Salesforce Developer

Job Introduction

Are you an experienced Salesforce Developer with a passion for continuous improvement and transformation? If you’re looking for a role where innovation, flexibility, and customer obsession are at the heart of everything we do — this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

What we’re all about

You might think of Yorkshire Housing as ‘just’ a housing provider, but we’re so much more than that. Yes, we own and manage nearly 20,000 homes (and counting) across Yorkshire and make it possible for current and future customers to have a place they’re proud to call home, but we’re also all about making a positive difference in people’s lives.

We’ve got big plans to overhaul the traditional customer service offer, build new homes that are truly future-proof and empower our people through flexibility and freedom to do their best work.

Our investment in technology is a key pillar of our strategy and our change team are working on exciting, complex and ambitious programmes to deliver a pre-emptive customer experience – who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?

What will you be doing?

As our new Salesforce Developer, you’ll be a key part of our Technology, Innovation & Change team, reporting to the Applications Manager. Your focus will be on continuous improvement within BAU, supporting the Salesforce Administrators, and implementing change, complex bug fixes, and small releases across the platform.

You’ll take ownership of developing and maintaining Salesforce solutions that are aligned with service design and user stories, working to firm deadlines and ensuring smooth handover to testing and final sign-off. You’ll lead the Salesforce BAU development pipeline, ensuring best practices are followed and supporting the team with guidance and technical expertise.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across the business to gather requirements, understand change requests, and deliver solutions that improve customer experience. As more business areas adopt Salesforce, your role will expand — making this a great opportunity to grow with the platform.

You’ll also:

• Ensure all aspects of the Salesforce build are documented and transitioned into BAU support.
• Support release management and automated deployments, maintaining version control and code quality.
• Present progress and solutions to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Engage with suppliers and third parties when needed.
• Stay up to date with Salesforce functionality, industry trends, and best practices.

Already feel this is the role for you? There’s much more useful information you can read in the Role Profile!

Who are we looking for? 

This is a hands-on developer role, so you’ll need solid coding experience and a proactive approach to improving existing solutions. While housing sector experience isn’t essential, we’d love to hear from candidates who’ve worked in organisations undergoing or having undergone transformation change.

The rest would also be great too – 

• Proven experience in a similar Salesforce development role. 
• Advanced knowledge of Apex, Visualforce, Java, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce Service Cloud and Experience Cloud. 
• Salesforce certifications (Administrator, Platform App Builder, Developer I & II). 
• Experience with Visual Studio, Lightning Design System, and Salesforce lifecycle. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Experience in large-scale transformation projects using Salesforce. 
• Confident communicator with stakeholder engagement skills.

What’s in it for you… 

• Salary: £64,391 per annum (35 hours/week) 
• 26 days annual leave (rising to 31 annually) + Bank Holidays
• Permanent role

We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few. 

Our people’s health and wellbeing are one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional. 

Find out more about our employment perks here! 

 Now you’re really interested? 

At YH, we’re actively building a working environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.  

We know that not all candidates will meet every single requirement. If you’re experience looks a little different from what we’re looking for and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you so please apply! 

If you require any additional support with your application, or have any further questions please contact our fab recruitment team via email at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk  

 The fine print   

• Closing date: 2nd November 2025 (we may close early if we get lots of great candidates!)
• First interviews: Monday 10th November 2025 (via Teams)
• Final interviews: Friday 14th November 2025 (in Leeds)

If you’re applying for this role internally, you must inform your current line manager (it’s the right thing to do!).