to solution implementation on the platform.

Overall Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end Salesforce functional solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Design scalable data models, business processes, and user journeys.
• Ensure solutions adhere to Salesforce best practices and enterprise architecture.
• Translate business requirements into high-level solution designs and functional specifications.

Hands-On Configuration & Build

• Configure Salesforce platform components including objects, fields, and relationships.
• Build automation using Flows, validation rules, and approval processes.
• Implement security models (profiles, permission sets, sharing rules).
• Develop reports and dashboards to meet business needs.
• Ensure solutions are practical, optimised, and maintainable through direct involvement in build.

Administrative & Operational Support

• Support day-to-day Salesforce administrative activities alongside project delivery.
• Manage data requests, including uploads, cleansing, and maintenance.
• Create and maintain reports and dashboards to support business insights and decision-making.
• Assist with user management, access requests, and basic system administration tasks.
• Respond to ad-hoc business requests and provide timely operational support.

Stakeholder Engagement & Requirement Management

• Conduct workshops and discovery sessions with business stakeholders.
• Gather, analyse, and document business requirements.
• Convert requirements into user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, providing guidance on Salesforce capabilities and constraints.

Vendor & Partner Management

• Manage relationships with external vendors and implementation partners.
• Provide clear functional direction and oversight to vendor teams.
• Review and validate vendor deliverables for quality and alignment to standards.
• Track vendor performance against scope, timelines, and SLAs.
• Act as the primary functional liaison between internal teams and external partners.

Governance & Best Practices

• Establish and enforce Salesforce design and configuration standards.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term strategy.
• Maintain documentation and promote consistency across implementations.
• Identify and mitigate risks, technical debt, and design gaps.

Delivery, Testing & Support

• Support full delivery lifecycle including build, SIT, UAT, and deployment.
• Ensure solutions meet business expectations and quality standards before release.
• Provide post-go-live support and drive continuous improvements.
• Troubleshoot issues and implement enhancements.

Essential Competencies, Skills and Experience

• Experience working within the Salesforce ecosystem, across functional, development, administrative, and solution delivery roles.
• Proven ability to design and configure solutions, including objects, fields, flows, validation rules, and security models.
• Solid understanding of Salesforce data modelling, security, and reporting.
• Experience translating business requirements into functional designs, user stories, and solutions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce administration, including data management, report and dashboard creation, and user access and system administration.
• Experience delivering solutions across the full lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy, support).
• Ability to enforce Salesforce best practices and governance standards.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to balance architecture responsibilities with hands-on delivery.

Desirable

• Experience managing vendors, system integrators, or implementation partners.
• Familiar with Salesforce development, including Apex classes, triggers, and Lightning Web Components (LWC).
• Previous experience in a Functional Developer, Lead, or Architect role.
• Experience working with complex integrations.
• Knowledge of release management and DevOps processes.
• Experience mentoring or leading junior team members.
• Familiarity with industry-specific Salesforce solutions (e.g., Financial Services, Retail, etc.).
• Salesforce certifications (e.g., Administrator, Advanced Admin, Business Analyst, Sales/Service Cloud Consultant).
• Experience driving user adoption and change management initiatives.

Competencies

• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-sufficient and able to positively influence the working environment.
• Demonstrates curiosity and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment.
• Excels at building relationships, networking, and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges and ensure operational effectiveness.

Conduct Rules

• Act with integrity.
• Act with due skill, care and diligence.
• Be open and cooperative with the FCA, the PRA and other regulators.
• Pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly.
• Observe proper standard of market conduct.
• Act to deliver good outcomes for retail customers.

Marex is fully committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company. We welcome applications from candidates returning to the workforce.