Salesforce Developer

Job Description

At Sage, we’re looking for a Salesforce Developer to join our Sage People product engineering team in Winnersh.

Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Team culture & environment

• A stable, close‑knit engineering group — many team members have worked together for 8+ years
• A friendly, supportive and human environment, where people genuinely enjoy working together
• Engineers, testers, architects and product managers collaborating daily as one product team
• A culture that values shared ownership, learning and constructive technical discussions
• Strong leadership momentum and investment, particularly around AI and Salesforce innovation
• A modern, welcoming office in Winnersh, with teams enjoying face‑to‑face collaboration as part of a hybrid model

Responsibilities

As a Salesforce Developer, you will:

• Design, develop and maintain high‑quality Salesforce solutions for a global SaaS product
• Work hands‑on with Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning and Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• Deliver customer and people management functionality on the Force.com platform
• Translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions
• Contribute to technical design, architecture discussions and system thinking

Collaborate closely with:

• Salesforce Developers team
• Angular frontend engineers
• Testers, Product Managers and Architects
• Work in a modern environment using Git, Jira, IntelliJ, CI/CD pipelines
• Take part in Scrum / SAFe ceremonies, quarterly planning and product releases
• Contribute to a product roadmap that increasingly includes AI‑driven capabilities

What we’re looking for

Core skills (key requirements)

• Proven experience with object‑oriented programming, ideally Java or C#
• Experience developing with Salesforce Lightning
• Hands‑on delivery of solutions on the Force.com platform
• Strong proficiency in Apex, SOQL and JavaScript
• Ability to manage and deliver complex business and technical requirements

Nice to have (but not essential)

• Experience with Git, Jira and IntelliJ, and CI/CD practices
• Exposure to Salesforce REST APIs
• Salesforce Developer Certification

We are open to

• Experienced Salesforce Developers, or
• Backend developers (Java / C#) looking to specialise in Salesforce, with strong development fundamentals and a desire to learn

Benefits – we have plenty

• Competitive salary plus generous bonus scheme
• Pension plan: up to 8% matched + 2% top‑up by Sage
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to 5 more
• 8 bank holidays
• 5 paid volunteer days per year via the Sage Foundation
• 50% income protection
• Holiday buy & sell
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• Work Away scheme (up to 10 weeks per year)
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Hybrid working
• Healthy Mind app membership
• Access to financial, health and wellbeing memberships