Senior Salesforce Developer


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Recruiter

First Utility

Listed on

5th May 2016

Location

CV4

Salary/Rate

£40000 - £60000

Salary Notes

Plus Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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Summary

The UK’s fastest growing and largest independent energy supplier is seeking a Senior Salesforce Developer to join their expanding Salesforce development team. First Utility is committed to helping customers reduce their energy bills through the use of innovative technology, by offering cheaper tariffs and campaigning for industry change.

This opening comes at an exciting stage and offers a fantastic opportunity for you to be part of a team hungry to make a difference.

We are the ‘Growing Business Awards’ Growing Business of the Year 2014 and the only energy company to have been listed in the fast track 100 for four consecutive years. Our CTOBill Wilkins ranks as number 10 in the top 100 CTOs to work for in the UK.

Role Overview:

The Customer Service Platforms (CSP) department is responsible for a wide range of customer facing and back office applications that are essential to the delivery of excellent customer service. We are an energetic, innovative and multi-skilled agile group split into three development teams: Salesforce (our chosen CRM), 360 (a series of next generation web tools) and AskFirst

(our innovative and highly successful virtual agent).

We enjoy a close working relationship with our customer service colleagues and take a collaborative and data driven approach to everything we do. Every problem encountered is considered an opportunity for innovation and good ideas are promoted quickly.

As a Senior Salesforce Developer on the Salesforce development team you will play a critical role in the development of innovative technical solutions to the very practical business problems and opportunities we will face on our journey toward best in class customer service.

Areas of specific responsibility:

* Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, architects, UX specialists and cross platform testers to deliver innovative software solutions with a key focus on customer experience.

* Produce high quality, efficient, and defect free software that successfully meets requirements specified as user stories.

* As a member of a scrum development team take an active part in Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning/review/retrospective meetings and daily stand ups.

* Participate in code reviews and take accountability for any actions arising from them

* Provide mentorship to more junior members of the team.

* Promote software craftsmanship best practices (with a specific focus on Salesforce best practices).

* Maintain appropriate levels of Salesforce certification

Essential Skills:

* Excellent Apex and Visualforce skills

* Strong experience as a Salesforce developer (ideally as a senior developer)

* Experience of working within a fast paced software environment with a clear focus on customer experience

* Salesforce certifications: DEV401/Platform App Builder

* Good working knowledge of JQUERY, JavaScript, HTML and CSS

* A solid understanding of Agile / SCRUM methodologies

* Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of colleagues

Desirable Skills:

* Salesforce developer certification: DEV501, Platform Developer I and II (HighlyDesirable)

* Salesforce administrator certification: ADM201

* Practical implementation experience of Service Cloud

* A related Scrum certification

* Experience of working in the energy industry would be considered an advantage

* Experience of working with customer service teams would be considered an advantage

Benefits:

As well as a rewarding career, development opportunities and competitive salary, you’ll also enjoy 25 days hiday (plus Bank Holidays), pension, option to purchase childcare vouchers, and become eligible for our staff energy tariff along with other great ad-hoc offers

We believe in putting energy into looking after our teams, so you’ll benefit from BUPA Private Healthcare, cycle to work scheme, a great working environment with relaxation areas to recharge your batteries and free soft drinks available all day. We also have "Fruity Friday" where fresh fruit is available every week for all employees.

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