Associate Salesforce Developer

Cognizant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Mid-level Salesforce Developer to join our London team. The role involves independent contributions across solution design, build, testing, and post-implementation support, working closely with senior developers and testers.

Local UK residency is required for at least 5 consecutive years. The successful candidate will deliver Apex development, integrations and data model updates, while ensuring quality and alignment with project goals.

Qualifications

• Solid hands-on experience in Salesforce configuration and development.
• Experience with Service Cloud.
• Experience with Experience Cloud would be beneficial.
• Hands-on development experience with Lightning Web Components, Aura or Apex.

Responsibilities

• Deliver deployments using DevOps tools such as code repositories and Jenkins.
• Execute testing activities and validate code coverage in line with development standards.
• Participate in code reviews and apply coding standards to improve code quality.
• Maintain Kanban boards and keep development tasks organised, visible and up to date.
• Develop Apex test classes aligned to business scenarios, technical requirements and development standards.
• Deliver development work in line with the team’s Definition of Done, including documentation and peer review activities.
• Update Salesforce data models, ensuring changes are documented, reviewed and aligned to project requirements.
• Contribute to Proofs of Concept and development tasks as part of the wider project team.
• Create and execute test plans and test scripts to support quality delivery.
• Support release readiness activities, implementation planning and deployment rehearsals.

Skills

Salesforce configuration

Service Cloud

Experience Cloud

Lightning Web Components

Apex

Aura

Documentation

Ownership

Tools

Jenkins

Version control

Job description

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE REQUIRES SC CLEARANCE AND THEREFORE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR APPLICATION, YOU MUST HAVE RESIDED IN THE UK FOR AT LEAST 5 CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

Here at Cognizant, we work with clients across the UK to help modernise their businesses.

Cognizant's Salesforce services span across Consulting & Advisory services, design, implementation, and continuous value enhancement. Our customers especially value our ability to provide Salesforce advisory and execution capabilities for complex end-to-end multi-cloud, multi country deployments across the entire spectrum of Customer Experience (CX), be it Sales, Service (including Field Service), Marketing, Commerce, Analytics & Integration. Our dedicated Salesforce practice harnesses the full power of Salesforce products and innovations, while leveraging our design thinking, consultive approach, and CX expertise to create new digital experiences for customers.

We are currently recruiting a Mid-level Salesforce Developer to join our team. This is a great opportunity for someone with solid hands-on Salesforce development experience who is ready to contribute independently across solution design, build, testing, implementation and post-implementation support. You will work closely with senior developers, testers and other members of the scrum team, taking ownership of development tasks while continuing to grow your technical expertise

This role is based in London and requires travel to the client’s office 2 times/ week

Some of your key responsibilities will be to:

• Deliver deployments using DevOps tools such as code repositories and Jenkins, with appropriate support from senior team members
• Execute testing activities and validate code coverage in line with agreed development stand
• ardsParticipate in code reviews and apply coding standards to improve code quality and maintainability
• Maintain Kanban boards and keep development tasks organised, visible and up to date
• Develop Apex test classes aligned to business scenarios, technical requirements and development standards
• Deliver development work in line with the team’s Definition of Done, including documentation and peer review activities
• Update Salesforce data models, ensuring changes are documented, reviewed and aligned to project requirements
• Contribute to Proofs of Concept and development tasks as part of the wider project team
• Create and execute test plans and test scripts to support quality delivery
• Support release readiness activities, implementation planning and deployment rehearsals

The experience you will need to demonstrate:

• Solid hands-on experience in Salesforce configuration and developement
• Experience with Service cloud
• Experience with Experience Cloud would be beneficial
• Hands-on development experience with Lightning Web Components, Aura or Apex
• Strong documentation skills and the ability to explain technical information clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A proactive, collaborative approach with the confidence to take ownership of development tasks while continuing to learn and grow