Join Barclays as a Salesforce Platform Engineer, where you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining scalable Salesforce solutions to meet our enterprise needs. This role requires strong expertise in Salesforce modular development, integration, and CI/CD practices to enable efficient, secure, and robust platform management across multiple organisations. To be successful as a Salesforce Platform Engineer, you should have: Modular Development&2nd-Generation Packaging (2GP): Deep understanding of modular development principles and significant experience with Salesforce 2GP, enabling the creation of reusable packages that support streamlined deployment, maintenance, and versioning in multi-org environments. Salesforce Development&Customization: Proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Salesforce Flows to design scalable and reusable solutions, including work with Connected Apps and the Salesforce Object Model. Integration Expertise: Strong background in API integration and middleware usage to seamlessly connect Salesforce with various enterprise systems and platforms. Data Management: Comprehensive knowledge in data migration, ETL processes, and best practices to maintain data integrity and quality across systems. DevOps&CI/CD (GitLab): Proficiency with GitLab version control and CI/CD pipelines, using automation to enhance testing, deployment, and integration. Code Efficiency&Reuse: Solid understanding of combining Salesforce’s as-a-service features with both low-code and pro-code practices to optimize for maintainability and performance. Security&Compliance: Expertise in Salesforce security configurations, including roles, profiles, permission sets, and industry compliance standards. Analytical Skills: Exceptional problem-solving skills and a proven ability to handle complex issues in multi-org environments. Some other highly valued skills may include: Multi-Org Experience: Experience managing multi-org environments with an understanding of org strategy, data sharing, and governance. Transition&Migration Expertise: Background in transitioning monolithic systems to hybrid or fully modular solutions. Salesforce Certifications: Relevant Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer I/II, Administrator) to validate your technical skills. Automation Tools: Familiarity with automated testing and monitoring tools to ensure ongoing platform quality. Financial Services Knowledge: Experience in Salesforce implementations within Financial Services. Metadata&Tooling APIs: Experience using Salesforce Metadata API and Tooling API for DevOps or analytics purposes. Inner-Source Development: Familiarity with best practices in concurrent development and branching strategies within an inner-source model. Multi-package Namespaces: Experience with multi-package namespace management for enhanced modularity and organization. You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. Location This role is based in Northampton. Purpose of the role To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.  Accountabilities Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance. Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, andother engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions. Implementationof effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L –Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others. OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis ofdata from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or informationthat is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.