Salesforce Developer

Mon, 04/27/2026 - 04:32

We’re hiring | Salesforce Developer – Product Engineering Team (ISV) in Winnersh (Reading area), UK | Hybrid (3 days onsite)

At Sage, we’re looking for a Salesforce Developer to join our Sage People product engineering team in Winnersh.

Sage People is a global HR & people management SaaS product built on the Salesforce ( Force.com ) platform, serving customers worldwide. As an ISV, we build and evolve one single product, with a strong focus on code quality, scalability and long‑term architecture.

This is a hands-on engineering role — not Salesforce administration, not consulting, not bespoke customer development.

Team culture & environment

What really makes this role stand out is the team.

- A stable, close‑knit engineering group — many team members have worked together for 8+ years

- A friendly, supportive and human environment, where people genuinely enjoy working together

- Engineers, testers, architects and product managers collaborating daily as one product team

- A culture that values shared ownership, learning and constructive technical discussions

- Strong leadership momentum and investment, particularly around AI and Salesforce innovation

- A modern, welcoming office in Winnersh, with teams enjoying face‑to‑face collaboration as part of a hybrid model

You’ll join a team where collaboration matters more than hierarchy, and where people stay because they like both the work and the people.
What you’ll be doing

As a Salesforce Developer, you will:

- Design, develop and maintain high‑quality Salesforce solutions for a global SaaS product

- Work hands-on with: Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning / Lightning Web Components (LWC)

- The Force.com platform, delivering customer and people management functionality

- Translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions

- Contribute to technical design, architecture discussions and system thinking

Collaborate closely with:

- Salesforce Developers team

- Angular frontend engineers

- Testers, Product Managers and Architects

- Work in a modern environment using Git, Jira, IntelliJ, CI/CD pipelines

- Take part in Scrum / SAFe ceremonies, quarterly planning and product releases

- Contribute to a product roadmap that increasingly includes AI-driven capabilities

==> Important: this role requires real, hands-on development on Salesforce — it is not a configuration or admin position.

What we’re looking for

==> Core skills (key requirements)

- Proven experience with object-oriented programming, ideally Java or C#

- Experience developing with Salesforce Lightning

- Hands-on delivery of solutions on the Force.com platform

- Strong proficiency in Apex, SOQL and JavaScript

- Ability to manage and deliver complex business and technical requirements

==> Nice to have (but not essential)

- Experience with Git, Jira and IntelliJ, and CI/CD practices

- Exposure to Salesforce REST APIs

- Salesforce Developer Certification

==> We are open to:

- Experienced Salesforce Developers, or / and

- Backend developers (Java / C#) looking to specialise in Salesforce, with strong development fundamentals and a desire to learn

==> Benefits – we have plenty

- Competitive salary plus generous bonus scheme

- Pension plan: up to 8% matched + 2% top-up by Sage

- 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to 5 more

- 8 bank holidays

- 5 paid volunteer days per year via the Sage Foundation

- 50% income protection

- Holiday buy & sell

- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage

- Work Away scheme (up to 10 weeks per year)

- Ongoing training and professional development

- Hybrid working

- Healthy Mind app membership

- Access to financial, health and wellbeing memberships

==> Discover life at Sage:

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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