Salesforce Principal Engineer

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The Digitisation Team is a key part of the IT function.

Reporting to the Head of Digitisation, the Principal Salesforce Engineer will provide technical leadership across our Salesforce ecosystem, encompassing both Salesforce Field Services (SFS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms. You will be responsible for owning Salesforce products across the organisation, setting and driving the roadmap for Salesforce solutions. In addition, to championing best practice, you will embed security-by-design when designing and building engineering solutions.

At Places for People, we are committed to a safe working environment so a basic DBS check is mandatory.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working with Salesforce Field Services and a proven track record of mentoring junior members of staff.

• Knowledge of Salesforce Field Services and Service Cloud are essential.
• Proven experience of working with Lightning Web Components.
• Experience mentoring junior members of staff.
• Be comfortable writing Apex code and building Lightning Web Components.
• An understanding of Salesforce Architecture.

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly.
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%.
• Excellent holiday package: 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave.
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs up to £500 saving per year.
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%.
• Training and development.
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. For this role, we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.