Salesforce Senior Developer/Lead

Who we are

We are an organisation that exists to drive progress. That's the “red thread” that connects everyone at The Economist Group (TEG). Our businesses share a devotion to innovation, independence and rigour in their fields of expertise. We empower people to understand and tackle the critical challenges and changes facing the world. Our analytical rigour, global expertise and evidence-based insights enable individuals and organisations to make sense of these shifts and chart a course through them. 

We deliver analysis and insights in many formats to subscribers and businesses in 170 countries through our three businesses, The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education, which uphold our global reputation for excellence and integrity.

The Salesforce Developer Lead will support the expansion of our Salesforce capabilities while working on projects from requirement gathering to design and implementation. Responsibilities will include Salesforce configuration and development (Apex and LWCs) along with system maintenance and customization to support business requirements. The role demands considerable Salesforce.com experience developing programmatically and providing architectural recommendations.This is an exciting role which will allow the successful candidate to gain exposure to multiple Salesforce Clouds and be a part of a dynamic team, interacting with stakeholders across different departments and levels.

How you will contribute:

• Proactively interact with stakeholders to understand Salesforce requirements and subsequently translate them into technical specifications;
• Manage delivery of functional and technical solutions and system integrations including testing strategy and execution;
• Ensure proposed technical solutions meet Salesforce coding best practice and code coverage to be at 90%+;
• Manage existing and build new integrations between Salesforce and other applications;
• Perform and execute functional testing;
• Work with business colleagues to gain user acceptance and take up;
• Create and keep Salesforce related technical documents and training materials up-to-date;
• Keep up-to-date with new Salesforce releases and promptly identify features which could add value to the Economist’s Salesforce users and those which will impact existing processes and require urgent attention as required;
• Perform administrative tasks such as creating or updating fields, page layouts, process builders and flows, reports and dashboards and managing data using data loader or other tools.
• Experience working in a product led development environment, with a focus on quality and velocity to deliver our roadmap.

The ideal skills for this role are:

• Relevant bachelor’s degree (or equivalent);
• At least Administrator, Platform Developer I. Platform Developer II and Javascript Developer certifications.
• In depth and progressive Salesforce experience (from administrator to developer) gained in a similar role;
• Experience working on Salesforce products - Sales, Service and Experience Clouds;
• Knowledge of REST and SOAP API's, along with understanding semi-structure data like JSON;
• Ability to design complex SOQL and SOSL queries;
• The development of custom front-end Lightning Web Components;
• Point-and-click development within a Lightning environment;
• Analysis and design through to successful implementation of Salesforce.com, including experience with Salesforce.com developer toolkit including Apex Classes, Controllers, Triggers, Batch jobs;
• Ability to manage code coverage within the governance limit;
• Ability to provide application users with technical and functional support;
• A good understanding of the Salesforce data model, alongside designing future object definitions and relationships;
• Exposure to Agile development methodologies and JIRA as a project management application;
• A proven track record of successful project delivery with at least three full project life cycles completed;
• Excellent teamwork with both clients and colleagues;
• Experience in development in Typescript/React/Next,js
• Experience in developing on cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS (not essential)

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Working Arrangements

The majority of our roles operate on a hybrid working pattern, with 3+ days office attendance required. 

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What we offer

Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance. It includes a highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan, private health insurance, and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program.

We also offer a range of lifestyle benefits, including our Work From Anywhere program, which allows you to work from any location where you have the legal right to do so for up to 25 days per year. In addition, we provide generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and even for moving home.

You will also be given free access to all The Economist content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more.