Senior Salesforce Developer

Senior Salesforce Developer

• Location: Hybrid (UK-based) - with travel to office sites as required.

Overview

The Senior Salesforce Developer will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and optimising Salesforce solutions that support business transformation across the organisation. This position suits someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong communication skills and a proactive, solution-driven mindset.

You will work closely with architects, product owners, business analysts, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality Salesforce capabilities across Field Servivce, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and custom applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, and integration technologies.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical designs aligned with Salesforce best practices.
• Own end-to-end development lifecycle activities include build, unit testing, deployment, and documentation.
• Support Development and maintenance of integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, and external systems.
• Optimise system performance, data quality, and security across Salesforce environments.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews for junior developers.
• Collaborate with Salesforce Administrators to ensure configuration and customisation work seamlessly together.
• Support release management, CI/CD pipelines, and environment strategy.
• Stay current with Salesforce platform updates, new features, and industry trends.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and provide expert-level support during incidents or enhancements.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience of Field Service or Field Service Lightning is essential
• Extensive hands-on experience as a Salesforce Developer in enterprise-scale environments.
• Strong proficiency in:
• Apex (classes, triggers, asynchronous processing)
• Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• SOQL/ SOSL
• Salesforce APIs and integration patterns
• Solid understanding of Salesforce data modelling, security model, and governor limits.
• Experience with version control (e.g., Git) and CI/CD tools (e.g., Copado, Gearset, Azure DevOps).
• Proven track record delivering complex Salesforce projects in Agile environments.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable Qualifications

• Salesforce Platform Developer I (required)
• Salesforce Platform Developer II (highly desirable)
• Additional certifications such as: Data Cloud, Field Service Consultant
• Sales, Service, Experience Cloud Consultant
• Integration Architect or Application Architect (advantageous)

Personal Attributes

• Analytical, structured, and detail-oriented.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions and influencing architectural decisions.
• Strong problem-solver with a collaborative mindset.