Job Title: Development Consultant - Salesforce
Location: Pune, India
Application Deadline: N/A
About Springer Nature Group
Springer Nature is one of the world’s leading global research, educational, and professional publishers. With over 180 years of heritage and nearly 13,000 staff across more than 50 countries, we deliver trusted brands and content through innovative digital products and services that help researchers discover, students learn, and professionals advance in their fields.
About Brand:
Our GBS teams support Springer Nature’s mission by delivering and managing critical business systems that power our global operations. Our diverse teams work on SAP, Salesforce, QA, BI, integration, and custom development, providing strategic, secure, and scalable solutions.
Our CRM portfolio includes Salesforce Sales Cloud, HubSpot, SAP CRM, and advanced customer data and marketing platforms. We aim for a best-of-breed architecture that empowers customer engagement across sales, marketing, and service touchpoints.
About the Role
You’ll join our 15-member Salesforce team within GBS, which works with stakeholders and developers worldwide. We handle complex Salesforce architecture and business needs, ensuring best practices and modern development patterns.
We are looking for a salesforce developer who is basically open minded and self-organized about the assigned tasks or projects. Should be highly motivated and take ownership of design, implementation and deployment to next salesforce system in a pipeline using CI/ CD DevOps tool (Copado).
Technologies You’ll Work With
- Salesforce Platform: Sales Cloud, Einstein AI (e.g. Prompt Builder, Agentforce), Data Cloud Optional - Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, CPQ+, Advanced Approvals.
- DevOps: GitHub, CI/CD pipelines Optional - Copado
- Development: Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura Components, Visualforce Optional – Agentforce Vibes Coding
- Integration: Salesforce APIs, Named Credentials, External Client App Optional - SKYVVA, External Services
- UX: Lightning Experience, Dynamic Forms
- Database: SOQL, SOSL
- Agile Delivery: Scrum, Kanban, JIRA, Confluence
Role Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain Salesforce Sales Cloud and CPQ+ solutions, leveraging strong Tech Savvy and Adaptability in a dynamic environment.
Apply Consulting Skills and Business Insights to translate business requirements into scalable, high-quality solutions that deliver value.
Collaborate with business and technical teams, effectively Balancing Stakeholder expectations while ensuring successful project outcomes.
Utilize modern tools, hands-on coding, and pair programming practices to drive innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.
Lead solution discussions using strong Facilitation Skills and Persuasion to influence decisions and gain stakeholder buy-in.
Build trusted relationships with stakeholders by demonstrating credibility, transparency, and a deep understanding of business needs to support long-term success.
What you will be doing
Within 3 Months you will:
- Get familiar with our salesforce technology stack and instances.
- Get familiar with and take part in the team’s agile processes and ceremonies.
- Understand business processes and follow best practices set for the development team.
- Be able to solve small requirements with little guidance from team members.
By 3-6 months you will:
- Be an active member of development/support projects.
- Be able to properly understand and discuss business requirements with stakeholders & product owners.
- Review existing documentation and provide feedback.
- Pair up in weekly deployment activities.
By 6-12 months you will:
- Handle salesforce developments independently on the proposed solutions in design sessions.
- Transform high-level requirements into actionable work.
- Refactor the existing developments whenever you see scope for improvement.
- Spare 10% of your time and focus on innovative topics apart from assigned tasks.
About You
- 3-5 years of experience with hands-on technical development/programming
- Certifications Preferred - Administrator, Advanced Admin, Sales Cloud, App Builder, Development I/II, Copado Certified Administrator
- In-depth understanding of SFDC Profiles/Roles and Sharing Rules, Validation Rules, Tasks, Process Builder, Flow Designer and Triggers, etc.
- Solid experience in Aura Lightning Component and LWC
- Solid experience in developing Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages, and Lightning components.
- Apex & Visual Force Development/SFDC Configuration/Force.com Customization Experience using Apex Data Loader utility.
- Experience with Lightning components and Lightning Design System
- Good to have experience of APEX enterprise patterns and antipatterns (fflib)
- Familiarity with Einstein capabilities, Agent force, and Prompt Builder is a plus.
- A natural communicator who knows how to translate business requests into effective technical solutions.
- Good team player & excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral, presentation, and written communication skills
At Springer Nature, our mission is to be part of progress – and that begins with inclusion: of people, perspectives, and ideas. We believe that diverse perspectives drive progress, and we are committed to creating an environment where people and ideas can flourish. If you have any access needs related to disability, neurodivergence or a chronic condition, please contact us so we can make all necessary accommodation. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion
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Job Posting End Date:
1-08-2026Skills Required
- 3-5 years of hands-on technical development/programming experience
- In-depth understanding of SFDC Profiles/Roles, Sharing Rules, Validation Rules, Process Builder, Flow Designer, Triggers
- Solid experience with Aura Lightning Components and Lightning Web Components (LWC)
- Experience developing Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages, and Lightning components
- Apex & Visualforce development, SFDC configuration, Force.com customization experience using Apex Data Loader
- Experience with Lightning Design System and Lightning components
- Experience with Salesforce SOQL and SOSL queries
- Familiarity with Salesforce integrations (APIs, Named Credentials, External Client Apps)
- Experience with GitHub and CI/CD pipelines (DevOps practices)
- Consulting skills: translate business requirements and facilitate stakeholder discussions
- Excellent oral, presentation, and written communication skills; strong team player and problem-solving skills
- Certifications preferred: Administrator, Advanced Admin, Sales Cloud, App Builder, Development I/II, Copado Certified Administrator
- Familiarity with Einstein capabilities, Agentforce, and Prompt Builder
- Experience with CPQ+ and Advanced Approvals (preferred)
- Experience with APEX enterprise patterns/fflib (good to have)
What We Do
Research and learning are the cornerstones of progress, which is why we open doors to discovery for our communities, enabling millions of researchers, clinicians, educators and other professionals to access, trust and make sense of the latest insights. Springer Nature is an ambitious and dynamic organisation. For over 180 years our imprints, books, journals, platforms, and technology solutions have been a trusted source of knowledge to our communities. Today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood, and used, ensuring that the world continues to make progress, improving and enriching lives and helping to protect our planet for future generations. Global key facts: Established for over 180 years Nearly 10,000 colleagues 200 offices in 45 countries on all continents World’s largest academic book publisher Publisher of Nature, the world’s most influential journal First company to publish more than 1 million Open Access articles Key brands and imprints: Springer Nature is home to some of the best-known names in research, health, educational and professional publishing. Every day, around the globe, our brands reach millions of people. Nature Springer BMC Palgrave Macmillan Apress Macmillan Education Scientific American Springer Healthcare Springer Medizin Research Square J.B. Metzler BSL Adis
