Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
The Integrated Channels Salesforce Tech Team within Everyday Banking is looking for an experienced and hands-on Lead Salesforce Developer to design, develop, and implement Salesforce solutions within our banking environment.
This role requires leadership and deep technical expertise to deliver secure, scalable, high-performance Salesforce solutions.
You will be responsible for hands-on development, guiding the team, and ensuring solutions align with our business and regulatory requirements.
Job Description
- Lead the design and hands-on development of Salesforce applications, ensuring high-quality solutions tailored to banking needs.
- Actively develop custom Apex classes, triggers, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Salesforce integrations.
- Provide technical leadership to a team of Salesforce developers and conduct code reviews.
- Develop and maintain integrations with banking systems and third-party tools using REST, SOAP, and middleware solutions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to analyse and translate business requirements into technical designs.
- Manage Salesforce environments, including sandbox setup, deployments, and system optimisation.
- Ensure compliance with banking regulations and security standards in all Salesforce implementations.
- Oversee data modelling, workflows, automation processes, and access controls in Salesforce.
- Stay updated on Salesforce platform enhancements and leverage them to improve system performance and capabilities.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues to ensure uninterrupted business operations.
- Document technical solutions and processes for maintainability and compliance audits.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in information technologies/computer science, Engineering/science, or a related field.
- Salesforce certifications such as Salesforce Platform Developer I/II or Salesforce System Architect (preferred).
- Minimum of 5-7 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Expertise in Salesforce technologies, including Apex, Aura, Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL/SOSL, and Salesforce APIs.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce administration, configuration, coding and security best practices.
- Proven experience integrating Salesforce with external systems, preferably in a banking or financial services environment.
- Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and the ability to work in a fast-paced setting.
- Familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD practices for Salesforce deployments. Experience in Branching and merging strategies.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with attention to detail.
- Experience working within regulated industries such as banking or finance (preferred).
Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
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What We Do
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.
We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
