Salesforce Developer
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Salesforce Developer
Up to £65,000 per annum
Bromley, Kent
Permanent
Full-Time
We have an opportunity for an experienced Salesforce Developer to join us.
Your day to day will include:
- Gathering requirements from product backlog and design specs.
- Translating business requirements into user friendly and maintainable solutions.
- Ability to design and implement declarative and programmatic solutions to the highest standard.
- Recording technical specifications and communicating effectively to non-technical stakeholders
- Continuous learning and development
Working hours are 40 hours a week Monday to Friday. Start times can vary from 7.30am to 9.30am. After a successful training period there is flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week.
What we require
- Demonstrable experience as a Salesforce developer.
- Salesforce Certified Administrator and Platform App Builder. Salesforce Certified Developer 1 would be an advantage.
- Extensive Configuration experience (Workflow, Process Builder, Flows etc.).
- Experience with customization on the Salesforce platform using Apex, SOQL, SOSL, Data Loader and other declarative tools.
- Experience of Salesforce Sales or Service Cloud.
- Knowledge of Salesforce Marketing Cloud would be an advantage.
- Passionate to learn newer features within the Salesforce platform through Trailhead and Salesforce certifications.
What we offer you
- Competitive Salary – Up to £65,000 per annum, based on experience and skills
- Generous Leave – 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays to recharge and relax
- Life Assurance – Coverage of 4x your pensionable earnings for peace of mind
- Pension Scheme – Contributory plan to help you invest in your future
- Day of Caring – 1 paid day per year to support a charity of your choice
- Wellbeing Support – Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for confidential help and guidance
About us
Foresters Financial is not your typical financial services provider. Those who join our purpose-driven organisation enjoy a culture of collaboration, creativity, and mutual respect and are challenged to do their best to make a difference every day. We help everyday families achieve their financial goals and make a lasting difference in their lives and communities.
What we do
We help everyday families achieve their financial goals and make a lasting difference in their lives and communities. We will continue to do this by employing enthusiastic and talented Financial Advisers working across the country and equally talented people to be based at our Head Office in Bromley.
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⭐ Highlight your Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder certifications prominently as these are explicitly required
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🌐 Emphasise your Sales Cloud or Service Cloud experience as the role specifically mentions these platforms
🎯 Showcase your declarative solutions expertise with Process Builder and Flows as this is heavily emphasised
🤝 Demonstrate your ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders through specific examples
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- •Developed 25+ custom Apex classes and triggers for Sales Cloud implementation, reducing manual processing time by 45%
- •Built automated workflows using Process Builder and Flows for 8 business processes, improving data accuracy by 92%
- •Migrated 50,000+ customer records using Data Loader while maintaining 99.8% data integrity across Service Cloud
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Foresters Financial's commitment to helping everyday families achieve their financial goals aligns perfectly with my passion for developing Salesforce solutions that make a real difference. With my Salesforce Administrator and Platform App Builder certifications, plus extensive experience in Apex development and declarative tools, I am well-positioned to contribute to your Bromley-based development team.
My background in Salesforce development includes designing complex business processes using Process Builder and Flows, implementing custom Apex solutions, and translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders across Sales and Service Cloud platforms.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Explain the difference between declarative and programmatic solutions in Salesforce
- ›How would you design a complex business process using Process Builder versus Apex?
- ›What are the governor limits you need to consider when writing SOQL queries?
- ›Describe your approach to data migration using Data Loader
- ›How do you handle error handling and debugging in Apex code?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to explain a technical solution to non-technical stakeholders
- ›Describe a situation where you had to gather requirements from multiple stakeholders with conflicting needs
- ›Give an example of how you've stayed current with new Salesforce features and certifications
- ›Tell me about a challenging Salesforce implementation you worked on and how you overcame obstacles
- ›Describe a time when you had to balance declarative versus programmatic approaches to solve a business problem
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to explain a technical solution to non-technical stakeholders
Describe a situation where you had to gather requirements from multiple stakeholders with conflicting needs