Salesforce Developer - Lockton Re

Lockton Companies; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading reinsurance firm in the City of London is seeking a Salesforce Developer to join their Business Technology team. The role involves designing and developing custom solutions on Salesforce, integrating systems with MuleSoft, and ensuring best practices are followed. Ideal candidates should have substantial experience in Salesforce development, particularly with Financial Services Cloud, and possess relevant certifications. This position offers a dynamic environment that fosters innovation and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Salesforce development, with a focus on Financial Services Cloud.
• Certified Salesforce Platform Developer I or II.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the internal Salesforce team to validate business requirements.
• Design, develop, and implement custom solutions using Salesforce technologies.
• Own release cycles and deploy updates to existing applications.

Skills

Salesforce development

MuleSoft integration

Salesforce Financial Services Cloud

Collaboration and communication

Tools

Salesforce Lightning Web Components

Apex

MuleSoft

Job description

Lockton Re helps businesses understand, mitigate, and capitalize on risk. We’re pushing the reinsurance industry forward with smarter solutions that leverage new technologies – delivered by people empowered to do what’s right for clients. Our success has seen the business grow to a headcount of more than associates globally across 19 locations.

We’re the reinsurance business of Lockton Companies, the world's largest privately-held insurance broker. Fierce independence frees us to deliver an exceptional client service experience, unencumbered by pressure from financial markets, geographical divides or silos, or conflicts of interest between organisational goals and our clients’ needs.

We are now seeking individuals who will thrive in this type of atmosphere and, in line with the continued success of the business and our commitment to being 'born digital', Lockton Re are now looking to recruit this newly-created Salesforce Developer role into our Business Technology team.

Key tasks & duties

• Collaborating with the internal Salesforce team to validate business requirements and any considerations (security, scalability, limits)and translate them into technical solutions.
• Designing, developing, and implementing custom solutions using Salesforce technologies like Lightning Web Components, Apex (classes and triggers).
• Integrations : Use Mulesoft to integrate with other systems used in the organization.
• Serving as a Subject Matter Expert in Mulesoft technology, providing technical leadership and direction and drive innovation by incorporating the latest Mulesoft features.
• Best Practices : Adhere to Salesforce best practices, maintain code documentation, and write / maintain test classes for all custom development.
• Take ownership of release cycles to implement and deploy new / updates to existing applications and code.
• Collaborating with IT / Developers for other systems in order to integrate across the business.
• Day to day support of Salesforce issues and bug fixing.

Whilst we are open on the exact experience and industry background for this Developer role, core experience in Salesforce development is essential. Further experience or skills useful to highlight in your application include :

• Salesforce Financial Services Cloud product knowledge and at least 5 years of FSC development experience
• Certified Salesforce Platform Developer I or II
• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture and best practices
• Experience with Salesforce integration tools like MuleSoft.
• Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with business stakeholders / other Salesforce team members,
• Preferred additional Salesforce certifications e.g. Certified Salesforce Administrator, Certified Salesforce Platform App Builder, Platform Developer II, JavaScript Developer I.