Title: Salesforce Technical Lead / Lead Developer
Contract: 6 months (possibility to extend)
Rate: Up to £370 PAYE
Our client is seeking a hands on Salesforce Technical Lead / Lead Developer to provide day to day technical leadership within a scrum team delivering enhancements to a Salesforce org used by both internal and external users.
Responsibilities
* Act as the technical lead within a scrum team delivering Salesforce configuration and custom development.
* Lead solution design for stories and epics, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, and compliant with FCA standards.
* Be hands on in development across Apex, Lightning Web Components, configuration, and integrations where required.
* Conduct Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate technical approaches and de risk delivery.
* Own code quality across the team, ensuring adherence to Salesforce best practices and FCA development standards.
* Review Apex, LWC, and configuration changes through structured peer reviews.
* Ensure test execution, code coverage validation, and meaningful Apex test classes aligned to real business scenarios.
* Ensure all work meets Definition of Done (DoD), including design artefacts and documented peer review.
* Support deployments using agreed DevOps tooling (primarily Copado and codescan.io).
* Identify release readiness activities, contribute to implementation plans, and support deployment rehearsals.
* Participate in governance forums such as Release Readiness and Handover as required.
* Ensure data model changes are approved, documented, and traceable.
* Challenge estimates constructively and provide informed input during planning.
* Ensure items meet Definition of Ready (DoR) before entering sprint, raising issues early where needed.
* Maintain visibility of technical risks, impediments, and improvement actions from retrospectives.
Skills & Experience
* Strong Salesforce technical leadership capability in enterprise environments.
* Extensive hands on experience with: Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC) / Aura, Salesforce configuration and data model design
* Strong understanding of: Salesforce architecture, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Salesforce Classic (where applicable), Agentforce Public Services (and Omnistudio)
* Good knowledge of DevOps processes and CI/CD in Salesforce environments.
* Strong documentation skills, able to communicate designs to both technical and non technical audiences.
* Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Owners, testers, architects, and governance stakeholders.
* Secure by design mindset, with consideration of data protection and regulatory controls.
* Experience working in regulated environments (financial services or government). (Advantageous)
* Additional Salesforce certifications beyond core requirements. (Advantageous)
* Experience supporting data model remediation or complex refactoring initiatives. (Advantageous)
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