Salesforce Platform Architect — Flexible Work & Impact

Schroders

City Of London

On-site

GBP 180,000 - 210,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Schroders is seeking an experienced Salesforce Platform Architect to own the end-to-end architecture for large-scale Salesforce implementations within a global financial services organisation. You will define target-state architecture, govern integration patterns, and shape technology, data and operating model choices to ensure scalability, security and cost-effectiveness.

The role requires deep Salesforce expertise, CTA/Architect certifications, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders

Qualifications

Extensive hands-on Salesforce experience within a large, global financial services organisation, with a proven track record of owning platform-level architecture and technical direction.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the end-to-end target-state architecture for the Salesforce platform across both our Public and Private businesses, balancing business value, scalability, security, maintainability and total cost of ownership.
Define and champion the architectural principles, patterns, standards and guardrails that engineering teams design and build within, ensuring solution coherence across a multi-team, multi-workstream portfolio.
Lead solution design for complex and early-stage (pre-project) initiatives, translating ambiguous business problems into robust, well-reasoned architectural direction with clear options and trade-offs.
Own the integration architecture connecting Salesforce with upstream and downstream platforms (APIs, event-driven patterns, middleware such as MuleSoft, ETL and data platforms) to enable joined-up client journeys and high-quality, trusted data.
Govern platform integrity—data model, security model, governor limits, org strategy, technical debt and release management—ensuring the platform remains performant, secure and sustainable as it scales.
Provide architectural assurance across delivery teams through design reviews, technical governance forums and alignment to AMP enterprise architecture and Global Technology lifecycle standards.
Take a holistic view of the target state, recognising that the outcome will often include changes to the business operating model and data architecture alongside the technology platform.
Drive DevOps and CI/CD maturity from an architectural standpoint—branching strategy, environment and sandbox strategy, automated testing and release management—to accelerate delivery and reduce risk.
Harness emerging AI capabilities—including Salesforce Einstein and Agentforce—to enhance productivity, decision-making and client engagement, guiding practical use cases from concept to a well-architected implementation.
Ensure architecture reflects the regulatory and compliance context of asset management (for example, data privacy, client communications and marketing compliance).
Mentor and coach engineers and analysts, lead by example on technical craftsmanship, and raise the architectural capability of the wider team.
Collaborate with and contribute to relevant AMP architecture and delivery communities of practice, helping to define good practice and improve standards and ways of working.
Work closely with the Client Platform Architect to ensure the Salesforce target state aligns with the wider Client Technology architecture and enterprise architecture direction.