At Sage, we’re looking for a Salesforce Developer to join our Sage People product engineering team in Winnersh. Sage People is a global HR & people management SaaS product built on the Salesforce platform, serving customers worldwide. As an ISV, we build and evolve one single product, with a strong focus on code quality, scalability and long term architecture. This is a hands-on engineering role — not Salesforce administration, not consulting, not bespoke customer development. Team culture & environment What really makes this role stand out is the team. - A stable, close knit engineering group — many team members have worked together for 8 years - A friendly, supportive and human environment, where people genuinely enjoy working together - Engineers, testers, architects and product managers collaborating daily as one product team - A culture that values shared ownership, learning and constructive technical discussions - Strong leadership momentum and investment, particularly around AI and Salesforce innovation - A modern, welcoming office in Winnersh, with teams enjoying face to face collaboration as part of a hybrid model You’ll join a team where collaboration matters more than hierarchy, and where people stay because they like both the work and the people. Key Responsibilities What you’ll be doing As a Salesforce Developer, you will: - Design, develop and maintain high quality Salesforce solutions for a global SaaS product - Work hands-on with: Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning / Lightning Web Components (LWC) - The Force.com platform, delivering customer and people management functionality - Translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions - Contribute to technical design, architecture discussions and system thinking Collaborate closely with: - Salesforce Developers team - Angular frontend engineers - Testers, Product Managers and Architects - Work in a modern environment using Git, Jira, IntelliJ, CI/CD pipelines - Take part in Scrum / SAFe ceremonies, quarterly planning and product releases - Contribute to a product roadmap that increasingly includes AI-driven capabilities Important: this role requires real, hands-on development on Salesforce — it is not a configuration or admin position. What we’re looking for Core skills (key requirements) - Proven experience with object-oriented programming, ideally Java or C# - Experience developing with Salesforce Lightning - Hands-on delivery of solutions on the Force.com platform - Strong proficiency in Apex, SOQL and JavaScript - Ability to manage and deliver complex business and technical requirements Nice to have (but not essential) - Experience with Git, Jira and IntelliJ, and CI/CD practices - Exposure to Salesforce REST APIs - Salesforce Developer Certification We are open to: - Experienced Salesforce Developers, or / and - Backend developers (Java / C#) looking to specialise in Salesforce, with strong development fundamentals and a desire to learn Benefits – we have plenty - Competitive salary plus generous bonus scheme - Pension plan: up to 8% matched 2% top-up by Sage - 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to 5 more - 8 bank holidays - 5 paid volunteer days per year via the Sage Foundation - 50% income protection - Holiday buy & sell - Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage - Work Away scheme (up to 10 weeks per year) - Ongoing training and professional development - Hybrid working - Healthy Mind app membership - Access to financial, health and wellbeing memberships