Salesforce Engineer

Oodle Car Finance; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company is seeking a Salesforce Engineer to develop and support software products in a collaborative hybrid environment. This role requires experience in Salesforce development and strong communication skills. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of both declarative and coded solutions on the Salesforce platform. You will leverage technologies such as Apex and Lightning Web Component to drive critical integrations. Join a committed team dedicated to building quality software in a diverse environment.

Benefits

Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Experience developing on the Salesforce Platform using declarative and coded solutions.
• Great communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop software products in alignment with project management goals.
• Build and support new and existing Salesforce applications.
• Translate business requirements into effective technical designs.

Skills

Salesforce development experience

Understanding of Lightning UX

Experience with Git

Communication skills

Experience with integration technologies (REST, SOAP)

Education

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I

Tools

VSCode

IntelliJ

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Salesforce Engineer

London, Manchester or Oxford (Hybrid)

Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme

Monday – Friday (37.5h pw)

The Team

The Salesforce team is a crucial part of Oodle’s Engineering division. We drive the Salesforce platform and data that integrates to all of our other front-end systems.

The team is made up of 11 Engineers and structured with 8 Salesforce Engineers, 1 Salesforce Business Administrator and 3 QA Engineers. We strive to deliver a high quality on all of our Salesforce and integrated software products, in a fun and social environment.

This role is based in either our London, Oxford or Manchester offices and can be worked in a hybrid manner combining in-person collaboration within the office and Finance team and remote / home working.

We are incredibly inclusive and open to most adaptations to working patterns, which can be discussed during the interview process.

The Role

Salesforce Engineer at Oodle Car Finance.

A Salesforce Engineer works with the product teams to develop software products in line with the project management goals and contributes to the design and development of any work needing to be done by the team with regards to Salesforce, while ensuring that code is in line with the general ethos and approach to development of the Salesforce platform.

Your day to day work will be a mix of product development, support and documentation which may include :

Build and support new and existing Salesforce applications using technologies such as Apex and Lightning Web Component to leverage the full capabilities of the Salesforce platform and enable critical integrations and company initiatives.Actively contribute to the adoption of strong software architecture, development best practices, and new methods and frameworksTranslate business requirements into effective technical designs and implementation.Assist in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving defects encountered during various stages of project delivery, including during the deployment and implementation of the solution in production environments.

About you

Experience is one thing, but potential is far more important so, even if you lack some of the skills listed below, we still really want to hear from you.

Essential Requirements for the Role

Experience developing on the Salesforce Platform using both declarative and coded solutions.An understanding of Lightning UX and configuring Salesforce for agent efficiency, using standard Salesforce features and Lightning Components.Experience using a development IDE such as VSCode or IntelliJ.Experience using Git or an equivalent source control system.Experience in using integration technologies such as REST and SOAP.Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I or equivalent demonstrable experienceJira and ConfluenceGreat communication skills (you will be communicating with stakeholders who may not be very technically minded)

Nice to have

Exposure to development on Service Cloud implementationsExposure to development on Marketing Cloud implementationsExposure to Salesforce DX source format and usage of Salesforce CLI for both development and continuous integrationSalesforce Certified Platform Developer II

Hiring Process

️ Preliminary Interview (30 mins) Video Interview (1 hour) with the hiring manger and a member of the team Final Interview (30 mins) with the Head of Engineering

Our Values

Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance, so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodler’s mind when making business decisions.

Embrace being human – empathy and diversity make us strongerStrive for awesome – it’s awesome when we do better every dayEveryone’s a builder – we’re in this together and we win as a teamBravely honest – we’re honest with ourselves and everyone elseThink customer – they’re at the heart of everything we do