Platform Engineering Lead - Salesforce & Enterprise Architecture
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ALUEducation
EMEAFull-TimeLead
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Job Details
- Experience
- 9+ years
- Required Skills
- AWSGitSalesforceSoftware ArchitectureJiraCI/CDMicroservices
Requirements
- 9+ years of experience in Salesforce platform engineering, enterprise architecture or technical leadership roles.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
- Deep, hands-on Salesforce development and administration experience.
- Proven full-stack development experience and operation at Lead Architect, Technical Architect or Principal Engineer level.
- Strong experience integrating Salesforce with enterprise systems such as ERP, HR and cloud platforms.
- Solid understanding of Salesforce data models, security architecture and performance constraints.
- Experience designing integration and cloud architectures across AWS or similar environments.
- Hands-on experience in API design, CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure management, with version control and collaboration using Git and Jira.
- Proficiency in setting up and managing secure, scalable development environments and automation pipelines.
- Strong grasp of software architecture, including monolith-to-microservice transitions.
- Experience working with and holding external vendors to account.
- Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer, Application Architect, System Architect or similar) - desirable.
- Experience with Oracle NetSuite, BambooHR or comparable SaaS ERP platforms - desirable.
- Exposure to event-driven or microservices architectures - desirable.
- Experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity and quality - desirable.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, development and administration of ALU’s Salesforce platform across domains.
- Design and govern integrations between Salesforce and AWS, Oracle NetSuite, BambooHR and other platforms.
- Define and document data models, integration patterns and API standards involving Salesforce.
- Remain an active technical contributor through Salesforce development (Apex, LWC, integrations) and configuration.
- Oversee and, where required, perform Salesforce administration including security models, roles, permissions and environment management.
- Design scalable, modular integration architectures using APIs, event-driven patterns or microservices where appropriate.
- Optimise and secure cloud and integration infrastructure, particularly within AWS.
- Establish and enforce technical standards across Salesforce and integrated platforms.
- Define and own the version control and Git strategy across Salesforce and integrated platforms.
- Act as the technical authority across internal teams and external delivery partners.
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