Senior Salesforce Architect & Technical Authority

theeconomistgroup; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Economist Group is seeking a Distinguished Salesforce Engineer to sustain and evolve its Salesforce Engineering team, shaping technical direction and elevating engineering standards. This individual-contributor role reports to the Head of Salesforce Engineering.

Responsibilities include defining architecture strategy, leading multi-cloud initiatives, and mentoring senior engineers across teams to ensure governance and scalable enterprise solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering/architecture experience with Salesforce.
• Proven track record in large-scale multi-cloud/enterprise solutions.
• Experience influencing technical strategy org-wide.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term technical architecture strategy for Salesforce and integrations.
• Lead architecture across clouds (Core, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud).
• Mentor engineers and participate in architecture reviews.

Skills

System architecture

Salesforce ecosystem

Multi-cloud design

Technical leadership

Communication to execs

Education

Salesforce Certified Application Architect

Salesforce Certified System Architect

Tools

Salesforce

APIs

Data Cloud

Job description

The Economist Group is seeking a Distinguished Salesforce Engineer to sustain and evolve its Salesforce Engineering team, shaping technical direction and elevating engineering standards. This individual-contributor role reports to the Head of Salesforce Engineering.

Responsibilities include defining architecture strategy, leading multi-cloud initiatives, and mentoring senior engineers across teams to ensure governance and scalable enterprise solutions.