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Salesforce Lead Developer
£64,000 - 104,000
Cpl Life Sciences
Tudor Street 26, London
£64,000 - 104,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong Salesforce technical leadership capability in enterprise environments.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Apex.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Lightning Web Components (LWC) / Aura.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Salesforce configuration and data model design.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture.
- Strong understanding of Service Cloud.
- Strong understanding of Experience Cloud.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce Classic (where applicable).
- Strong understanding of 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.
- Experience working in regulated environments (financial services or government) - Nice-to-Have.
- Additional Salesforce certifications beyond core requirements - Nice-to-Have.
- Experience supporting data model remediation or complex refactoring initiatives - Nice-to-Have.
- Salesforce Certifications (Essential): Salesforce Administrator, Platform App Builder, Platform Developer I, Platform Developer II.
- Trailhead (to be maintained during assignment): 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Conduct Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate technical approaches and de-risk delivery.
- 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.
- Ensure all work meets Definition of Done (DoD), including design artefacts and documented peer review.
- 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.
- Ensure data model changes are approved, documented, and traceable.
- 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.
Description
We are a dynamic organization located in London, seeking a hands-on Salesforce Technical Lead / Lead Developer to join our innovative team. This full-time role requires on-site presence a minimum of 40% of the time. You will provide technical leadership within a scrum team, ensuring high-quality Salesforce solutions aligned with FCA standards. We offer a collaborative environment where your contributions will directly impact both internal and external users. Join us to drive continuous improvement and deliver top-notch Salesforce solutions.
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