Salesforce Developer - Hybrid, AI-Driven SaaS Platform

Job Title:

Salesforce Developer

Job Description

We're hiring | Salesforce Developer – Product Engineering Team (ISV) in Winnersh (Reading area), UK | Hybrid (3 days onsite)

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

• 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.

You’ll join a team where collaboration matters more than hierarchy, and where people stay because they like both the work and the people.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design, develop and maintain high‑quality Salesforce solutions for a global SaaS product.
• Work hands‑on with: Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning / Lightning Web Components (LWC).
• Deliver customer and people management functionality on the  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, Intelli
  
  J, 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.

Important: this role requires real, hands‑on development on Salesforce — it is not a configuration or admin position.

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  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 Intelli
  
  J, and CI/CD practices.
• Exposure to Salesforce REST APIs.
• Salesforce Developer Certification.

We are open to:

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

• 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
  .