At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical quality for Salesforce Classic orgs, ensuring code excellence and platform stability.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company focused on innovative Salesforce solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by enhancing legacy systems and mentoring future developers.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in IT with strong Salesforce development experience and coding expertise.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
The Salesforce Classic Technical Lead owns the hands‑on technical quality of established Salesforce Classic orgs — typically large, heavily customised codebases with significant accumulated technical debt that are maintained and enhanced under a managed‑service arrangement.
The role combines deep Apex/Visualforce engineering with the discipline of objective, tool‑driven code‑quality remediation: planning and executing severity‑based remediation against the Salesforce Code Analyzer baseline, enforcing deployment quality gates, protecting platform stability (governor limits, data storage), and maintaining a defensible evidence trail suitable for client and audit scrutiny.
Code remediation classifies findings strictly against the Salesforce severity definitions rather than subjective interpretation. Enforce a strict remediation discipline: genuine fixes only (no suppressions / @SuppressWarnings / NOPMD), no net increase in any severity, and no functional/behavioural change during remediation.
Author and maintain custom PMD rules (XPath‑based rulesets referenced via code-analyzer.yml) to codify agreed quality patterns for consistent, repeatable detection. Define and uphold a clear exit/completion framework (zero Sev 1/2, managed Sev 3–5 thresholds, documented acceptance of exceptions) so remediation has an objective, finite endpoint.
Engineering ensures every change is backed by pre/post static‑scan logs and test results before sign‑off. Drive test‑quality standards: meaningful assertions over coverage percentage, correct use of Test.startTest()/stopTest(), @TestSetup, and elimination of unreliable / false‑positive tests; maintain coverage at or above the deployment threshold.
Own deployment readiness through CI/CD and merge‑request quality gates (e.g. AutoRabit), ensuring no code is promoted without passing the agreed static‑analysis gate. Maintain rigorous evidence and documentation (classification logs, exit‑framework records, support‑case trails) appropriate to a regulated banking environment and client escalation governance.
Coordinate with vendor support (e.g. Salesforce cases) to resolve tooling/configuration issues and to substantiate the team's quality position. Mentor developers on coding standards, preventive quality practices, and the remediation methodology to avoid reintroduction of debt.
8–12 years in IT with 5+ years hands‑on Salesforce development; demonstrable experience with Salesforce Classic and legacy org maintenance. Strong Apex, Visualforce, SOQL/SOSL, triggers, asynchronous Apex (Batch/Queueable/Future) and Salesforce data model expertise.
Practical experience with the Salesforce Code Analyzer / PMD — running scans, interpreting and classifying violations by severity, and ideally authoring custom XPath rules. Solid grasp of Salesforce security and sharing model (CRUD/FLS, with/without sharing), bulkification, and governor‑limit management.
Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling (AutoRabit, Gearset, Copado, or similar) and source control / merge‑request workflows. Experience operating in a managed‑service / enterprise support model, including status reporting, SLAs, and client governance.
Excellent written and verbal communication — able to produce clear governance documents and explain technical positions to non‑technical and senior stakeholders.
Desirable / Preferred Financial‑services or other regulated‑domain delivery experience, with awareness of data‑retention and audit expectations. Salesforce certifications: Platform Developer I/II, and ideally an Architect‑track credential (e.g. Application Architect). Experience with data archival approaches (external SQL / CData / DBAmp) and large‑data‑volume management. Exposure to Lightning migration planning from Classic. Familiarity with quality/management reporting and RAG‑based delivery governance.
Key Competencies: Objective, evidence‑led decision making — anchors quality judgements to defined standards, not opinion. Disciplined and risk‑aware — protects production stability and avoids regressions under delivery pressure. Clear communicator and credible client‑facing technical voice. Ownership and follow‑through — drives issues to closure and maintains a defensible audit trail.
