Salesforce Developer

Firm: PA Consulting

Location:

London

• Competitive

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists.

And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. We challenge where it matters and own the outcome. We combine strategic thinking, customer‑centric service design, and agile engineering practices to accelerate innovation in a tech‑driven world.

• Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross‑disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust‑based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesn’t align with what you want to do.
• Hybrid working – our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors – no project is ever the same.
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative tech community through knowledge‑sharing and peer‑level support, coaching and mentoring.
• Deepen your expertise through our culture of learning and growth – you’ll have budget to take courses (technical and non‑technical training), plus gain certifications.

Higher Education is undergoing a massive digital shift, and we need a Salesforce Developer who can help us to modernise the digital experience across the entire student lifecycle leveraging the Salesforce Education Cloud. At PA, you will be part of a team that respects technical craft. We aren’t looking for someone to simply clear a ticket queue; we need a developer who considers the long‑term scalability of their work and takes pride in creating elegant solutions to the nuanced problems faced by modern universities.

• Design, develop, and maintain solutions on Salesforce Education Cloud to enhance the student lifecycle experience.
• Collaborate with business analysts, architects, and stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Build custom applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and declarative tools within Salesforce.
• Integrate Salesforce with other systems using APIs and middleware, ensuring data consistency and security.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and deployment processes to ensure high‑quality deliverables.
• Stay up to date with Salesforce releases and best practices, applying them to improve solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues and clients, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• 2‑3 years of experience in Salesforce development.
• Salesforce Platform Administrator certification;
  Education Cloud Consultant certification desired.
• Understanding of Salesforce architecture and its ecosystem.
• Proficient with programming languages such as Apex and JavaScript.
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience with Salesforce integrations and APIs.

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance. All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard; however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where…