Salesforce Platform Lead & Architect

Exalto Consulting; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Exalto Consulting is recruiting in Liverpool for a Salesforce Technical Lead to take ownership of the platform and provide technical leadership across the wider team. This permanent role suits someone credible within Salesforce, comfortable leading people and influencing stakeholders to shape the platform's direction.

The role involves mentoring teams, defining technical standards, and working with senior stakeholders to align priorities with platform strategy.

Qualifications

• Strong Salesforce technical background with experience across development, integrations and platform architecture.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring Salesforce teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Salesforce developers and administrators.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to understand priorities and shape technical solutions.
• Own technical standards, governance and development best practice.
• Help define the Salesforce roadmap and platform direction.
• Review solution designs and provide technical guidance across Apex, LWC, Flow and integrations.
• Support decisions around standard Salesforce functionality versus custom development.
• Oversee releases, deployments, platform performance and production issues.
• Ensure security, access, data quality and platform governance are maintained.
• Support delivery planning and work closely with product, business and technical teams.

Skills

Salesforce technical background

Team mentorship

Stakeholder management

Technical decision ownership

Apex

LWC

Flow

APIs

Salesforce security

Salesforce administration

CI/CD

Git

Salesforce release management

Salesforce certifications (beneficial)

Education

Salesforce Platform Developer I

Salesforce Administrator

Salesforce Platform App Builder

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Salesforce release management

Job description

Exalto Consulting is recruiting in Liverpool for a Salesforce Technical Lead to take ownership of the platform and provide technical leadership across the wider team. This permanent role suits someone credible within Salesforce, comfortable leading people and influencing stakeholders to shape the platform's direction.

The role involves mentoring teams, defining technical standards, and working with senior stakeholders to align priorities with platform strategy.