Lead Salesforce Developer at Kpler

At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors. Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 700 experts from 35+ countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success. We’re looking for a Lead Salesforce Developer to take a hands-on, senior role in shaping and delivering our Salesforce platform. This is a staff-level individual contributor position, combining technical leadership with practical implementation. You’ll be responsible for designing and building robust solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, and modern integration patterns, while setting a high bar for code quality, testing, and maintainability. You’ll work closely with product, data, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable, well-architected systems that support critical commercial and operational workflows. The role sits at the centre of a broader ecosystem, with Salesforce integrated into NetSuite, authentication and authorisation services, and our customer support and sales tooling. You’ll provide architectural guidance across these boundaries, ensuring data flows are reliable, secure, and well-governed, and that our approach to identity, access, and system boundaries remains coherent as we scale. You’ll play a key role in evolving our platform strategy - balancing Salesforce-native capabilities with external services - and helping us avoid unnecessary customisation while still delivering flexible, high-quality outcomes. As a senior individual contributor, you’ll mentor other engineers, influence technical direction, and contribute to a strong engineering culture without stepping into line management. We’re looking for someone who is pragmatic, thoughtful about trade-offs, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities evolve.  Requirements You should bring: • Deep experience of Salesforce development and integrations • A solid grounding in software engineering principles • An ability to mentor engineers • Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge assumptions and drive better solutions across teams We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us? We make things happen We act decisively and with purpose, going the extra mile. We build
together We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges. We are here to help We are accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach. Our People Pledge Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team. Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer. By applying, I confirm that I have read and accept the Staff Privacy Notice