Principal Salesforce Engineer (contract)

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
Senior level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Sharing Economy • Social Impact • Big Data Analytics
Building the place where small businesses get the funding they need to win.
The Role
Provide principal-level Salesforce engineering consultancy, including discovery, technical roadmap development, integration and SDLC improvements, legacy org refactoring, architectural guidance, and Agentforce implementation. The role requires designing iterative solutions for complex, highly integrated Salesforce environments and improving development tooling, CI/CD, Git, and packaging practices. This is an outside-IR35 contract role requiring an immediate or short-notice start.
Summary Generated by Built In
We’re on a mission to back the UK’s small businesses like no one else 🚀

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we’re here to help them win. We’ve built a platform that uses clever data to get them the funding they need in minutes, not weeks.

At Funding Circle, we have the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company. It’s a unique mix that gives Circlers the autonomy to take ownership and the scale to make an impact that truly counts.

We’re a high-performing team that chooses to lift each other up. We challenge, we champion, and we have each other’s backs - because we know that when we stand together, we move faster and build better.

The impact is real: Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy 📈 Come and join a mission that matters!

[Read our Impact Report] | [See our Trustpilot]

The role ⚡

As a Consultant Principal Salesforce Engineer, you'll:

  • Work on discovery with Salesforce teams at Funding Circle to identify challenges within the existing Salesforce Org and SDLC

  • Develop an understanding of the technical roadmap for Salesforce and help to shape it

  • Advise on existing Salesforce integration patterns and Salesforce SDLC, providing suggestions of how they could be improved

  • Identify and implement opportunities to invest in Agentic AI and utilise Agentforce to deliver transformational change

  • Examine some of the larger architectural challenges and advise on approaches to solve them iteratively

What we’re looking for 🌱

  • Several years experience as a Salesforce Developer with Sales and Service Cloud including both Apex and LWCs. Preferably with Salesforce Certification

  • Experience refactoring/redesigning legacy Salesforce orgs in an iterative way

  • Knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure, preferably AWS

  • A good understanding of Software Architecture and patterns and an understanding of how to apply that knowledge to Salesforce. Experience of Event Driven architectures would be a bonus

  • Experience with Salesforce systems that are heavily integrated to other systems in real-time

  • An understanding of development tooling including CI/CD, Git, and approaches to packaging

Please note this is a contract role, outside IR35, requiring an immediate or short notice start.

We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you.

Why join us? 💜

We back you to build an incredible career and by joining us, you'll be part of one of The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2026! As a flexible-first employer, we use a "best of both" approach. We’ll see you in our London office to collaborate – with barista coffee and subsidised Just Eat lunches on us!

Our Circler Proposition focuses on five areas:

  • Flexibility: We provide a benefit allowance you can tailor to your own life and family.

  • Health: This includes private medical and dental, health assessments, and access to a digital GP.

  • Wealth: We offer life assurance, share schemes, and financial coaching.

  • Development: You get a dedicated annual learning allowance to help you level up.

  • Lifestyle: We have electric car and cycle-to-work schemes, plus season ticket loans.

We also have award-winning parental leave policies. We're here to support you through the big life moments, from fertility treatments to new additions to the family.

Ready to join a mission that matters? We’d love to chat!

Skills Required

  • Several years of experience as a Salesforce Developer
  • Experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud
  • Experience with Apex
  • Experience with Lightning Web Components
  • Experience refactoring or redesigning legacy Salesforce organizations iteratively
  • Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS
  • Understanding of software architecture and architectural patterns applied to Salesforce
  • Experience with heavily integrated Salesforce systems operating in real time
  • Understanding of development tooling, including CI/CD, Git, and packaging approaches
  • Salesforce certification
  • Experience with event-driven architectures
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The Company
HQ: London
900 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Over the past ten years, Funding Circle has built a machine learning and technology platform that is changing the way small businesses access the financing they need to grow. Business owners can complete a loan application and receive a decision in a matter of minutes, enabling them to get funding quickly at an affordable rate. When small businesses succeed, they create jobs, support local communities, and drive the economy forward - that’s why we care about helping them win. To us, nothing is more important.

Why Work With Us

The traditional banking system is broken, so we’re building a better one. We’ve never been ones for the status quo. We believe in questioning convention, experimenting, innovating, and finding a better way. We believe in those made to do more, and that includes our employees. We seek and hire the best by providing great benefits, perks, and pay.

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