# Principal Developer (Salesforce)

**Company**: OFGEM
**Location**: Cardiff, Wales
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Flexible
**Salary**: GBP 63,443 - 86,547 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Principal Developer (Salesforce) at Ofgem, you will lead the technical strategy and operational management of Ofgem's Salesforce environment. You will oversee development and administration teams, ensure high-quality solution delivery and provide technical assurance across the platform.

Responsibilities:

- Defining and leading the technical strategy for Salesforce application development and administration across the organisation.

- Overseeing the performance, stability and optimisation of Salesforce platforms, ensuring services meet enterprise standards for reliability, security and scalability.

- Leading development and administration teams, setting standards, building capability and driving continuous improvement.

- Providing technical assurance for configurations, integrations, release processes and automation pipelines.

- Managing supplier and systems integrator performance, ensuring delivery aligns with contractual, technical and quality expectations.

- Engaging with senior stakeholders to align Salesforce services with business needs and strategic priorities.

- Driving continuous improvement through optimisation of platform capabilities, processes and tooling.

- Leading on architectural decisions and long-term platform evolution, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.

- Overseeing service management processes, including incident, problem and change management, ensuring effective operation of live services.

- Supporting governance and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to organisational and regulatory standards.

Requirements:

- Extensive experience managing and delivering complex Salesforce environments at enterprise scale.

- Proven experience leading both Salesforce development and administration teams.

- Strong knowledge of Salesforce architecture, integration, performance optimisation and governance.

- Experience managing suppliers and systems integrators, ensuring quality and accountability.

- The ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across technical and business domains.

Relevant certifications such as Salesforce Certified App Builder, Advanced Administrator and Platform Developer II (or willingness to obtain) are expected.

Benefits:

- Salary of £63,443 - £86,547 per year.

- Contribution of £18,379 towards Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

- 30 days annual leave after 2 years.

- Excellent training and development opportunities.

- Hybrid working (currently 1 day a week in the office).

- Flexible working hours and family friendly policies.

## Skills

### Required
- Salesforce
- Salesforce Certified App Builder
- Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II

### Nice to have
- offshore SI management

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