Lead Salesforce Developer

Role Overview

• Play a pivotal role in shaping and evolving one of the University's most important business platforms
• Lead the technical development of solutions that support our ambitious digital transformation programme
• Lead the design, development, and optimisation of Salesforce solutions, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and aligned with best practice
• Work closely with architects, product owners, business stakeholders, and the wider Business Systems team to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
• Establish development standards, guide architectural decisions, mentor fellow developers, and champion modern development practices across the Salesforce ecosystem
• Influence the University's long-term Salesforce strategy, leading on integrations, DevOps, data architecture, and platform governance

Requirements

• Significant hands-on Salesforce development expertise, with Salesforce Platform Developer I certification or equivalent capability.
• 7+ years of Salesforce development experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Salesforce architecture, platform capabilities, and development best practices.
• Designing and delivering scalable, enterprise-level Salesforce solutions.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture layers, including data, security, automation, and integration.
• Designing complex integration solutions using REST/SOAP APIs and enterprise integration patterns.
• DevOps and CI/CD practices, using tools such as Copado, Gearset, Bitbucket, or similar.
• Building and managing release management processes and deployment pipelines.
• Implementing secure data models, enterprise security frameworks, and information governance principles.
• Working with large datasets and data migration strategies.
• Establishing development standards, coding best practices, and platform governance.
• Leading technical design workshops and producing high-level solution designs.
• Influencing technical roadmaps in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentoring, coaching, and leading developers to promote technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Salesforce Platform App Builder or Platform Administrator certification (desirable).
• Salesforce Platform Developer II certification (desirable).
• Salesforce Sales Cloud and/or Service Cloud Consultant certification (desirable).
• Salesforce Application Architect and/or System Architect certification (desirable).
• Knowledge of Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud (desirable).
• Technical leadership within a Salesforce development team (desirable).
• Implementing Salesforce governance and platform management frameworks (desirable).
• Middleware and enterprise integration platforms (desirable).
• Higher Education sector knowledge, including student recruitment, marketing, student records, student experience, and commercial operations (desirable).
• Understanding of GDPR and data protection requirements (desirable).

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• SOAP

Benefits

• 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!
• A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
• BUPA Cash Plan Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
• Access to Perkbox benefits
• Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends
• Plus, other excellent benefits
• Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education