Senior Salesforce Developer

Senior Salesforce Developer

Location: Downtown Indianapolis, IN

Contract: 6 month recurring

Overview:

Incumbent works under limited supervision performing application systems analysis duties, design, development, and system administrative duties. This encompasses reviewing business requirements, performing application design, development and configuration, unit testing, and defect correction. A strong working knowledge of one or more software development methodologies is expected along with familiarity with Salesforce CRM, business problem analysis, system design and systems integration and Salesforce coding, configuration, and administration. Salesforce administrative duties include installing applications, adding objects and fields; data management; support functions; data analysis; creating data standards and auditing for data quality; sustaining user adoption and training on the system.

Duties:
Maintaining and upgrading existing systems as required
Troubleshooting technical issues
Collaborates with Business Analysts, Project Leads and IT Developers to resolve issues and ensuring solutions are viable and consistent
Creates system guidelines and manuals for the organization
Conducts training sessions and workshops on system processes
Work with Business and IT teams to establish agreed-upon timelines for projects
Effectively manage multiple tasks and timelines and prioritizing workloads
Modify and upgrade existing systems and functions in Salesforce
Develop new features from the ground up in Salesforce
Design and implement cloud solutions for various environments (Service, Financial, Marketing, Community)
Develop and upgrade functions in Lightning Design System and Lightning Components Development
Complete maintenance activities and prepare new releases in Salesforce system
Develop and coordinate data transfers between Salesforce and outside databases
Stay up to speed on the newest Salesforce technologies and advancements
Research and determine usefulness of new and emerging technologies
Utilize Salesforce best practices and leverage available platform functionalities where possible.
Communicate the pros and cons of a technical solution to business leaders
Easily communicate your ideas through code, writing, presentations, demos, whiteboard sessions. Acts as the subject matter expert to participate in business discussions relating to new functionality, system solutions and other needs as identified by the business.
Configures Salesforce, including custom objects and fields, page layouts, reports, dashboards, profiles, rules, triggers, workflows and approval processes.
Maintains reports and dashboards.
Evaluates, recommends and assists in implementation of third party solutions and app exchange packages based on business request or project needs.
Troubleshoots and solves issues related to the Salesforce environment and applications in use from the app exchange.
Manages the testing process for new functionality:
Creates test cases
Establishes protocols and testing environments
Coordinates testing with business and IT to ensure functionality is met with releases
Researches and stays up to date with Salesforce releases. Analyzes new functionality impact to environment and plans for release.
Assists in the development of project cost and time estimates.
Tests and debugs new and existing application software.
Executes tasks in conformance of development techniques, standards, policies and procedures.
Provides complete documentation for new or modified information systems and/or application software programs.
Monitors completed application software systems to ensure proper execution and performance.
Promotes the goals and objectives of the IT Department.
Performs related duties as required.

Job Requirements:
Working knowledge of information systems design principles and new systems design techniques;
Considerable knowledge of policies, standards, procedures, and techniques used for application development;
Technical aptitude and solid understanding of programming concepts.
Ability to perform problem solving and analytical analysis;
Considerable knowledge of application development software tools and application development software languages;
Working knowledge of the most recent advancement of information technology equipment, operation, and capabilities;
Broad understanding of IT infrastructure and application interfaces, database concepts, and general IT concepts (e.g. virtualization, cloud computing, platforms).
Ability to work independently under general direction;
Ability to establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with others;
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
A commitment to continuous professional development.
A high degree of organizational skills and attention to detail.
The ability to multitask and prioritize responsibilities.
Flexibility to work as needed outside of traditional business hours when required.
Experience working in a team environment under stringent time constraints.

Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelors degree
5+ years experience developing and implementing IT solutions

Specific Skills (SalesForce)
5+ years expertise in Salesforce Lightning
Extensive experience developing Lightning Components, both within the Salesforce Lightning Design System and by writing custom Lightning Components in Java Script within the Aura framework.
Expertise in Apex
Extensive experience developing custom Apex Classes and Apex Triggers
Expertise in Salesforce Query and Search Language (SoQL and SoSL), also must be able to speak to limitations of languages and differences between SoQL and SQL
Experience developing Visualforce pages, Visualforce components and Customer Controllers
Experience creating Custom Report Types and developing custom Reports and Dashboards
Experience with interacting with external systems via Salesforce callouts
Experience developing applications that interact with Salesforce via the SOAP, REST, MuleSoft ESB APIs
Firm understanding of Salesforce Communities
Firm understanding of Salesforce Governor Limits, limit monitoring, and best practices for limit-informed development.
Experience developing webpages and applications. Desired skills include: Angular JS, Java Script, JSP, CSS, HTML, and/or PHP
Firm understanding of Object-Oriented coding standards, Design Patterns, and similar best practices, including Java, Python, MS VBA, or VB.NET
Salesforce administration Provisioning users, password resets, account freezing / inactivating, and permission sets.
Developing Profile and Role hierarchies with Object and Field level security in mind
Declarative development in Salesforce
Customizing Standard Objects and creating Custom Objects
Customizing object page layouts and profile-based layout assignment
Creating Work and Approval Flows
Developing data models within Salesforce via DataLoader
Experience creating Junction Objects to maintain one-to-many relationships.
Certifications: OmniStudio Developer, Lighting, and Salesforce administration.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour

Benefits:
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:
Indianapolis, IN 46220 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:
Indianapolis, IN 46220: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person