Skills

Communication Leadership Salesforce CI/CD DevOps Test Scrum Architecture Agile

Job Specifications

Salesforce Lead Developer

Contract

East London (Hybrid)

Rate: Negotiable DOE

We are 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 platform used by both internal and external users.

This role combines senior-level development capability with technical governance, code quality ownership, and delivery leadership. The successful candidate will lead by example, actively designing, building, reviewing, and deploying Salesforce solutions while ensuring alignment with development standards and best practices.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Delivery

Act as the technical lead within a scrum team delivering Salesforce configuration and custom development
Lead solution design for stories and epics, ensuring scalability, security, and compliance
Remain hands-on across Apex, Lightning Web Components, configuration, and integrations
Conduct Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate technical approaches

Code Quality & Standards

Own code quality across the team, ensuring adherence to best practices and development standards
Review Apex, LWC, and configuration through structured peer reviews
Ensure test coverage, execution, and meaningful test scenarios
Maintain adherence to Definition of Done (DoD), including documentation and peer review

DevOps, Release & Governance

Support deployments using agreed DevOps tooling (e.g. Copado, codescan.io)
Contribute to release readiness and implementation planning
Participate in governance forums (e.g. Release Readiness, Handover)
Ensure data model changes are approved, documented, and traceable

Agile & Team Responsibilities

Participate actively in scrum ceremonies
Provide input into planning and challenge estimates constructively
Ensure Definition of Ready (DoR) is met
Maintain visibility of risks, impediments, and improvement actions

Skills & Experience

Strong Salesforce technical leadership experience in enterprise environments
Extensive hands-on experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC) / Aura, Salesforce configuration and data modelling.
Strong understanding of:
Salesforce architecture
Service Cloud
Experience Cloud
Salesforce Classic (where applicable)
Agentforce Public Services / Omnistudio
Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD in Salesforce environments
Strong communication and documentation skills
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders
Secure-by-design mindset

Nice to Have

Experience in regulated environments (financial services or government)
Additional Salesforce certifications
Experience with data model remediation or complex refactoring

About the Company

We are a leading specialist recruitment agency offering first-class recruitment solutions across all IT disciplines, Telecoms and Senior Appointments. Founded in January 2001, TechNET IT Recruitment has since benefitted from year-on-year growth and has developed organically into a leading technology agency supporting a variety of clients throughout EMEA. We are able to offer our clients a range of services from 'standard' contract or permanent recruitment through to headhunting, search/selection, and recruitment process ou... Know more