Engineer - Salesforce

Overview

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs.

• interactive investor
  , the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

Our Client Technology team is at the forefront of digital transformation, delivering innovative solutions that enhance client engagement and operational efficiency. The team collaborates across the business to design and implement scalable, secure, and user-centric platforms that support our strategic goals.

Join our Client Technology team as a Salesforce Engineer, where your technical expertise will help drive innovation through collaboration. You ll work closely with product owners, architects, analysts, and talented cross-functional teams to design and develop creative Salesforce solutions that enhance client engagement, sales, service, and marketing. Together, we ll build scalable, secure, and efficient capabilities that push boundaries and support our shared vision for the organisation.

• Design and implement robust Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Omnistudio, Flows, and integrations with external systems.

• Support the modernisation of legacy Salesforce implementations, leveraging best practices and scalable architecture patterns.

• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following Salesforce development standards and participate in peer reviews.

• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Gearset, Copado, or Azure Dev Ops.

• Champion test automation and deployment governance.

• Explore and apply AI-powered development tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot) to enhance engineering efficiency.

• Drive enhancements in tooling, development processes, and platform capabilities.

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.

• Troubleshoot complex issues and propose innovative solutions across the Salesforce ecosystem.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product managers, and analysts to deliver user-centric solutions.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Proven experience as a Salesforce Engineer or Developer in a complex enterprise environment.

• Expertise in Salesforce platform development including Apex, LWC, Omnistudio, Flows, and REST/SOAP APIs.

• Experience with at least one of the following:
  Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, or Financial Services Cloud.

• Strong understanding of Salesforce security, data modelling, and governor limits.

• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Gearset, Copado, Azure Dev Ops).

• Familiarity with test automation and observability within the Salesforce ecosystem.

• Knowledge of AI-powered development tools and automation techniques.

• Experience working in Agile teams and delivering collaboratively.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• A client and user-focused mindset, ensuring they…