Salesforce Technical Lead

Job Title

Salesforce Technical Lead

Division Digital Location Hybrid – Clearwater Court – RG1 8DB

Contract type:
Permanent Full/Part-time Full-time

Salary:
Competitive up to £85,000 per annum, depending on experience

Job grade: C

Closing date: 02/06/2026

• Leading the scope, design and delivery of Salesforce solutions using Agile methodologies
• Translating business requirements and user stories into functional Salesforce solutions
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to developers and partner teams
• Reviewing and assuring technical deliverables to ensure quality, security and best practice
• Supporting integrations, APIs, platform events and complex technical problem solving
• Owning CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes and release management
• Supporting production incidents, testing and Go-Live activities
• Driving continuous improvement across the Salesforce platform and Dev Ops practices

• Strong hands‑on Salesforce development experience including Apex, Visualforce, Lightning and APIs
• Experience designing and delivering end‑to‑end Salesforce solutions
• Strong understanding of Salesforce Service Cloud and Field Service
• Experience with integrations, data models and custom objects
• Experience working within Agile and Dev Ops environments
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, source control and deployment processes
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Salesforce certifications (Developer, Architect or Service Cloud Consultant) desirable
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience with in utilities or regulated environments
• Salesforce administration experience including roles, users, SSO and MFA
• Experience with Salesforce CPQ or Commerce Cloud
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
• Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks

Base location: Reading – Clearwater Court

Working pattern or hours: 36 hours Monday to Friday, hybrid working

Travel requirement: Ability to travel to Thames Water sites as required

• Competitive salary up to £85,000 depending on experience
• Annual Leave – 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service (plus bank holidays)
• Annual performance‑related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
• Generous Pension Scheme through AON
• Private Medical Health Care
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing benefits and financial support, including annual health MOTs, physiotherapy and counselling, Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance

We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.