Senior Salesforce Developer

Who we are

Our mission at FHLBank Chicago: To partner with our members in Illinois and Wisconsin to provide them competitively priced funding, a reasonable return on their investment, and support for their community investment activities.

Simply said, we're a bank for banks and other financial institutions, focused on being a strategic partner for our members and working together to reinvest in our communities, from urban centers to rural areas. Created by Congress in 1932, FHLBank Chicago is one of 11 Federal Home Loan Banks, government sponsored in support of mortgage lending and community investment.

What it’s like to work here

At FHLBank Chicago, we bring people together. We are committed to a high performing, engaged workforce, and to supporting the communities we serve across Illinois and Wisconsin. Our Buddy Program pairs new hires with tenured employees to guide their onboarding. Our professional development and training opportunities through upskilling, mentorship programs, and tuition reimbursement allow employees to grow their career with us. Our collaborative, in-office operating model brings teams together to foster innovation, connection, and shared success. To support balance and flexibility, employees are provided an allocation of remote days to use as needed throughout the year.

What you'll do:

The Senior Salesforce Developer with over five years of extensive hands‑on experience will deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performance solutions across Salesforce Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud. Demonstrated expertise in both administration and development, including end‑to‑end platform configuration, custom application development using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, and SOQL, as well as the implementation of complex business logic through a combination of code and Salesforce Flow.

Highly skilled in enterprise systems integration, designing and maintaining REST and SOAP APIs, middleware‑based integrations, ETL processes, and AppExchange solutions to connect Salesforce with ERP systems, Azure AD/B2C, and a wide range of third‑party applications. Proven ability to manage data integrity, authentication and authorization strategies, and secure access controls in highly regulated environments.

Strong background in DevOps and Agile delivery, with hands‑on experience deploying solutions via CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, managing sandbox environments, and supporting infrastructure as code (IaC) and test‑driven development (TDD) practices. Adept at collaborating with cross‑functional teams—including business stakeholders, architects, QA, and external vendors—to translate complex requirements into well‑governed, reliable Salesforce solutions aligned with organizational standards and change management controls.

How you'll make an impact:

• Drive business efficiency and scalability by delivering secure, well‑architected Salesforce solutions that streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and support growing business needs.

• Enable data‑driven decision‑making and integration through reliable system integrations, high data integrity, and optimized reporting across Salesforce and connected enterprise platforms.

• Improve delivery speed and platform stability by leveraging DevOps best practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile collaboration to accelerate releases while maintaining quality and compliance.

What you can expect:

Strategy & Planning

• Collaborate with staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.

• Ensure that applications meet business requirements and systems goals.

• Develop and maintain business domain knowledge.

• Understand and apply relevant Bank policy, standards and procedures to your work.

• Stay current on technology changes applicable to your domain and how to apply them to Bank initiatives.

• Demonstrate adherence to IT Principles and critical thinking.

Operational Management

• Collaborate with different areas of IT and the business to provide solutions for the Bank.

• Identify and resolve system issues.

• Provide timely reports on the status of tasks and projects as well as any unforeseen issues to management and to business units.

• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce a policy for standardizing systems and software as necessary.

• Apply IT Security principles and controls to ensure systems and users operate safely and securely.

Role Specific Expectations

• Supports the team in adhering to agreed best practice techniques and in promoting continuous improvement.

• Test changes to ensure issues are resolved and functionality and operational control are not adversely impacted.

• Develop software or configuration solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.

• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions

• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.

Education & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Certifications: Salesforce Admin & Platform Developer I (PDI) required.

• Programming Skills: Proficiency in Apex, HTML and SOQL/SOSL.

• CI/CD : Experience with developing and administrating CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps/ GitHub Enterprise.

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with the capability to communicate complex technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.

What you will bring:

• Ability to communicate with business users and provide consultation on Salesforce solutions.

• Hands-on experience in Salesforce and Marketing Cloud setup and administration, e.g., managing users, security controls, and data as well as creating roles, profiles, permissions, public groups, OWD, sharing rules and reports.

• Experience in designing custom objects, custom fields, picklists, page layouts, workflows, business process workflows, approval processes, assignment rules, validation rules, dynamic layouts, custom tabs, reports, Visualforce pages, dashboards, and email generation according to application requirements.

• Experience in creating email templates and customer journey’s in Marketing Cloud.

• Should have worked with an editor such as Visual Studio Code or Eclipse for force.com.

• Experience with complex business systems integration as well as object-oriented design patterns and development.

• Understanding of basic triggers/Apex code knowledge.

• Sandbox environment management.

• Experience with data migration and ETL/integration tools.

• Strong Salesforce product knowledge and at least 5+ years’ of Salesforce Administration hands-on experience with Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud.

• 5+ years’ experience with Force.com Platform (Apex, Visual Force, Lightening Framework, SOQL, Unit Testing).

• Knowledge of Front end technologies like HTML and CSS, JavaScript and JQuery.

• Experience setting authentication and authorization with Azure AD and Azure B2C.

• Experience implementing AppExchange applications or connectors to Salesforce.

• Management of integrated applications and third party suppliers including DocuSign, SharePoint, Service Now, Smart Simple, CVENT, etc.

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, IaC and TDD

• Experience with different authentication and authorization development strategies.

• Experience of RESTful API and Micro service standards and best practices.

• Experience working on a team utilizing the Agile Scrum framework

• Comprehensive understanding of Change Management process and controls is a plus.

• Prior experience working in a financial institution and familiarity with concepts such as advances (loan), securities and derivatives is a plus.

• Prior experience migrating from Dynamics CRM to Salesforce is a plus.

• Prior Experience in .Net development is a plus.

• Develop and customize Salesforce solutions using Apex triggers, classes, and Lightning Web Components (LWC) to enhance platform functionality.

• Design, implement, and maintain REST/SOAP APIs and middleware integrations to connect Salesforce with ERP systems and third‑party applications.

• Apply complex business logic using a combination of Apex and Salesforce Flow to streamline and optimize business processes.

• Create comprehensive unit tests to ensure high code coverage, and perform debugging to maintain system reliability and performance.

• Manage application deployments across sandboxes and production environments using Azure DevOps pipelines and related deployment tools.

• Perform daily configuration activities, provide ongoing support, and deliver enhancements for internal processes, tools, and user needs.

• Possess strong familiarity with AppExchange products and their implementation.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to maintain effective version control and ensure stable integration environments.

• Demonstrate working knowledge of Salesforce Lightning products, with expertise in Sales Cloud; experience with Marketing Cloud is a plus.

• Administer users, roles, profiles, and security settings to ensure proper access and compliance.

•  Maintain Salesforce system architecture and data integrity, including roles, profiles, security settings, flows, validation rules, and data import/export processes.

• Exhibit strong proficiency in SOQL for querying and managing data within the platform.

• Understand Salesforce’s security model, object relationships, and data-sharing architecture.

• Salesforce Administration & Security: Expertise in Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud administration, including users, roles, profiles, sharing, flows, reports, dashboards, and sandbox management.

• Salesforce Development: Strong hands‑on experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, SOQL, and unit testing to implement complex business logic.

• Marketing Cloud Engagement: Experience designing and executing email templates, automations, and customer journeys in Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

• Integration & APIs: Proven ability to design and implement REST/SOAP APIs, ETL processes, AppExchange solutions, and enterprise integrations with Azure AD/B2C and third‑party systems.

• DevOps & Agile Delivery: Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, IaC, TDD, and Agile Scrum‑based delivery and change management.

• Architecture & Data Management: Strong understanding of Salesforce data models, security architecture, data migration, object relationships, and enterprise system design.

The Perks

At FHLBank Chicago, we believe in rewarding our high performing workforce. We offer a highly competitive compensation and bonus package, and access to a comprehensive benefits program designed to meet the needs of our employees. Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop. Visit FHLBCbenefits.com for additional details about our benefits. Step into a brighter future with us.

Salary Range:

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition.  Ultimately, in determining your pay, we may also consider your experience, and other job-related factors. In addition to the base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which can be found here: https://hrportal.ehr.com/fhlbc