Senior Salesforce Developer / Technical & Release Lead

Hargreaves Lansdown; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment platform seeks a Salesforce Developer to design and deliver complex solutions, ensuring they meet security and scalability standards. You will lead the technical development efforts, conduct code reviews, and provide mentorship. The role offers a hybrid working pattern from the Bristol office, with extensive benefits including a discretionary bonus, 25 days annual leave, and enhanced parental leave. Applicants should have solid Salesforce experience and strong communication skills.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Option to purchase additional 5 days holiday

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution

Income Protection and Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Health screening programme

Confidential support including mental health counselling

Unlimited access to fitness providers

Travel to work schemes

In-house barista

Two paid volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with Salesforce (Apex, LWC, Flows, APIs).
• Solid understanding of deployment strategies and integrations.
• Experience with Agile delivery and technical/delivery lead roles.

Responsibilities

• Design and delivery of Salesforce solutions ensuring scalability and security.
• Conduct code/design reviews and promote best practices.
• Collaborate across teams and mentor technical staff.

Skills

Salesforce development (Apex, LWC, Flows)

Enterprise-scale solution design

Release management

Salesforce architecture

Integrations

Excellent communication

Education

Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer I & II)

Salesforce Administrator

Tools

Gearset Project Pipelines

Job description

Overview

Design and delivery of complex Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability, security and alignment with architectural standards. Act as design authority for changes, conducting code/design reviews and championing Salesforce best practices (Apex, LWC, Flows, integrations). Oversee release management: define and improve deployment standards using tools like Gearset Project Pipelines; set release gates and reduce deployment risk. Drive improvements in delivery processes across Design, Build, Test and Release; identify gaps and implement pragmatic solutions to increase reliability and speed. Collaborate with internal/external teams, providing technical guidance and mentorship; translate complex topics for non-technical stakeholders.

About you

Extensive hands-on Salesforce development experience (Apex, LWC, Flows, APIs). Strong background in enterprise-scale solution design and release management (including Gearset Project Pipelines). Solid understanding of Salesforce architecture, integrations and deployment strategies. Process-driven, organised, pragmatic and calm under pressure, especially around releases. Excellent communicator, able to influence and lead across teams without direct management responsibility. Preferable: Salesforce Lightning, App Builder, Data Cloud, Agile delivery, previous technical/delivery lead experience. Desirable certifications: Salesforce Platform Developer I & II, Administrator.

Interview Process

2-stage interview, including one on-site in the Bristol office.

Working Schedule

Based in Bristol, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid flexible working pattern available to enable the option of working from home.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. We believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do. What's on offer? Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and outpatient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
• Travel to work schemes and bike storage and shower facilities
• In-house barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year (dependent on role level, during annual benefits window)

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information. Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.