Own end-to-end architecture and technical delivery for strategic enterprise deployments, advising senior customers, setting delivery standards, and guiding teams to build scalable solutions that sustain measurable value.
Principal Architect - Salesforce
π Description
- Define Salesforce architecture strategy and integration with enterprise systems.
- Identify and resolve systemic technical risks, platform limitations, and scalability challenges.
- Set engineering standards, design principles, and governance frameworks across teams.
- Lead architecture for large initiatives spanning Salesforce clouds and non-Salesforce systems.
- Make organisation-wide build-versus-buy, platform, and vendor decisions.
- Align technical direction across teams, mentor senior engineers and architects, and contribute to design reviews.
π οΈ Requirements
- Experience & Technical Depth
- Technical Range
- Leadership & Communication
- Certifications
β¨ Benefits
- Competitive pension or 401(k) plan
- Private health insurance
- 24/7 counselling and wellbeing resources through the Employee Assistance Program
- Work From Anywhere program for up to 25 days per year where legally permitted
- Generous annual leave
- Parental leave
- Dedicated volunteering days
- Dedicated time off for moving home
Full job description
Who we are
Since 1843, The Economist Group has championed independence, excellence and openness, helping people understand and tackle the critical challenges shaping the world. Today, we are building on that legacy as a global media and information-services company powered by digital innovation, analytical rigour and evidence-based insight.
Across our three businesses -The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education - we deliver trusted analysis and insights to individuals and organisations in more than 170 countries. United by a shared purpose to drive progress, we empower decision-makers to make sense of change and chart a course through an increasingly complex world.
As a colleague, you will be part of a culture that values ideas, encourages ownership and holds itself to high standards. We invest in people who are curious, thoughtful and adaptable, whether they are launching new products, reporting on global events or harnessing emerging technologies such as AI to improve how we work. Here, fresh thinking is taken seriously, ambition is matched by integrity, and great work is recognised. Working across disciplines, geographies and perspectives, we are united by a commitment to innovation, excellence and creating meaningful impact.
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The role
We are seeking a Principal Architect - Salesforce to sustain the growing Salesforce Engineering team and continue to mature the platform to meet evolving business and customer expectations. This is an individual-contributor role for someone who helps shape technical direction, resolves the organisation's hardest architectural problems, and elevates engineering standards across teams. This role reports directly to the Head of Salesforce Engineering.
Responsibilities
- Technical Strategy
- Define and evolve the long-term technical architecture strategy for Salesforce and its integration with enterprise systems.
- Identify and resolve systemic technical risks, platform limitations, and scalability challenges before they impact the business.
- Elevate engineering standards, design principles, and governance frameworks that apply across multiple teams and domains.
- Deep Technical Authority
- Serve as the technical escalation point for the most complex, high-risk, or ambiguous Salesforce architecture decisions.
- Lead architecture of large initiatives spanning multiple clouds (e.g., Core, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud) and non-Salesforce systems.
- Evaluate and make build-vs-buy, platform, and vendor decisions with organisation-wide impact.
- Cross-Team Technical Leadership
- Partner with architects, engineering managers, and other Distinguished Engineers to align technical direction across teams.
- Drive adoption of best practices in platform governance, integration patterns, and enterprise data architecture.
- Mentorship & Org-Wide Influence
- Mentor senior and staff-level engineers and architects, raising the technical bar across the organisation.
- Lead or contribute to architecture review boards and design reviews.
Who you are
- Experience & Technical Depth
- Extensive experience in software engineering/architecture, with significant depth in the Salesforce ecosystem (Core Platform, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud Engagement/Next, Data Cloud).
- Proven track record architecting large-scale, multi-cloud, or multi-system enterprise solutions, not limited to a single domain or initiative.
- Deep expertise in enterprise integration patterns, event-driven architecture, data modeling, and platform governance at scale.
- Experience evaluating and influencing technical strategy beyond a single team or project, ideally at an organisation-wide level.
- Technical Range
- Strong command of Salesforce architecture (Apex Enterprise Patterns, sharing/security models, platform limits, asynchronous processing) and broader enterprise architecture principles (APIs, microservices, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, MCP) as relevant to your stack.
- Comfortable operating across multiple platforms/technologies, not solely Salesforce-native tooling.
- Leadership & Communication
- Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and influence outcomes across multiple teams without direct authority.
- Experience mentoring senior/staff engineers and architects, and elevating engineering practices org-wide.
- Track record of communicating complex technical strategy clearly to executive leadership and driving alignment amid competing priorities.
- Comfortable acting as a technical tie-breaker on high-stakes, ambiguous, or contested architectural decisions.
- Certifications
- Required: Salesforce Certified Application and System Architect
- Preferred: Additional relevant Salesforce certifications (Service Cloud, Data Cloud, Integration Architect, etc.)
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Working Arrangements
The majority of our roles operate on a hybrid working pattern, with 3+ days office attendance required.
AI usage for your application
We are an innovative organisation that encourages the use of technology. We recognise that candidates may utilise AI tools to support with their job application process. However, it is essential that all information you provide truthfully and accurately reflects your own experience, skills, and qualifications.
What we offer
Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance. It includes a highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan, private health insurance, and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program.
We also offer a range of lifestyle benefits, including our Work From Anywhere program, which allows you to work from any location where you have the legal right to do so for up to 25 days per year. In addition, we provide generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and even for moving home.
You will also be given free access to all The Economist content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more.
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