Salesforce Developer

Hitachi Digital LLC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Salesforce Developer with 5–7 years of experience in Salesforce platform development. The ideal candidate will design scalable solutions and mentor junior developers while ensuring adherence to best practices. A strong background in Salesforce technologies, API integrations, and DevOps tools is required. This position offers a vibrant work environment and opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Support for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of Salesforce development experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in Salesforce platforms and integrations.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools for deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable Salesforce solutions.
• Collaborate with architects and developers for best practices.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.

Skills

Salesforce development

Apex

Visualforce

Lightning Web Components

Salesforce Flows

REST/SOAP API integrations

Agile methodologies

Education

Salesforce Platform Developer I certification

Tools

Git

Copado

Jenkins

Job description

We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.

Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.

Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

The role:

We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Developer with 5–7 years of hands-on expertise in Salesforce platform development, customization, and integration. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing scalable solutions, implementing best practices, mentoring junior developers, and ensuring that our Salesforce environment meets evolving business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Development & Customization
  • Design, develop, and implement custom solutions using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Aura components.
  • Build and maintain custom objects, workflows, validation rules, flows, and triggers.
  • Develop and maintain integrations with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs and middleware tools.
• Collaborate with technical architects to design scalable and secure Salesforce solutions.
• Ensure adherence to Salesforce best practices, coding standards, and security guidelines.
• System Enhancements & Support
  • Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues in existing implementations.
  • Perform unit testing, integration testing, and deployment activities using CI/CD tools (e.g., Git, Copado, Jenkins).
• Work closely with business analysts, admins, and QA teams to deliver quality solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

What you’ll bring:

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5–7 years of Salesforce development experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura
  • Salesforce Flows and Process Builder
  • SOQL, SOSL queries
  • REST/SOAP API integrations
• Proficiency in Salesforce configuration, declarative development, and customization.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools (Git, Copado, Jenkins, Bitbucket, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce data model, security model, and governor limits.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Salesforce Platform Developer I (mandatory), Platform Developer II (preferred), or equivalent certification.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud,
• Exposure to Einstein Analytics, Marketing Cloud, or CPQ is a plus.
• Familiarity with integration platforms

About us

We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.

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Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

Georgia Venetsanakos

Empathy is important. When we love working with the people around us, we like coming into work and dealing with those people every day.

Lynda Brown

My experience has taught me to give people chances - it’s amazing to see how much they can flourish when you do.

Gregory Mason

I love to have discussions with employees and managers on what we can do to support the overall wellbeing of our teams.

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Prasanthi Sathyaprakash

Working as a group has always given me energy and kept me motivated, we can deliver amazing results as a collective.

Mehdi H. Choudhury

Hitachi’s commitment to sustainability and proactiveness to support clients as a social responsibility makes me excited about the future.

Kinga Wos-Ryske

Hitachi offers great work-life balance, and flexible working arrangements - from remote to hybrid. If you are interested in comprehensive and competitive perks and benefits, you will find it all here.

Georgia Venetsanakos

Empathy is important. When we love working with the people around us, we like coming into work and dealing with those people every day.