Principal Salesforce Engineer

An opportunity has arisen for a data driven leader to join the team as a Principal Salesforce Engineer. As a Principal Salesforce Engineer, you will report to the Head of Data Engineering, and you will build and lead a team of Salesforce engineers. Collaborating closely with teams across BPP P&T department (Data, Product Management, Product Design & Engineering), you will help deliver and evolve BPP Education's vision to become more customer centred, design and data informed, to build products that meet and exceed our users' needs across our education ecosystem.

BPP Education is entering a new phase of its growth and evolution, attracting thousands more students each year and expanding into new verticals and new markets globally. The BPP Product & Technology (P&T) organisation is evolving rapidly, and driving transformation of its platforms, digital products and experiences, in order to help BPP Education scale and meet the growth of the business in the coming years. We're looking for a leader to help us build and grow our Salesforce capabilities from within the wider Data Engineering team. This team enables BPP to leverage data, to inform and optimise how we deliver scalable, secure and performant experiences that delight and engage learners during their time studying with BPP and beyond, throughout their working lives.

What if you read the description and don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway - we value diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity!

Why work for BPP Education Group? It is a great time to join BPP Education Group as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP Education Group such as:

• Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP's courses for free - be it a professional qualification or full degree.
• With hybrid working available, you'll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.
• We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30/33 days, and there's a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more.
• Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage a team of Salesforce Engineers.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members to help them grow and develop their skills. Encourage continuous learning and development through training, feedback, and regular performance reviews.
• Be an advocate for strong engineering principles and ways of working, ensuring consistency and quality across the team.
• Provide feedback on data governance policies and advocate for how they are used.
• Be up to date with industry best practices, new technologies, and emerging trends.
• Collaborate with the Data Engineering team to build a single source of truth for all business-critical information at BPP.
• Develop a team of Salesforce engineers, whose responsibility is to:

• Capture requirements from key stakeholders, question and understand why / what problems people are trying to solve so that engineering solutions can be communicated and built.
• Advise on latest Salesforce capability and product sets including appropriate add-ons and APIs to be able to confidently implement solutions.
• Confidently configure Salesforce solutions that add value to customer experience, staff experience and data integrity.
• Ensure that all Salesforce development is testable, scalable, maintainable, easy to read and understand.

To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:

• Proven experience as a technical leader within a Salesforce Engineering environment.
• Confident in writing and reading code.
• Experience mentoring and coaching engineers.
• Experience in developing Salesforce engineering skills in line with business needs.
• Experience in implementing best practice and ways of working across a team.
• Demonstrable experience of working in Agile environments and more importantly an Agile culture and ethos.
• Deep understanding of how to translate product and business goals into technology solutions.
• Passionate about what you do and have a high interest in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise.
• As a great influencer with great communication skills, you love sharing your knowledge with others and helping them grow.

Desired Skills:

• Well versed in cloud-based data storage solutions, data lakes, customer data platforms.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo a Basic DBS Check. BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know! BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP's safer recruitment practices. BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.