Job Description

Salesforce Development Lead

Salary: Up to \xc2\xa375,000 dependent on experience

We are looking for talented people to join our CRM team as we embark upon the implementation of Salesforce as our strategic CRM solution. If you are someone with a wealth of Salesforce experience and want to work on a green field implementation, then we could have a role for you. This is an opportunity to join the UK\'s number one investment services company, looking after over \xc2\xa3120 billion in assets on behalf of 1.8 million UK investors. We are a secure, FTSE 100 company, based in the heart of Bristol now with over 1,700 people. This is your chance to genuinely stamp your mark on one of the UK\'s most innovative and digital-focused businesses. You\'ll be given the support and opportunity to grow your career whilst additionally receiving a personal development budget to further build on your knowledge.

Managerial Accountabilities

• Build and nurture a high performing squad, consistently delivering quality software while balancing requirements and time frames.
• Foster careers of engineers by finding opportunities for growth, coaching, and addressing concerns.
• Holding regular 121s with all direct reports.
• Taking ownership of the delivery of outcomes and initiatives for the squad, working closely with the Product Manager and internal stakeholders
• Lead and contribute adherence to engineering and architectural patterns and practices.
• Lead and evangelise team squad on Performance, Availability, Reliability, Compliance and Security.
• Contribute to the definition of features owned by the squad.
• Continuously improve themselves and the team by suggesting and helping implement new Engineering, Security and Compliance practices.
• Effectively communicate the squad,s progress to the wider team, line manager and HL colleagues.

• Participate in the full application life cycle - design, development, testing, and deployment
• Design, develop and integrate Salesforce apps and components with back-office systems using modern web tools and technologies
• Work with technical teams and architects to finalise architectural specifications - and create solution and integration designs
• Develop proofs of concept as needed during the design and requirements phase to evaluate products and integration strategies
• Validate application code using unit tests, security tests, and profiling tools
• Assist in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving defects encountered during various stages of project delivery, including during the deployment and implementation of the solution in production environments
• Produce project documentation, including functional and technical designs, and end-user guides
• Grow professionally by learning and implementing Salesforce\'s latest technologies
• Maintain standards and best practices and educate our team
• Mentor developers, while learning from others
• Review Salesforce Release Notes to have familiarity with new additions and enhancements
• Contribute to internal practice development initiatives (e.g., re-usable assets, hiring, etc.)

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