Lead Salesforce Developer

E-Solutions; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Salesforce Developer to lead innovative projects in Dallas. This role involves collaborating with product owners and stakeholders to design user experiences and develop solutions using Salesforce technologies. You will guide a team of developers, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to best practices. With a focus on front-end design and API integrations, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our services. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Salesforce technologies required.
• Proven experience in overseeing software releases in Salesforce.
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead development from design through testing and deployment.
• Create detailed design documentation and technical requirements.
• Align team releases with core platform release calendar.

Skills

Salesforce technologies

Apex

Visualforce

Lightning Component framework

Agile project management

CI/CD platforms

Software troubleshooting

Communication skills

Education

College diploma or university degree in computer science

Certifications in Salesforce technologies

Certifications in Agile project management practices

Tools

JIRA

Salesforce.com toolset

Process Builder

Visual Workflow

Lightning App Builder

Job description

The responsibilities include, working with product owners, end user stakeholders, architects and function as a Sr developer who helps design the experience in Salesforce as well as lead the work output from the other developers on the team. The Sr developer is expected to take on development cards in addition to leading the development. Designing and developing proof of concepts based on the requirements, quickly showing results to elicit more detailed requirements is expected from this role. The slated work in the current initiatives require a lot of front-end user experience design with Service cloud as well as API integrations with various systems. Certifications are strongly preferred along with years of experience. Working knowledge in the CI/CD platforms is essential.

Position Responsibilities Strategy, Design and Planning

• Design solutions for the prioritized capabilities that come out of the product increment planning each quarter.

• Get the user stories detailed down to the technical steps, own the creation of the technical requirements for the work that is assigned.

• Plan the team’s iterative releases.

• Own and create the detailed design documentation for the prioritized capabilities.

• Plan the work for the development team and have detailed technical discussions towards solution design, in collaboration with the architect.

• Create documentation for the story cards that are owned.

• Provide accurate story point estimation towards the requirements in JIRA story cards and identify scenarios that help build the solution forward. Development, Testing and Deployment

• Lead development, from design through testing and deployment

• Implement, deploy and document projects that leverage the Salesforce.com toolset

• Facilitate the technical sessions with the rest of the developers on the team

• Complete all design, development and testing on the work assigned.

• Thoroughly test each story card in the lower environments before turning the code to QA for testing.

• Create the deployment playbook for all releases, provide detailed tasks for the technical areas of the deployment, encompassing back-out plans and communication plan.

• Lead the release to ensure smooth deployment into production. Operational Management

• Align the team’s releases with the core platform release calendar.

• Ensure all development is in line with code coverage requirements, test class and health metrics.

• Track dependencies with other teams towards successful sprint completion as well as deployments.

• Validate that the product has been correctly packaged before deployment and ensure that all release controls have been satisfied.

• Participate in release readiness reviews, milestone reviews, and business go/no-go reviews.

• Work with other sprint teams to understand impacts of branches and code merges.

• Lead and co-ordinate the go-live activities including the execution of the deployment plans and checklists.

• Keep the developer sandbox up to date with back promotions where relevant to help accuracy in the environments.

Position Requirements Formal Education & Certification

• College diploma or university degree in the field of computer science and/or 8 years of relevant work experience.

• Certifications in Salesforce technologies

• Certifications in Agile project management practices Knowledge & Experience

• Bachelor's degree with 5-8 years of experience in the Salesforce technologies

• Experience with Salesforce platform programming languages - Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Component framework

• Declarative Force.com development tools such as Process Builder, Visual Workflow, Lightning App Builder and aura components

• Follow established Salesforce development standards and best practices

• Be comfortable communicating with technical and non-technical audiences

• Proven experience in overseeing the design, development, testing, and deployment of software releases in Salesforce technologies.

• Proven experience with release management and environment management, sandbox refreshes

• Working knowledge of release and deployment standards.

• Excellent software troubleshooting experience.

• Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.

Personal Attributes

• Hungry to learn, demonstrated continuous learning of relevant skills

• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to conduct research into release issues and tools as required.

• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and business languages.

• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.

• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving ability

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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