{"id":2441512,"url":"https://alion.io/job/schroders-salesforce-platform-architect","title":"Salesforce Platform Architect","company":{"id":1759316,"name":"Schroders","domain":"schroders.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/schroders-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":null},"role":"Enterprise Apps","role_family":"Enterprise Apps","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["London, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":69000,"max_usd":182000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":386},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agentforce","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"ETL/ELT","optional":false},{"name":"MuleSoft","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":true},{"name":"Apex","optional":true},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"Azure DevOps","optional":true},{"name":"Copado","optional":true},{"name":"Git","optional":true},{"name":"Rest API","optional":true},{"name":"SOAP","optional":true},{"name":"Waterfall","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-10T13:50:40Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-10","last_verified_at":"2026-10-14T20:09:07Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":34,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":34},"description":"Who we're looking for\nWe are seeking an experienced Salesforce Platform Architect with a proven track record of owning the architecture, integrity and technical direction of large-scale Salesforce implementations within global financial services organisations. The ideal candidate combines deep technical mastery of the Salesforce platform with the breadth to think holistically across technology, data and operating model. They will have high standards, an eye for detail, a continuous improvement mindset, and the judgement and credibility to influence senior stakeholders across both business and technology.\nYou will define and own the target-state architecture for the Salesforce ecosystem, set the technical principles and guardrails that engineering teams build within, and make the trade-offs needed to keep the platform scalable, secure, maintainable and cost-effective. A strong understanding of the financial services industry is essential. You should be comfortable operating from pre-programme mobilisation through to production, shaping solution direction on complex change while safeguarding the long-term coherence of the platform.\nAbout Schroders\nSchroders is a global investment manager which provides active asset management, wealth management and investment solutions. We aim to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We serve a diverse client base that includes pension schemes, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, high net worth individuals, family offices, as well as end clients through partnerships with distributors, financial advisers, and online platforms.\nEstablished in 1804, we have around 5,500 people across 36 global locations. Schroders' success can be attributed to its diversified business model, spanning different asset classes, client types and geographies.\nTechnology at Schroders\nThere's a huge amount of change happening at Schroders. Technology is shaping our business more and more, creating numerous opportunities. As a significant financial player, we can put substantial backing behind good ideas. While we have enormous responsibilities to our clients and shareholders, our tech teams are friendlier and more informal than you might expect.\nThe base\nWe moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We're close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre, and we have everything we need to work flexibly.\nThe team\nThe Asset Management Platforms department at Schroders is a global technology change delivery function that oversees and executes all technology delivery within the organisation. The Client Engagement team sits within Client Technology and is responsible for all platforms associated with the provision of client relationship management, with a strong emphasis on the Salesforce ecosystem (including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and Financial Services Cloud). The core team is responsible for understanding business needs, solving complex problems, mobilising and delivering large change programmes, and maintaining the integrity of the Salesforce platform and associated capabilities.\nWhat you'll do\nOwn 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.\nDefine 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.\nLead 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.\nOwn 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.\nGovern 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.\nProvide architectural assurance across delivery teams through design reviews, technical governance forums and alignment to AMP enterprise architecture and Global Technology lifecycle standards.\nTake 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.\nDrive 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.\nHarness 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.\nEnsure architecture reflects the regulatory and compliance context of asset management (for example, data privacy, client communications and marketing compliance).\nMentor and coach engineers and analysts, lead by example on technical craftsmanship, and raise the architectural capability of the wider team.\nCollaborate with and contribute to relevant AMP architecture and delivery communities of practice, helping to define good practice and improve standards and ways of working.\nWork closely with the Client Platform Architect to ensure the Salesforce target state aligns with the wider Client Technology architecture and enterprise architecture direction.\nThe knowledge, experience and qualifications you need\nEssential\nExtensive hands-on Salesforce experience within a large, global financial services organisation, with a proven track record of owning platform-level architecture and technical direction.\nSalesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA).\nSalesforce Certified Application Architect and System Architect; Platform Developer I/II highly desirable.\nDeep understanding of Salesforce architecture, data modelling, security, sharing, governor limits, org strategy and platform best practices, with the ability to take a holistic view of the target state across technology, data and operating model.\nStrong integration architecture experience using REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven patterns and middleware such as MuleSoft to connect Salesforce with the wider technology estate.\nProven experience defining DevOps and CI/CD strategy and tooling (e.g. Git, Copado, Gearset, Azure DevOps), automated testing and release management on the Salesforce platform.\nAbility to define architectural principles and guardrails and to govern delivery teams' adherence to them without becoming a bottleneck.\nExcellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences and influence at all levels.\nStrong knowledge and experience of the end-to-end SDLC (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid etc.) and modern engineering disciplines.\nGood eye for detail and hands-on experience of producing high-quality architecture artefacts, technical designs and specifications.\nAwareness of how regulatory and compliance requirements (for example, data privacy, client communications, marketing compliance) influence architectural decisions.\nExperience of working with global colleagues and stakeholders and sensitivity to cultural differences, time zones etc.\nDesirable\nFamiliarity with sales enablement and content management platforms, ideally Seismic, including content automation, personalisation workflows, analytics and CRM integration.\nExperience delivering within complex, multi-vendor and third-party ecosystems, including management of strategic platform providers.\nExperience within client engagement, distribution or client relationship management functions in an asset or investment management context.\nUnderstanding of modern technology architectures, including cloud-based platforms and API-driven ecosystems, and how CRM connects with data lakes and analytics platforms.\nExposure to AI-driven capabilities (Einstein, Agentforce) and how these integrate into platform architecture and client engagement workflows.\nWhat you'll be like\nThe ideal candidate for the Salesforce Platform Architect role will be a pragmatic and collaborative technical leader who takes pride in engineering craftsmanship while thinking strategically about the long-term health of the platform. You will be comfortable making and defending architectural decisions, balancing business urgency with technical quality, and holding solution direction to account across multiple teams. A natural mentor, you will raise standards across the team, lead by example, and engage credibly with technical peers and senior stakeholders alike. Your innovative approach will drive the exploration of cutting-edge tools, patterns and AI-enabled solutions, ultimately enhancing platform quality and business outcomes.\nWe recognise potential, whoever you are\nOur purpose is to deliver excellent investment performance to clients through active management. We believe diverse perspectives and an inclusive culture help us make better decisions and achieve better outcomes for our clients. That's why inclusion is a strategic priority for us, and we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.\nWe will consider flexible working arrangements for all roles and provide reasonable accommodations to support applicants and employees, including those with neurodiversity, disability, or physical and mental health needs. For more information, please visit our FAQs.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9914,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T12:11:54Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":53,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.713,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":33,"expected_fill_days":37,"reasons":["conf:2","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/schroders-salesforce-platform-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/schroders-salesforce-platform-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T22:17:44Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29977,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1759316},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1759316"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fschroders-salesforce-platform-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fschroders-salesforce-platform-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fschroders-salesforce-platform-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/schroders-salesforce-platform-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fschroders-salesforce-platform-architect"}]}