IT & Software

Distinguished Engineer - Salesforce

Economist Group

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

As a Distinguished Salesforce Engineer, you will shape the technical direction of the Salesforce platform and its integration with enterprise systems. You will act as a technical authority, resolving architectural challenges and elevating engineering standards across teams. You will lead multi-cloud initiatives and influence build-vs-buy decisions with broad impact. You will mentor engineers and contribute to architecture reviews, strengthening governance and best practices. This role offers the opportunity to drive scalable, enterprise-grade solutions in a forward-thinking, hybrid-working environment.

Pay / Benefits
  • pension or 401(k) plan
  • private health insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (wellbeing resources)
  • Work From Anywhere program (up to 25 days/year)
  • generous parental leave
  • volunteering days and moving home leave perks
Responsibilities
  • Define and evolve long-term Salesforce architecture strategy and integration with enterprise systems
  • Identify systemic risks, scalability challenges, and resolve them before impact
  • Elevate engineering standards, design principles, and governance across teams and domains
  • Serve as technical escalation point for complex Salesforce decisions across large initiatives
  • Lead architecture of multi-cloud and non-Salesforce system initiatives
  • Evaluate build-vs-buy, platform, and vendor decisions with organization-wide impact
  • Partner with architects and engineering managers to align cross-team direction
  • Drive adoption of platform governance, integration patterns, and data architecture
  • Mentor senior engineers and architects; contribute to architecture review boards and design reviews
Key requirements
  • Extensive software engineering/architecture experience with deep Salesforce ecosystem knowledge
  • Proven track record architecting large-scale, multi-cloud or multi-system enterprise solutions
  • Expertise in enterprise integration patterns, event-driven architecture, data modeling, and governance at scale
  • Ability to influence technical strategy beyond a single team or project
  • Strong command of Salesforce architecture (Apex, sharing/security, platform limits, asynchronous processing) and enterprise architecture principles (APIs, microservices)
  • Experience communicating technical strategy to executive leadership and guiding priorities
  • Certifications: Salesforce Certified Application and System Architect
  • Preferred: additional Salesforce certifications (Service Cloud, Data Cloud, Integration Architect)
  • Strategic thinking
  • Executive-level communication
  • Mentorship and coachability
  • Salesforce (Core Platform, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud Engagement/Next, Data Cloud)
  • Enterprise integration patterns
  • Event-driven architecture

Reference: WJ-747_31053209

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