Salesforce Engineer

Sage Group plc
Winnersh Civil Parish, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Winnersh Civil Parish, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
JavaScript
API
Artificial Intelligence
JIRA
C Sharp (Programming Language)
Continuous Integration
IntelliJ
Object-Oriented Software Development
Scrum
Salesforce
Apex Code
Salesforce Lightning
Backend
GIT
Visualforce
Angular
Force.Com
Salesforce Object Query Language (SOQL)
Front End Software Development
REST

Job description

As a Salesforce Developer, you will:

  • Work with 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

Work hands-on with: Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning / Lightning Web Components (LWC) / VisualForce / APIs

Important: this role requires real, hands-on development on Salesforce - it is not a configuration or admin position.

Requirements

Core skills

  • Proven experience with object-oriented programming, e.g. 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

  • 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 & conditions

  • 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

Discover life at Sage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCMtTYUUiuU If you're looking for a Salesforce developer role with real technical depth and a genuinely great team culture, we'd love to hear from you., Advert Working at Sage means you're supporting millions of small and medium sized businesses globally with technology to work faster and smarter. We leverage the future of AI, meaning business owners spend less time doing routine tasks, like entering invoices and generating reports, and more time pursuing their ambitions.

Our colleagues are the best of the best. It's why we were awarded 2024 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor. Because to achieve extraordinary outcomes, we need extraordinary teams. This means infusing Sage with people who knock down barriers, continuously innovate, and want to experience their potential. Learn more about working at Sage: sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/working-at-sage/ Watch a video about our culture: youtube.com/watch?v=qIoiCpZH-QE

We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out at careers@sage.com. Learn more about DEI at Sage: sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ Powered by Sage People Recruit

About the company

Sage People is a global HR & people management SaaS product built on the Salesforce (Force.com) 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. Salesforce is the #1 global CRM platform and a mature, enterprise-grade application ecosystem. It combines a strongly typed, object-oriented server-side language (Apex) with standards-based frontend development using Lightning Web Components. Much of our work involves custom Apex and LWC development, applying core software engineering principles such as OO design, automated testing, performance tuning, and CI/CD. 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.

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