Lead Salesforce architecture and technical delivery for enterprise projects, focusing on Marketing Cloud and Financial Cloud. Design integrations and SOA components, develop Apex/Visualforce/Lightning solutions, manage data model and APIs, and provide technical leadership to break solutions into executable work.
- 10+ years of experience in technical leadership and/or technology consulting on large enterprise projects around applications architecture, and/or technical lead for a third-party application development team.
- Strong experience in Salesforce.com architecture components - Salesforce Marketing clouds and Financial cloud, sales, service
- Advanced skills in Salesforce application including configuration, triggers, process builders, workflows, visual force, lightning experience, apex coding, batch processes, and database design
- Expert knowledge of Salesforce data model, custom objects, API, governor limits, workflows, and configuration
- Background in application development using technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Experience in designing and developing software components and having a very strong Service Oriented Architecture and integration background
- Ability to define and communicate the “big picture” in terms of the solution (both functional and technical components) and break it down into smaller manageable work units
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to observe trends. Able to actively make
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- Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
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- Notable Investors: Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Arch Venture Partners, MATH Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
