Salesforce Lead Developer

Title: Salesforce Technical Lead / Lead Developer Location: London | Hybrid (2-3 days per week onsite) 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. Actively participate in scrum ceremonies (stand ups, refinement, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives). 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) Certifications/Qualifications Salesforce Administrator Platform App Builder Platform Developer I Platform Developer II