Salesforce Developer

Contract:
Initial 6-months, likely to be extended

We are seeking a highly skilled Salesforce Technical Performance Developer to diagnose, optimise, and resolve complex performance issues within a large-scale Salesforce environment. This is a hands‑on technical role, requiring deep expertise in Apex, Lightning, integrations, and platform optimisation.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the Salesforce platform remains scalable, performant, and aligned with best practices, particularly within complex and highly customised orgs.

• Analyse and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks across Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), integrations, and data operations
• Optimise SOQL/SOSL queries, batch jobs, triggers, and asynchronous processes for efficiency.
• Conduct end‑to‑end performance analysis using developer tools and monitoring frameworks.
• Identify and remediate high CPU usage, long‑running transactions, and inefficient data models.

• Investigate and resolve complex production issues in highly customised Salesforce orgs
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring failures and performance degradation
• Work closely with support teams and stakeholders to ensure timely issue resolution
• Recommend sustainable fixes instead of temporary workarounds
• Design and develop scalable solutions using:
• Apex (Triggers, Classes, Batch, Queueables, Future methods)
• Salesforce configuration and declarative tools
• Refactor legacy code to improve maintainability and performance
• Ensure coding aligns with best practices and organisational standards

• Enforce Salesforce development standards and performance guidelines.
• Conduct code reviews with a strong focus on performance and scalability
• Identify technical debt and drive remediation initiatives
• Contribute to reusable frameworks and design patterns

• Collaborate with architects, technical leads, and product owners
• Support critical releases, performance testing, and production deployments
• Assist in defining performance benchmarks and SLAs
• Strong hands‑on experience working on Salesforce performance optimisation

Deep expertise in:

• Apex development
• Governor limit issues
• Slow UI/component rendering
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce architecture and platform limits
• Experience working in complex, highly customised enterprise Salesforce orgs.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills

• Experience with:
• Performance monitoring tools and logging frameworks
• Exposure to:
• Service Cloud / Experience Cloud
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., Financial Services, Public Sector)