Salesforce Developer – 6‑Month Fixed‑Term Contract
Location: Remote
Salary: £49,920 – £62,000 per annum
Our client is a vibrant community dedicated to nurturing creativity and empowering students to reach their full potential. With campuses across the UK, Ireland, and Germany, they offer a diverse range of courses in modern music, performing arts, filmmaking, and creative technology, focusing on excellence in creative arts education.
About the Role
As a Salesforce Developer, you will support the ongoing development and improvement of our client’s Salesforce platform. You will join a small, collaborative delivery team responsible for turning business requirements into reliable, scalable solutions that underpin key student and staff processes.
This is a hands‑on development role with a focus on building new functionality, maintaining existing components, and ensuring the stability and integrity of the platform. The postholder will also act as a technical escalation point for complex issues and contribute to the continuous improvement of development practices.
What You’ll Do
* Design, build, and maintain Salesforce solutions using both declarative tools and programmatic development (Apex, triggers, Lightning Web Components).
* Work closely with the Salesforce Business Analyst to translate requirements into technical designs and build plans.
* Contribute to development across areas such as admissions, recruitment, student lifecycle processes, and operational workflows.
* Carry out impact analysis to ensure changes align with existing architecture, integrations, and data models.
* Act as a technical escalation point for complex issues relating to automation, permissions, data integrity, and system behaviour.
* Support deployment and release processes, including testing, code reviews, and platform monitoring.
* Provide technical guidance to administrators, support teams, and stakeholders on best‑practice usage.
* Help improve development standards, documentation, and ways of working across the Salesforce environment.
* Work collaboratively with internal developers, analysts, IT teams, and product owners across the University.
What You’ll Bring
* Experience designing and building Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (or Aura), and declarative tools such as Flows.
* Strong understanding of Salesforce data models, security, and sharing architecture.
* Ability to debug and resolve complex platform issues.
* Experience working with version control and structured deployment practices.
* Clear and confident communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non‑technical colleagues.
* A collaborative approach and willingness to contribute to shared development standards and continuous improvement.
Although the role is remote, occasional travel to our client’s Brighton campus will be required.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday per year (FTE)
* SMART pension
* A comprehensive benefits package
Our client continually strives to create a culture of inclusivity and welcomes applications from people of colour who are underrepresented in their organisation.
Applicants are required to complete a basic DBS disclosure. Depending on the role, an enhanced check or enhanced check with barred list may be required.
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