Develop and maintain Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, SOQL, and integrations with applications such as DocuSign and Mailchimp. Responsibilities include application development, release deployments, unit and system testing, debugging, data quality, security, and technical documentation. This pro-bono role requires a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six hours weekly, including a weekly team meeting, and collaborative participation in a volunteer team.
About JerseySTEM
All JerseySTEM roles are pro-bono (unpaid) positions.JerseySTEM is a mission-driven professional network of pro-bono contributors dedicated to improving access to STEM education and career pathways for underserved middle school girls in New Jersey.
Members contribute their professional skills and leverage their networks in service of the organization’s gender-equity agenda.Membership is a minimum six-month commitment of approximately six flexible hours per week and includes a $100 refundable deposit, returned after six months of active membership. K–12 educators, retirees, veterans, interns, and students are exempt from the deposit.
OverviewJerseySTEM is looking for talented professionals across our departments to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls.
We need an experienced Salesforce Developer to design and implement high-quality solutions on the Salesforce platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Salesforce development, including customizations, integrations, and Lightning components.
Responsibilities- Develop Apex (classes and triggers), Lightning Components, and Visualforce to extend Salesforce in order to support business requirements.
- Application development, including basic Visualforce pages/Lightning pages, Lightning Web Components,Assist with each release cycle to implement and deploy new/updates to existing applications and code.
- Working with integrated applications such as DocuSign, Mailchimp etc.
- Testing** (unit and systems), and debugging.
- Striving towards coding best practices and data quality.
- Contributing to technical documentation.
- 5 years’ experience with Lightning Web Component Framework, Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
- Experience building custom Lightning Web Components for Experience Sites, including use of the including standard Lightning Web
- Components and the Salesforce Lightning Design System.
- Strong understanding of the Salesforce security model. Experience with Enhanced Lightning Web Runtime Experience Sites and guest user security a plus.
- The ability to effectively take direction and work both collaboratively and autonomously.
- The willingness to work as part of a volunteer team which governs via consensus. Comfortable partnering with teams experiencing the\ frequent change and process redefinition common to start-ups.
- The ability to commit to at least 6 hours per week, including attendance a weekly team meeting, currently 6:15 p.m. ET Thursday.
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