Salesforce Developer

Company Description

Do you share our passion for creating a safe, secure, and affordable place for everyone to call home? That’s exactly what we’re working towards at Affordable Homes. With a fast-growing pipeline, we collaborate with well-known developers, housing associations and public sector bodies across the country to drive new investment into the affordable housing sector.

As part of the wider Legal & General Group, our heritage goes back over 180 years, with a solid reputation as one of the leading financial services groups. We are pioneering institutional investment into the housing sector, whilst providing excellent service and quality homes.

Focusing primarily on the Shared Ownership and affordable rent markets, we strive to be the UK’s leading private affordable housing provider, known for excellent service and quality homes.

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled Salesforce Developer to take charge of the development and maintenance of the Brolly platform, which is primarily built on Salesforce infrastructure. The successful candidate will spearhead complex operational changes, ensuring that all technological updates are managed with stringent governance and controls to maintain a reliable and robust technology environment. This role involves designing, coding, troubleshooting, and implementing Salesforce applications to meet business needs in alignment with our operational strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

• Analysing and resolving issues within the Salesforce platform, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum efficiency
• Crafting bespoke solutions by writing custom code using Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning Components, all while adhering to Salesforce best practices
• Performing comprehensive testing to guarantee that the Salesforce implementation meets and exceeds required standards
• Seamlessly integrating Salesforce with other systems using APIs and third-party tools, enhancing overall functionality
• Developing and maintaining detailed documentation of system configurations, customisations, and best practices for future reference
• Ensuring smooth and successful deployment of Salesforce applications through meticulous testing
• Cultivating strong working relationships within the Legal & General group to drive organisational success.

Qualifications

Who we’re looking for:

• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I or Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
• Deployed & managed Salesforce instances in an SME organisation with B2B and B2C 
• Proven experience as a Salesforce Developer, with a strong understanding of Salesforce architecture and best practices
• Proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and Salesforce APIs
• Experience with Salesforce integration tools like MuleSoft or Informatica
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast paced environment
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders across the business
• Proficiency in Salesforce configuration and customisation.

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes 
• Generous pension contribution 
• Life assurance 
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online 
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart 

Additional Information

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we’d love to hear from you.

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