Salesforce Developer

Job Summary by the Career Balance Team:

Vitality, a UK insurance brand, is seeking a Salesforce developer to join their dedicated development team. The developer will be responsible for delivering front-end changes, working with stakeholders to understand requirements, and testing implementations. They must have a degree in a computing or programming-related subject, be Salesforce Developer 1 certified or working towards certification, and have knowledge of programming languages. The role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including a bonus scheme, pension plan, health insurance, and life assurance. Vitality is committed to diversity and inclusion and promotes a sustainable approach.

Job Description:About The Role
Team – Salesforce
Working Pattern – Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of our Vitality Offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Full time hours. 

What this role is all about:
As a Salesforce developer, you will be part of a highly skilled, dedicated, Salesforce development team supporting and enabling multiple business lines, across all products at Vitality. You will ensure that a successful Salesforce user experience is delivered to all users. The Salesforce developer will utilise in-depth knowledge of Salesforce platforms to ensure all developments meet best practice. Requirement translation into key deliverables will form part of the day to day role. Multiple project deliverables will be worked on at any time guiding towards pre-agreed release schedules.

Key Actions

• Developing and delivering front end changes, agreed and prioritised by the business areas
• Work with Business Analysts, Project Leads, Salesforce colleagues and Salesforce Solution Engineers to define and understand requirements, questioning where necessary, in terms of Salesforce capabilities
• Work alongside administrators and existing development team where required
• Testing new and existing implementations to the agreed software development lifecycle standards
• Evaluate the success of projects / processes on an ongoing basis and make recommendations based on a sound understanding of business priorities
• Collaborate with IT and other Distribution teams across the business to deliver high quality software solutions
• Working with multiple aspects of the Salesforce Lightning Platform (Service Cloud, Sales Cloud) across various business units and stakeholders; including but not limited to Apex Classes, Aura/Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, Controllers & Triggers, Data Loader, org customisation, and SOQL & SOSL
• Excellent knowledge of API’s, LWC’s and APEX
• Build excellent product knowledge and always remain up to date on business, industry, technical and customer strategies
• Ensure you understand and adhere to our Code of Conduct and where appropriate, comply with all relevant regulatory policies and mandatory training requirements

Essential Skills needed to fulfil this role:

• Educated to degree level in computing / programming related subject, or relevant experience in an Information Technology role
• Salesforce Developer 1 certified or working towards this certification
• General knowledge of programming languages and confident with learning new programming languages
• A high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work flexibly within tight deadlines with demanding stakeholders. Demonstrating effective time management skills at all times
• High level of attention to detail when creating and testing code for implementation
• Clear and concise written style and good presentation skills. Ability to communicate complicated technical concepts clearly, both verbally and in written form
• Take responsibility to manage own personal workload and ensuring process knowledge is accurate and up to date

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

Who We Are
At Vitality, everything we do is driven by our core purpose. To make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives through our market-leading health and life insurance and the Vitality Programme. We empower our members to take control of their wellness and develop long-term healthy habits.
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page.
Vitality’s approach to sustainability
Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.

About The Company
Vitality is a multi award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
Apart from offering some of the best cover out there, we help people take control of their health. We also help them get healthier, by giving them great rewards when they do healthy things.
As a brand with a challenger mindset, anyone who can show us a better way to do things is someone we want to work with. So when you join us, expect a positive environment and plenty of opportunities to grow your career. You’ll also have some brilliant teammates to support you and a dynamic work schedule to build your skills.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.
Hybrid and flexible working is also a key part of our organisational setup. So there’s no need to ask. Let’s talk about it at interview stage, so we can make your role work for your lifestyle. 
Ready to find out if we’re the right fit for you? We can’t wait.
 
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.Location: South West, Bournemouth