Senior Salesforce Developer - Public Sector
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At IBM CIC, we provide technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients in the UK. A career in IBM CIC means you’ll have the opportunity to work with leading professionals across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. You will get the chance to deliver effective solutions, driving meaningful business change for our clients, using some of the latest technology platforms. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success here. You’ll be encouraged and supported to constantly reinvent yourself, focusing on skills in demand in an ever changing market. You’ll be working with diverse teams, coming up with creative solutions which impact a wide network of clients, who may be at their site or one of our CIC or IBM locations. Our culture of evolution centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
What We Offer
- Many training opportunities from classroom to e-learning, mentoring and coaching programs and the chance to gain industry recognized certifications
- Regular and frequent promotion opportunities to ensure you can drive and develop your career with us
- Feedback and checkpoints throughout the year
- Diversity & Inclusion as an essential and authentic component of our culture through our policies and process as well as our Employee Champion teams and support networks
- A culture where your ideas for growth and innovation are always welcome
- Internal recognition programs for peer-to-peer appreciation as well as from manager to employees
- Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
- More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group personal pension plan of an additional 5% of your base salary paid by us monthly to save for your future.
Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Senior Salesforce Developer, you will lead the development of custom solutions on the Salesforce platform. You will be responsible for writing Apex code, creating visualforce pages, and implementing integrations. You will have a strong understanding of the Salesforce platform and experience leading successful projects.
A Senior Salesforce Developer will have a deep understanding of the Salesforce platform and the ability to develop complex solutions, mentor and lead the development team, troubleshoot and provide technical support to clients. They will also have a solid understanding of web development concepts and languages and keep up-to-date with new Salesforce features and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Designing and developing complex Salesforce solutions to meet business requirements
- Customising Salesforce to meet the specific needs of clients
- Configuring Salesforce to integrate with other systems
- Leading the development team and mentoring junior developers
- Providing ongoing support and troubleshooting assistance to clients
- Collaborating with other senior developers and team members to deliver projects on time and within budget
- Keeping up-to-date with new Salesforce features and best practices
Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- 5+ years of experience working with Salesforce, with multiple Salesforce certifications
- specializing in Experience Cloud and LWC. Skilled in Apex HTML JavaScript (ES6+) CSS SLDS and Salesforce DX
- Strong experience with Apex, Visualforce, and other Salesforce development tools
- Experienced in building accessible WCAG 2.2-compliant portals integrating via REST/SOAP APIs and using declarative tools like Flows and Process Builder.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management
- Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills
- Proven track record of successful Salesforce projects
- Strong understanding of web development concepts and languages (JavaScript, HTML, CSS)
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
- Holds key Salesforce certifications including JavaScript Developer I Platform Developer I & II and App Builder.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. However, for you to be eligible for this role, you must have the valid right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not offer visa sponsorship and have no future plans to do so. You must be a resident in the UK and have been living continuously in the UK for the last 5 years.
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
- Salesforce Certified Associate
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
- Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer I
- Salesforce Certified Application Architect
- Salesforce Certified System Architect
- Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
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