Salesforce Senior Developer

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Flexible hours

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Salesforce Senior Developer to lead the design and delivery of scalable Salesforce solutions. You will work with cross-functional teams to implement robust, high-impact applications that align with business goals and regulatory standards.

The role emphasizes standardization of business processes, ownership of the deployment lifecycle, and leveraging best practices to minimize risk and disruption while driving value for researchers and healthcare professionals.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, or related field.
• 6+ years of Salesforce development experience.
• Salesforce certifications such as Advanced Administrator and Platform App Builder preferred.
• Experience with Salesforce CPQ, Revenue Cloud, and Conga CLM preferred.
• DevOps tooling experience (Copado, Gearset) preferred.
• Experience with MuleSoft or similar enterprise integration technologies.
• Strong design, development, and testing experience in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as CRM trusted advisor through requirements gathering, design, testing and deployment.
• Model use-cases, business processes, configuration and stakeholder alignment during launches.
• Estimate work for each phase and own design, development and implementation.
• Provide technical expertise for scoping complex projects and integrations.
• Review code and ensure adherence to best practices and fit-for-purpose development.
• Document architecture, processes, and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Handle unusually complex problems and deliver innovative solutions.

Skills

Salesforce

CRM strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Salesforce Advanced Administrator

Salesforce Platform App Builder

Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant

Tools

Salesforce

JIRA

Copado

Gearset

MuleSoft

Job description

Salesforce Senior Developer Do you enjoy designing and developing innovative Salesforce solutions that drive business success? Would you like to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-impact applications and digital experiences?

About the team:

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

About the role:

The Salesforce Senior Developer acts as the Subject Matter Expert for the Salesforce technology stack; primary responsibilities include identification, documentation, and prioritization of business requirements, development of the application strategy needed to satisfy requirements, definition of the Salesforce standards and best practices for implementing solutions, and execution of required development throughout phased implementation. The primary objective of this role is to ensure that Elsevier has a functionally sound and stable Salesforce deployment, that the desired level of standardization of business processes is being achieved, that project risks and costs are reduced by leveraging standard solutions and Salesforce best practices, and that deep expertise is applied to ensure business objectives are met while minimizing business disruption.

Key responsibilities:

• Act as CRM trusted advisor in support of business unit projects through all phases of requirement gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment
• Product demonstration and use-case modelling, business process development and related configuration, alignment and buy-in with stakeholders, direct support of business unit staff during launch, etc.
• Estimate work efforts required for each phase of a project or ticket, direct responsibility for design, development, and implementation
• Provide product and technical expertise when scoping complex projects and related integrations
• Review code and solution summaries where appropriate to ensure adherence to best practices and fit-for-purpose development
• Integration monitoring, troubleshooting, and future integration requirement assessment, design, and development Documentation and knowledge sharing; technical, business process, best practice, reference architecture, etc.
• Applies advanced Salesforce technical principles and concepts; contributes to the development of new principles and concepts
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious
• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives; determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results

Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS, or related field
• 6+ years of previous development experience with Salesforce
• Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant certification (preferred)
• Development experience with Salesforce CPQ (preferred)
• Development experience with Salesforce Revenue Cloud (preferred)
• Development experience with Conga CLM (preferred)
• Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator certification
• Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder certification
• DevOps platform experience preferred (e.g., Copado, Gearset)
• Experience with MuleSoft preferred (or other enterprise integration technologies)
• Demonstrated success with at least one large Salesforce integration project
• Strong understanding of how to build and support highly scalable and reliable solutions on the Salesforce Platform
• Experience working in Agile projects and managing workload with JIRA
• Proven ability to manage and resolve complex and ambiguous technical issues
• Technical project management experience
• Understanding of UI design principles and best practices
• Exceptional analytical skills and experience working with large-scale, complex datasets
• Communication skills for both technical and business audiences

Why join us?

Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working flexible hours – flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Comprehensive Pension Plan
• Home, office, or commuting allowance.
• Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
• Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care leave
• Flexible working hours
• Personal Choice budget
• Internal communities and networks
• Various employee discounts
• Recruitment introduction reward
• Employee Assistance Program (global)

Company culture and benefits

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.

Additional information

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About the business (repeated)

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits.