Lead Salesforce Engineer

Steadmanbrown; Northampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus scheme

Company pension

Private medical care

Job summary

Steadman Brown is expanding its Salesforce team and seeking a Lead Salesforce Engineer to own and drive complex Salesforce solutions across the stack. You will lead developers, collaborate with the Solution Architect, and own design through deployment.

You will deliver across Sales, Service, Experience, and integrations, mentoring the team and enforcing best practices in quality, security and performance. This role is based in the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering Salesforce solutions in enterprise environments.
• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce development best practices, with declarative and custom development balance.
• Experience delivering complex technical solutions with Solution Architects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise applications with focus on Salesforce and web apps.
• Lead end-to-end development lifecycle: design, development, testing, deployment and support.
• Deliver Salesforce solutions using best practices, including Lightning Web Components, Flows and Apex.
• Design and develop complex business processes, UIs and integrations.
• Build and maintain integrations between Salesforce and external apps.
• Lead a development team and coordinate delivery to ensure project success.
• Promote DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, source control, and release management.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor developers to meet quality and security standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Salesforce LWC

Apex

Salesforce Flow

REST APIs

DevOps tools

Copado

Tools

Salesforce Lightning Web Components

Apex

Salesforce Flow

REST APIs

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Copado

Job description

Steadman Brown are working with one of the largest Salesforce customers in the UK, a brand I'm sure you've heard of. They are currently expanding their internal Salesforce team that are working across Sales, Service, Experience, Agentforce, Data360, Marketing and MuleSoft. They are now seeking a Lead Salesforce Engineer to join the team. You will be responsible for developing complex solutions across Salesforce and their wider tech stack (mainly web applications). You will lead a team of Developers and taking ownership of the build, working closely with the Solution Architect on design, through to implementation and deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise applications, with a primary focus on Salesforce and supporting other web applications.
• Work closely with the Solution Architect to translate high-level designs into technical solutions.
• Lead the end-to-end development lifecycle, including technical design, development, testing, deployment and ongoing support.
• Deliver solutions using Salesforce best practices, using declarative configuration wherever appropriate, whilst developing Lightning Web Components, Flows and Apex where required.
• Design and develop complex business processes, user interfaces and integrations that support evolving business requirements.
• Build and maintain integrations between Salesforce and external applications.
• Lead a development team, coordinating the delivery of Salesforce to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Lead development activities throughout the DevOps lifecycle, supporting CI/CD pipelines and promoting best practices in source control, deployment and release management.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance and mentoring to developers, ensuring solutions meet quality, security and performance standards.

Experience & Qualifications

• Proven experience developing solutions on the Salesforce platform using Lightning Web Components, Apex and Salesforce Flow.
• Experience developing or supporting web or business applications outside of Salesforce.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce development best practices, with experience balancing declarative configuration and custom development.
• Experience delivering complex technical solutions within enterprise environments.
• Experience working closely with Solution Architects to implement technical designs and deliver solutions.
• Experience developing integrations between Salesforce and external systems using REST APIs and enterprise integration platforms.
• Previous experience leading technical delivery within an engineering team.
• Experience with modern DevOps practices and deployment tools, such as Azure DevOps, GitHub or Copado.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, including code quality, testing, security and performance optimisation.

Benefits

• Company bonus scheme
• Company pension
• Private medical care