Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere.
The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis.
With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.
We are looking for a Salesforce Technical Lead to be the senior technical authority for the Salesforce platform, accountable for architectural integrity, solution design quality, integration strategy, and long-term platform scalability.
Job Summary
You will be the senior technical authority for the Salesforce platform – owning architecture, integration strategy, and long-term scalability. This isn’t a strategy-only role, you will need the technical depth to mentor developers and the influence to challenge third-party vendors and shape stakeholder decisions along with overseeing the deployment of change across environments.
Key Responsibilities….
- Own the end-to-end Salesforce architecture. Create and approve High-Level (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD).
- Lead the strategy for connecting Salesforce to other business platforms securely and efficiently.
- Review and challenge the designs produced by external consulting partners. Keep technical debt low. Manage CI/CD / DevOps deployment pipelines.
- Mentor internal developers and admins while maintaining your own hands-on technical credibility.
What we’re looking for…
To be competitive for this role, your background needs to show:
- Certified Technical Architect (CTA) with a strong Salesforce Developer background
- Proven track record creating HLDs/LLDs and governing external delivery partners
- Deep knowledge of APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working in a global, multi-entity environments managing architectural risk across concurrent projects
- Hands-on experience or certifications with Salesforce CPQ, Revenue Cloud Advanced (RCA), or Revenue Lifecycle Management.
- Experience integrating Salesforce with contact centre platforms, specifically Amazon Connect.
We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary.
If you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today!
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.
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About UsOxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.
Skills Required
- Certified Technical Architect (CTA) with strong Salesforce Developer background
- Proven track record creating High-Level and Low-Level Designs and governing external delivery partners
- Deep knowledge of APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience managing architectural risk across concurrent projects in global, multi-entity environments
- Hands-on experience or certifications with Salesforce CPQ, Revenue Cloud Advanced (RCA), or Revenue Lifecycle Management
- Experience integrating Salesforce with contact centre platforms, specifically Amazon Connect
- Proven ability to mentor developers and maintain hands-on technical credibility
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Oxford Nanopore Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered good to above average across many roles, with employer-provided ranges visible for several U.S. commercial and applications positions and company materials emphasizing market‑competitive base pay. Commercial and some senior technical posts, particularly in the U.S., are positioned as competitive and often paired with strong variable components.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — All‑employee share plans in the UK and a U.S. employee stock purchase plan indicate broad access to equity as part of total reward. Company communications highlight attractive bonus and share plans that add meaningful upside beyond base pay.
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. roles indicate strong health insurance and core protections, while official materials and country overviews reference private medical coverage and wellbeing support. These elements position the health package as a notable strength alongside cash compensation.
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Insights
What We Do
Our goal is to enable the analysis of anything, anywhere, by anyone. We have developed the world’s first and only nanopore DNA and RNA sequencing platform. It’s a new generation of sequencing technology — the only one to offer: scalability to portable or ultra-high throughput formats, real-time data delivery, and the ability to elucidate rich biological data. We are aiming to disrupt the way that biological analyses are currently performed, and open up new applications that have a profound, positive impact on society. Our devices offer real-time analysis, for rapid insights, in fully scalable formats — from pocket to population scale — and the technology is being used in more than 100 countries worldwide. Founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford, the company now employs more than 600 people from multiple disciplines including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.
