Senior Salesforce Developer

Ecotricity; Old Down; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecotricity is seeking a Salesforce Developer to join our friendly technology team. In this hands-on role, you'll maintain and grow our Salesforce platform, lead development efforts, and enhance our processes. Our ideal candidate has significant Salesforce experience and strong leadership skills, along with a commitment to deliver and improve continuously. Enjoy a range of benefits while contributing to greener energy solutions and our sustainability goals.

Benefits

Healthcare

Life assurance

Pension

Volunteering day

Discounts

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Buy/sell holiday days

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Significant technical experience with Salesforce as a developer.
• Strong leadership experience and stakeholder communication skills.
• Comfortable in a self-motivated, delivery-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance Salesforce platform and its functionalities.
• Lead a team of Salesforce admins/developers and collaborate on best practices.
• Develop new functionalities, ensuring high-quality output.

Skills

Salesforce development

Leadership

Problem-solving

Time management

Agile development

Job description

Location: Remote/Stroud

Salary Details: £55,000 - £70,000

About The Role

Although this role can be remote, we may ask if you can travel to Stroud for team activities once a month.

The Ecotricity Technology department is a small, friendly team focused on results, with a strong commitment to delivering both individually and as a group/project.

We support and develop solutions across multiple mission-critical platforms, including Salesforce (Service and Sales).

This hands-on Salesforce Developer role primarily involves delivering system changes and improvements, while leveraging your experience to maximize the value of our Salesforce investment.

What you will do

• Maintain and grow our Salesforce platform used by sales & service agents, customers via mobile app and online account, and prospective customers.
• Work with Salesforce services like Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Omnistudio & Mobile Publisher.
• Lead a team of Salesforce admins/developers, delivering Salesforce changes.
• Collaborate with the Salesforce Tech Lead to develop best practices, streamline processes, and ensure high-quality output.
• Engage in discussions with management and stakeholders for technical input.
• Develop new functionalities, address changes and faults, including complex tasks.
• Upskill and cross-train with peers regularly.

About You

You should have significant technical experience with Salesforce at a developer level, including integrations, custom components with user experience focus, and modern deployment techniques.

Strong leadership experience, problem-solving skills, and ownership of technical delivery are essential.

You should be comfortable working with project managers and product owners, maintaining stakeholder communication, and presenting solutions.

Self-motivated, delivery-driven, committed to best practices, and continuously seeking improvement.

Knowledge and Skills

• Extensive Salesforce development experience (Apex triggers, classes, async Apex, API integrations, Platform Events, LWCs, Sites).
• Experience with DevOps processes and software development lifecycle.
• Mentoring skills and understanding when to use declarative vs developed solutions.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming languages.
• Web development skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) are advantageous.
• Experience with Salesforce Energy & Utilities Cloud (Vlocity) is a plus.
• Agile development experience and tools like Jira.
• Excellent time management and multitasking skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

About Us

Benefits include healthcare, life assurance, pension, volunteering day, hybrid working, discounts, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, buy/sell holiday days, cycle to work scheme, onsite parking.

You will support our Group Environmental Policy and sustainability objectives.

Flexibility

Due to the dynamic nature of our business, you may be asked to perform duties outside your original role on an ad hoc basis, helping us adapt and utilize our team effectively.

Our Mission

Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company, pioneering renewable energy since 1995. We aim to replace fossil fuels with clean energy, building windmills, sun parks, and green gasmills in Britain. Our initiatives include Britain's first megawatt windmill, first grid-scale sun park, and green gasmill. We also operate the Electric Highway, support green initiatives like Forest Green Rovers, and offer Ecotalk, Britain's greenest mobile service.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion.