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I’m currently working for a global FinTech business who are looking for a Senior Java Developer with experience in Salesforce to join their growing team in London on a hybrid basis while paying up to £90,000. The company have been around since 2013 and specialise in providing a varied FinTech product suite which serves global businesses across industries like Healthcare, Energy and E-Commerce. They tailor their products for companies of all sizes and have now grown across 20 countries with over 10,000 businesses supported.

They have also recently partnered with one of the ‘Top 5 Tech Giants’ where their products are being introduced into their FinTech ecosystem and are now looking to embark on AI integration plans throughout 2025. All this external growth means they are now looking to add to their Development team with many of these exciting projects already underway.

They are looking for a Senior Developer who has good experience working with Salesforce – which many of their platforms use on the backend – while also being an expert Java Developer and API integration. You will be part of a 4-5 person team and ultimately support the business in developing and enhancing the business product suite and bespoke software for an international client base.

This company are based in Central London and require office working of twice a week.

Technical Requirements

Minimum of 5 years software development experience.
Have worked in a FinTech environment previously.
Expert Java Developer and working with REST APIs.
Salesforce experience – admin/configuration/security/process automation.
Apex, JavaScript, SOQL, Testing.
Bonus Skills: AWS, LAMP Stack, Snowflake.
Develop integrations with 3rd party platforms.
Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to collaborate with wider teams.
Ideally have some technical project management experience.
Salary/Benefits

£80,000-£100,000
25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
Private Medical Insurance/Dental/DIS benefit.
Contributory Pension.
Perk Scheme.
Progression opportunities to Lead / Technical Architect.
If this opportunity is of interest, then please apply and I can give you a call.

Tim Stock
(phone number removed) / (phone number removed)
(url removed)

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