Senior Salesforce Developer

Methods

Methods is an established £100m Digital Transformation company, part of the Alten Group, which over the last 30+ years has provided innovative business and digital technology services. We have over 50 active clients many of which have been working with us for more than 10 years.

Since our establishment in 1990, Methods has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Our mission is to improve and safeguard public‑facing services. We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - we have a customer‑centric value system whereby we focus on delivering what is right for our clients. We passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard;

we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Predominantly focused on the public‑sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio. Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.

Headquartered in central London, with seven regional offices, the company has over 300 colleagues in an organisation centred around distinct portfolio offerings and a further central support services function. Methods delivers multi‑disciplinary and full‑lifecycle services in a range of specialisms, all related to transitioning from monolithic legacy estates to new, user‑centric, cloud and hybrid‑based models. The company is a national leader in combining user‑centred digital service design with cloud‑based open architecture and modern technology services.

The Role

The Senior Salesforce Developer holds end‑to‑end responsibility for designing, developing, and enhancing Salesforce solutions that underpin the delivery of high‑quality services aligned to business requirements.

The role provides technical leadership and direction, ensuring that development resources are effectively deployed to maintain business‑as‑usual capability while delivering agreed enhancements and transformation activity that support system stability, scalability, and long‑term sustainability.

Acting as the senior technical point of contact for Salesforce delivery, the Senior Salesforce Developer ensures best‑practice governance, coding standards, and development methodologies are consistently applied. The role works closely with business analysts, product owners, architects, and third‑party suppliers to ensure solution continuity and alignment across the Salesforce ecosystem.

The Senior Salesforce Developer contributes to the continuous improvement of development practices, supports capability uplift across the team, and ensures that Salesforce solutions continue to evolve in line with platform innovations and organisational needs.

• Lead the design, development, and customisation of Salesforce applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, and related technologies.
• Own the technical design process, ensuring solutions meet architectural standards, security requirements, and business needs.
• Integrate Salesforce with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, and third‑party applications.
• Conduct code reviews, enforce development best practices, and ensure high‑quality, reusable, and scalable code.
• Maintain data integrity, system performance, and platform scalability through proactive monitoring and technical optimisation.
• Ensure adoption of Salesforce Dev Ops practices, including Salesforce DX, version control (e.g., Git), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Remain up to date with Salesforce releases, evaluate new features, and recommend adoption within the organisation.
• Work closely with business analysts, solution architects, and stakeholders to gather, refine, and translate technical requirements into deliverable solutions.
• Act as the technical escalation point for complex issues across the Salesforce platform.
• Communicate technical decisions, platform considerations, and delivery status to…