Salesforce Developer

Acumen Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Salesforce Developer in Washington, DC, to gather client requirements and configure Salesforce applications. Candidates should have over five years of software development experience, including two years with Salesforce and strong communication skills. The role involves leading projects, developing solutions using Apex and Visualforce, and engaging with clients to ensure project success. This position offers opportunities to learn new technologies in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of software development experience, ideally in a consulting environment.
• Two+ years experience with Salesforce.com.
• Motivated to learn new software as a service technologies.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Salesforce.com Certifications (Dev-401, Dev-501) preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements and document solution design.
• Configure the Salesforce application.
• Ensure successful engagements and project go-lives.
• Lead client projects and internal teams.
• Build salesforce.com product extensions using Visualforce.

Skills

Consulting environment experience

Salesforce.com experience

Technical design skills

Communication skills

JSP/ASP, Java, HTML development

Apex and Visualforce development

Organizational skills

Creative and analytical thinking

Education

College degree

Tools

Salesforce.com

Job description

Acumen Solutions is the trusted leader in Enterprise Cloud Transformation, helping organizations realize dramatic improvements in productivity and profitability through innovations in business and technology. Industry and government leaders including American Express, Comcast, McKesson, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission rely on our global consultants to deliver cloud solutionsthat yield exceptional results. We apply this same focus on results to our unparalleled social responsibility program, generating sustainable impact across our local communities.

Job Description

We currently have an opportunity for Salesforce Developers in our Washington, DC Metro Area location.

Roles and Responsibilities

We are looking for Professional Services Senior Developers to work with our clients to gather requirements, document solution design, configure the Salesforce application, and ensure successful engagements and project go-lives through disciplined project management.

Specific Duties

• Execute declarative Salesforce application configuration
• Use Apex and VisualForce to create unique customer-based solutions
• Ability to lead client projects and internal team
• Expert in solution design and system architecture
• Interact directly with our customers and the Acumen team, including consultants, architects and sales to ensure customer success
• Participate in the full application life cycle from technical design to development, testing, and deployment
• Build salesforce.com product extensions using Visualforce technology
• Develop new native products on the force.com platform

Qualifications

• Five+ years of software development experience, ideally in a consulting environment
• Two+ years experience with Salesforce.com
• Strong technical design skills and an ability to deliver customer driven solutions
• Motivated to learn new software as a service technologies
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal is required
• Development experience with JSP/ ASP, Java, HTML language is required
• Development experience with Apex and Visualforce is desired
• Salesforce.com Certifications (Dev-401, Dev-501) preferred, but not required
• College degree required
• Have a passion for solving customer’s challenges with software
• Have a natural curiosity and desire to learn new business processes and technologies
• Be a creative and analytical thinker
• Have a desire and ability to solve complex business processes with software
• Be highly driven and able to self manage in a fast paced environment
• Posses strong organizational and time management skills
• Be able to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Build rapport and develop effective working relationships with clients
• Have excellent written and oral communication skills