Lead Salesforce Developer

Salesforce Team Lead - Hybrid (1 day a week on site) - South London - £110,000

Yolk Recruitment are pleased to be working with a market leading global business who have been voted as one of the best places to work in 2024. They pride themselves on their forward-thinking culture and putting there employees first.

We are currently searching for a Salesforce Team Lead who will be a key member of a growing team. You'll be responsible for leading, mentoring, and growing a cross-functional team of talented developers, quality assurance analysts, and test automation specialists. You will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and implementing Salesforce solutions that meet business needs, ensuring optimal use of Salesforce features and functionalities.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and manage a high-performing cross-functional development team, providing regular feedback and nurturing their technical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Work closely with our Product team to prioritize, assign, and deliver upcoming work, ensuring that implemented software meets long-term business objectives.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior team members.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy custom Salesforce solutions, including Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and integrations with other systems.
• Customise Salesforce to meet specific business needs by creating custom objects, fields, workflows, and validation rules.
• Integrate Salesforce with other systems using APIs and middleware tools, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure the quality, performance, and security of developed solutions.
• Develop software solutions to business problems, leveraging established design patterns and coding standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

Technical skills:

• 7+ years as a Senior Salesforce Developer, with 3+ years leading a team.
• Salesforce Application and/or Systems Architect certification(s).
• Experience with Agile methodology and building a Salesforce DevOps pipeline process.
• Advanced proficiency with Force.com Platform (Apex, VisualForce, Salesforce APIs, SOQL, Unit Testing).
• Proficiency with Salesforce Lightning and configuring Lightning Web components.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with 3rd party tools using APIs and middleware.
• Strong understanding of data migration and ETL tools.
• Proficiency with code change control using BitBucket, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Knowledge of sophisticated business systems integration as well as object-oriented design patterns and development.
• Familiarity with Services Oriented Design Principles (SOA) and Web Services.

Company Benefits

• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Generous annual leave
• Healthcare Plan
• Annual Giving Day - an extra day to give back to yourself or your community
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Life Assurance - 3X base salary
• Rewards Program - access to discounts and cashback
• LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development