Senior Salesforce Developer

About the Role

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Responsibilities

• You'll work on a platform that manages the full insurance lifecycle
• from quote to claim
• at scale, for real clients who depend on it. Specifically, you'll:
• Lead Salesforce architectural decisions across our Insurance platform
• Build and extend capabilities for policy lifecycle management, claims processing and client relationship management
• Design and implement integrations across policy administration, claims intake, adjudication and payment processing
• Build and maintain complex Apex logic, Lightning Web Components and Salesforce Flows that drive our insurance operations
• Ensure our platform scales reliably as our insurance business grows
• across Life Cover, Funeral Cover and Credit Insurance
• Mentor junior and intermediate developers on the team
• Drive development standards and engineering best practices within the Salesforce space
• Evaluate and introduce Salesforce capabilities that move our Insurance platform forward

Requirements

• 6+ years of software development experience, with meaningful Salesforce platform exposure
• Back-end development experience in Java or similar object-oriented languages, considered a strong foundation for Salesforce development
• A track record of designing and delivering complex Salesforce solutions end-to-end
• Experience working in regulated or financial services environments is a strong advantage
• The ability to explain technical decisions clearly
• to engineers, architects and business stakeholders
• A genuine interest in growing the engineers around you
• Minimum: Grade 12 National Certificate
• Required: Salesforce Platform Developer I
• You can apply expert-level knowledge and develop others' understanding across:
• Apex programming
• triggers, service classes, batch Apex, queueable Apex and scheduled Apex
• Lightning Web Components
• component structure, data connectivity, cross-component communication and Lightning Design System
• Salesforce Flow
• record-triggered flows, screen flows, scheduled flows and auto-launched flows
• SOQL and SOSL
• efficient querying, governor limit management and multi-object data retrieval
• Insurance-specific data modelling
• policies, claims, coverages, participants and financial transactions
• API integration
• REST and SOAP services, Named Credentials, OAuth 2.0 and external system authentication
• Apex test class design
• unit tests, integration tests and bulk operation tests with meaningful coverage
• IT systems development processes (SDLC) and version control
• Our insurance business is still in its early days, with a three-year growth plan and a significant demand pipeline ahead. The architectural decisions you make now will shape how our platform scales. Your work won't sit in a backlog
• it'll reach clients directly.
• We're committed to helping South Africans overcome the barriers to life insurance by providing a simple, affordable, accessible and personalised solution. The platform you build is how we keep that promise
• for every claim submitted, every policy issued, every client covered.
• If you've come from a Java background, your experience in object-oriented thinking, back-end architecture and system design transfers directly into Salesforce development. We see that depth as a strength, not a gap.
• We are passionate people who love what we do, and we contribute and work together as a team to achieve our purpose. You'll mentor developers who are motivated to grow, in a space where your Salesforce expertise is genuinely valued.
• We believe in investing in the growth and development of our people and proactively encourage continuous learning and development. We have a high internal promotion rate; if you are a self-starter who takes initiative and is motivated to be the best you can be, the opportunities for growth are endless. That includes support for Salesforce certifications as you grow with us.
• We welcome diverse thinking, promote a learning environment, and encourage each team member to use the available opportunities to grow and unlock their potential. We value humility, informality and entrepreneurial spirit. No politics. No suits.
• You can be based at any of our head-office locations Cape Town or Johannesburg on a Hybrid bases (Maximum 3 days in office)
• Clear criminal and credit record

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred: A relevant tertiary qualification in information technology
• Preferred: Salesforce Platform Developer II, Salesforce Administrator, or Salesforce Financial Services Cloud accreditation