Senior Salesforce Software Engineer (Reading)
Job Description
hackajob is collaborating with Sage to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
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We’re hiring | Senior Salesforce Developer – Product Engineering Team (ISV) in Winnersh (Reading area), UK | Hybrid (3 days onsite)
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Sage People is a global HR & people management SaaS product built on the Salesforce (
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Force.com
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) platform, serving customers worldwide. As an ISV, we build and evolve one single product, with a strong focus on code quality, scalability, performance and long-term architecture.
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We’re looking for a senior hands-on Salesforce engineer who can go beyond feature delivery: someone able to understand business complexity, shape technical design, contribute to architecture decisions, and help build scalable, maintainable solutions within a mature Salesforce product environment.
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Team culture & environment
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What really makes this role stand out is the team.
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•\tA stable, close knit engineering group — many team members have worked together for 8+ years
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•\tA friendly, supportive and human environment, where people genuinely enjoy working together
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•\tEngineers, testers, architects and product managers collaborating daily as one product team
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•\tA culture that values shared ownership, learning and constructive technical discussions
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•\tStrong leadership momentum and investment, particularly around AI and Salesforce innovation
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•\tA modern, welcoming office in Winnersh, with teams enjoying face to face collaboration as part of a hybrid model
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What you’ll be doing
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As a Senior Salesforce Developer, you will take ownership of complex technical delivery while contributing to the design and architecture of our Salesforce-based product. You will work hands-on with Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning, Lightning Web Components, VisualForce and APIs, while helping define robust technical approaches for scalable product features.
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•\tDesign, develop and maintain enterprise-grade Salesforce product features with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability and performance
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•\tTranslate complex business requirements into clear technical designs and robust implementation plans
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•\tContribute actively to Salesforce architecture discussions, design reviews and long-term product decisions
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•\tApply strong object-oriented design principles, automated testing practices, code quality standards and CI/CD ways of working
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•\tMentor and support other engineers through code reviews, technical guidance and knowledge sharing
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This is a senior hands-on development role with genuine technical depth. It is not an admin or configuration-focused position: we are looking for someone who enjoys building, designing and improving complex Salesforce product capabilities.
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What we’re looking for
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Core skills
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•\tStrong hands-on Salesforce development experience, ideally within a product, SaaS or ISV environment
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•\tAdvanced knowledge of Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning and Lightning Web Components
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•\tGood understanding, and ideally practical experience, of Salesforce solution design and architecture
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•\tAbility to design scalable, secure and maintainable solutions while considering Salesforce platform limits, data model, integrations and performance
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•\tSolid object-oriented programming background, for example in Java or C#, with strong software engineering fundamentals
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Nice to have
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•\tExperience contributing to architecture reviews, technical roadmaps or design governance
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•\tExposure to Salesforce REST APIs, integrations and enterprise application architecture
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•\tExperience with Git, Jira, IntelliJ, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing strategies
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•\tSalesforce Platform Developer certification, or architecture-related Salesforce certifications
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•\tInterest in AI-driven product capabilities and how they can be embedded into Salesforce-based solutions
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Benefits – we have plenty
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•\tCompetitive salary plus generous bonus scheme
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•\tPension plan: up to 8% matched + 2% top-up by Sage
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•\t25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to 5 more
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•\t8 bank holidays
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•\t5 paid volunteer days per year via the Sage Foundation
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•\t50% income protection
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•\tHoliday buy & sell
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•\tComprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
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•\tWork Away scheme (up to 10 weeks per year)
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•\tOngoing training and professional development
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•\tHybrid working
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•\tHealthy Mind app membership
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•\tAccess to financial, health and wellbeing memberships
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Discover life at Sage:
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If you’re looking for a Salesforce developer role with real technical depth and a genuinely great team culture, we’d love to hear from you.
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