By joining our rapidly growing Salesforce practice, you will serve as a trusted partner to our clients. You’ll bring your first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that solve today's challenges and set the foundation for future success. With support from experienced leaders and a dedicated coach, you will join a collaborative community that invites you to contribute beyond the scope of client delivery.
The Senior Salesforce Developer role is the ideal combination of technical expertise and functional insight. You will have the opportunity to solve real-world business problems by designing and building technical solutions that create meaningful improvements in our clients’ operations. This is a highly collaborative role that requires both strong coding skills and a deep understanding of business processes.
What You'll Do:
- Develop Salesforce server-side code in Apex to integrate several operational systems and enhance the core business logic.
- Design, develop, and document APIs to be used by partners and other development teams.
- Lead or participate in technical design sessions; develop technical solution documentation aligned with business objectives.
- Develop Salesforce client-side visualizations for a UI-driven product with Angular, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, and JavaScript.
- Analyze data to evaluate the correctness and effectiveness of integrations.
- Translate business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platform, products, and integrations.
- Lead small teams of developers in implementing a technical solution by providing supervision, mentoring, and feedback to ensure project success.
- Develop, test, and document custom development, integrations, and data-migration elements of a Salesforce implementation.
- Create and execute test plans to ensure quality delivery.
- Serve as the standard-bearer of coding standards and participate in code reviews during projects to ensure appropriate design patterns are followed.
- Provide estimates and work breakdown structures for assigned tasks.
- Identify use cases for new product and technical capabilities released by Salesforce; educate stakeholders throughout the organization about new product capabilities.
- Contribute to developing and implementing firm-approved, AI-enabled solutions for clients, in accordance with company policies on data protection, intellectual property, and professional standards.
- Stay informed about emerging AI tools and techniques and collaborate with firm leadership to identify compliant opportunities to enhance client solutions and internal processes.
What You'll Bring:
- 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience with Visualforce, Apex, HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery), and other SFDC components.
- 2+ years of experience with Salesforce object design, SOQL, and SOSL.
- 1+ year of hands-on development experience in Java, .Net, and/or Python.
- Ability to use out-of-the-box Salesforce functionality as well as build custom solutions using the platform's frameworks and APIs.
- Proficiency using Git, continuous integration, and other applicable development tools.
- Proficiency with SQL, ETL and data pipelines, and systems integrations.
- Strong ability to use and author REST APIs.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be a team player.
- Comfort with AI: Demonstrated ability to responsibly explore and adopt firm-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation.
- Continuous Learning Mindset: Openness to learning and applying emerging technologies including AI and automation in alignment with firm policies and client standards.
Required Certs:
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
- Salesforce Certified Administrator
Qualifications:
- Experience in a consulting or professional services environment is preferred.
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