Salesforce Lead Developer
hace 7 días
London
Salesforce Technical Lead / Salesforce Lead Developer Location: London (On-site – minimum 40% of time, non-negotiable) Engagement Type: Full-time 1. Job Summary We are seeking a hands-on Salesforce Technical Lead / Lead Developer to provide day-to-day technical leadership within a scrum team delivering enhancements to a Salesforce org used by both internal and external users. This role combines senior-level development capability with technical governance, code quality ownership, and delivery leadership. The successful candidate will lead by example: designing, building, reviewing, and deploying Salesforce solutions while ensuring alignment with FCA development standards and Salesforce best practices. This is not a pure management role — the Technical Lead is expected to be actively coding, reviewing work, shaping technical decisions, and driving continuous improvement across the team. 2. Key Responsibilities (Day-to-Day) Technical Leadership & Delivery • Act as the technical lead within a scrum team delivering Salesforce configuration and custom development., • Lead solution design for stories and epics, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, and compliant with FCA standards., • Be hands-on in development across Apex, Lightning Web Components, configuration, and integrations where required., • Own code quality across the team, ensuring adherence to Salesforce best practices and FCA development standards., • Review Apex, LWC, and configuration changes through structured peer reviews., • Ensure test execution, code coverage validation, and meaningful Apex test classes aligned to real business scenarios., • Support deployments using agreed DevOps tooling (primarily Copado)., • Identify release readiness activities, contribute to implementation plans, and support deployment rehearsals., • Participate in governance forums such as Release Readiness and Handover as required., • Actively participate in scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)., • Challenge estimates constructively and provide informed input during planning., • Ensure items meet Definition of Ready (DoR) before entering sprint, raising issues early where needed., • Maintain visibility of technical risks, impediments, and improvement actions from retrospectives. 3. Essential Skills & Experience • Strong Salesforce technical leadership capability in enterprise environments., • Extensive hands-on experience with:, • Apex, • Lightning Web Components (LWC) / Aura, • Salesforce configuration and data model design, • Strong understanding of:, • Salesforce architecture, • Service Cloud, • Experience Cloud, • Salesforce Classic (where applicable), • Agentforce Public Services (and Omnistudio), • Good knowledge of DevOps processes and CI/CD in Salesforce environments., • Strong documentation skills, able to communicate designs to both technical and non-technical audiences., • Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Owners, testers, architects, and governance stakeholders., • Secure-by-design mindset, with consideration of data protection and regulatory controls. 4. Nice-to-Have • Experience working in regulated environments (financial services or government)., • Additional Salesforce certifications beyond core requirements., • Experience supporting data model remediation or complex refactoring initiatives. 5. Qualifications Salesforce Certifications (Essential): • Salesforce Administrator, • Platform App Builder, • Platform Developer I, • Advanced Apex Specialist Superbadge, • Lightning Web Components Specialist Superbadge, • Security Specialist Superbadge, • Service Cloud Specialist Superbadge, • Data Integration Specialist Superbadge, • Relevant custom Security / Data Trailmixes