Salesforce Technical Lead / Salesforce Lead Developer
Location: London (On-site – minimum 40% of time, non-negotiable)
Engagement Type: Full-time


1. Job Summary


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 org 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: designing, building, reviewing, and deploying Salesforce solutions while ensuring alignment with FCA development standards and Salesforce best practices.
This is not a pure management role — the Technical Lead is expected to be actively coding, reviewing work, shaping technical decisions, and driving continuous improvement across the team.


2. Key Responsibilities (Day-to-Day)


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 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.
Code Quality & Standards
*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.
DevOps, Release & Governance
*Support deployments using agreed DevOps tooling (primarily Copado).
*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.
Agile & Team Responsibilities
*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.


3. Essential 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.


4. Nice-to-Have


*Experience working in regulated environments (financial services or government).
*Additional Salesforce certifications beyond core requirements.
*Experience supporting data model remediation or complex refactoring initiatives.


5. Qualifications


Salesforce Certifications (Essential):
*Salesforce Administrator
*Platform App Builder
*Platform Developer I
*Platform Developer II
Trailhead (to be maintained during assignment):
*Advanced Apex Specialist Superbadge
*Lightning Web Components Specialist Superbadge
*Security Specialist Superbadge
*Service Cloud Specialist Superbadge
*Data Integration Specialist Superbadge
*Relevant custom Security / Data Trailmixes