Solution Lead - Salesforce

We're looking for a talented, passionate and versatile Solution Lead, with a growth mindset and a commitment to technical excellence. As a key member of our agile development community, you'll build and maintain our Salesforce Ecosystem and its integration with our wider technology landscape, whilst embracing industry best practice and standards. Your highly collaborative style will help to nurture a culture of growth and learning, and you will demonstrate the courage and resilience to persevere when faced with new challenges.

Our Salesforce technology stack is mostly made up of the following technologies: APEX, JavaScript, SOQL, SOSL, Flows, Lightening Web Components, HTML, CSS, Custom Objects, Complex Batch Jobs, Triggers, Azure DevOps, Odaseva & Copado, with internal integrations facilitated through our Azure Cloud Services architecture.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

• Developing solutions to the required quality, design, coding, performance and security standards, in a fast-paced agile environment
• Providing production support, through investigations of incidents, triage and fix
• Testing solutions thoroughly, prioritizing the use of automated testing standards and techniques
• Using a mixture of low code and click driven solutions alongside more customised coded and developed options when required
• Creating and supporting custom lightning web components, triggers alongside scheduled batch jobs
• Ensuring quality and continuous improvement through design reviews, code reviews, retrospectives
• Taking collective ownership for the platform as a whole, responding to its needs for stability and availability
• Providing accurate and timely estimates for proposed solution development
• Working closely with colleagues to share knowledge and ensure the continuous growth of our development community

• Prior experience in a similar Salesforce Engineering role with relevant qualifications such as Platform Developer I and Salesforce Administrator
• Experience working across the Salesforce Ecosystem including Salesforce Financial Services Cloud
• Strong understanding of Clean Code practices, Object Orientation, SOLID Principles, Design Patterns, Governor Limits and Salesforce Best Practices
• Growth-oriented and adaptable with an ability to meet the changing needs of the platform and our customers
• Passionate about software development, demonstrating your passion through blogging, contribution to open source projects, attending tech events, pet projects at home
• Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders and adapt your style to meet the needs of your audience
• Curiosity, with a desire to innovate to find optimal technical solutions

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in the United Kingdom.

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Your own Pluralsight license and the time to use it
• MSDN subscription
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

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AXA UK Support Functions power AXA's three customer facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you've got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you're just starting out, we'll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.