Job Introduction
Senior Salesforce Engineer
Here at BPP Education Group, an opportunity has arisen within Group IT for a passionate and experienced individual to join the team as a Senior Salesforce Engineer. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable Salesforce solutions across multiple business units and subsidiary organizations.
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 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
What you’ll be doing
In this role you will design, develop, and maintain scalable Salesforce solutions across multiple business units and subsidiary organizations. This role blends technical expertise in development, architecture, and administration with the ability to mentor a Junior Salesforce Administrator and contribute to our future global Salesforce strategy.
As such, you will be responsible for:
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain advanced Salesforce solutions, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with business objectives.
- Lead implementation and optimization of Salesforce features, advocating for best practices in performance and data integrity.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce quality standards, and champion robust testing methodologies for reliable deployments.
- Analyse and troubleshoot production issues, driving timely and impactful resolutions across Salesforce environments.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to capture and articulate requirements, ensuring solutions meet user and business needs.
- Promote data governance and privacy compliance, embedding these principles in all Salesforce solutions.
- Mentor and coach junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:
Skills, experience & qualifications required – Essential
- Proven experience as a Salesforce Engineer with strong expertise in Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning Components.
- Proficiency in Salesforce APIs for integrations and extending platform capabilities.
- Skilled in solution design, data modelling, and building user-friendly, technically sound Salesforce solutions.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, demonstrating a collaborative and iterative approach to delivery.
- Ability to mentor junior team members and contribute to team capability growth.
- Strong problem-solving mindset and excellent communication skills for stakeholder engagement.
Skills, experience & qualifications required – Desirable
- Familiarity with Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, Git-based CI/CD, and modern development practices.
- Exposure to event-driven architectures and integration tools such as MuleSoft.
- Experience with Salesforce Cloud Platforms (Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, CPQ, Billing).
- Knowledge of Salesforce data tools (e.g., Einstein Analytics) and best practices for data quality and governance.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic DBS and credit 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.
