Salesforce Developer - Public Sector in Manchester

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high-profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in-demand skills development, and long-term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

Benefits

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Responsibilities

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Salesforce Developer to support the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable solutions on the Salesforce platform.
• Design and develop advanced Salesforce solutions to meet defined business and technical requirements.
• Configure and customise Salesforce to support public-sector processes and service needs.
• Build and maintain integrations between Salesforce and other systems.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and support to junior developers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring reliable and secure system performance.
• Work closely with senior developers, architects, and project teams to deliver work on time and within scope.
• Stay informed about new Salesforce features, platform updates, and best practices to support continuous improvement.

Education

• Required: None
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Extensive experience working with Salesforce, strong focus on Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning Components.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, including data models, workflows, and business processes.
• Proficient in programming languages such as Java, Apex, and SOQL.
• Strong analytical and technical skills, with the ability to analyse complex data and systems.
• Experience with Salesforce configuration, including setup, customisation, and integration.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with customers and internal teams.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.