Senior Salesforce Developer - Technical & Release Lead

At Hargreaves Lansdown, Salesforce is at the heart of our digital transformation and operational excellence. As Senior Salesforce Developer - Technical & Release Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in driving technical leadership and release management within our growing Salesforce estate. Reporting to the Design & Build Engineering Manager, you'll collaborate with Engineering, DevOps, QA and Support teams to ensure high-quality, reliable delivery of Salesforce change.

What you will be doing

• Lead the technical 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 and 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.

• 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.
• Preferred: Salesforce Lightning, App Builder, Data Cloud, Agile delivery, previous technical/delivery lead experience.

Desirable certifications

• Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer I & II, Administrator) highly desirable.

We are based in Bristol, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home., * Discretionary annual bonus* and annual pay review

• 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
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• Two paid volunteering days per year

*dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

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. To achieve our mission, 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., Hargreaves Lansdown aims to build long-term client relationships, so we listen and respond to clients' needs, evolving our service and investment solutions in order to bring greater prosperity throughout every stage of their lives. To achieve our purpose we place the client at the heart of what we do, becoming their trusted partner and financial champion. Our culture, values and governance ensure we keep our clients at the heart of all we do and this drives sustainable growth which benefits all., 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. Today we're trusted by over 1.9 million clients. Our service allows clients to bring all their ISAs, pensions, SIPPS, and savings into one easy to manage place, allowing them to be in control., We strive to provide an unrivalled and evolving client experience, using it to deepen client relationships so we become an ever more integral part of their lives. In turn this delivers high levels of client retention, client satisfaction and increased use of our services which drives net new business flows from existing and new clients. This provides the engine for financial growth, enabling reinvestment into the client experience.