Salesforce Solutions Architect

Boardroom Appointments; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 70 000 - 90 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech recruitment firm seeks an experienced Salesforce Developer in Gauteng, South Africa. The ideal candidate will have a BCom in Information Technology, Salesforce Platform Developer I certification, and at least 5 years of banking platform experience. This position involves leading the development lifecycle, ensuring high-quality software design, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Candidates will work within an agile team to solve complex technical problems and support the evolution of technical standards within the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of Banking Platform experience with at least 1.5 years on Salesforce platforms.
• Experience on CRM projects for middle market and enterprise size companies.
• Ability to apply design and problem-solving skills in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Develop high-quality software design and architecture.
• Create and maintain sophisticated CI/CD pipelines.
• Coach and mentor other engineers.
• Participate in incident management and ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

Salesforce development

Software engineering skills

Relational databases

Data modelling

CI/CD pipelines

Education

BCom in Information Technology or Equivalent NQF 7 qualification

Salesforce Platform Developer I certification

Salesforce Application Architect certification (in progress)

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

ELK stack

Prometheus

Grafana

NewRelic

Zipkin

Jaeger

Job description

Minimum Requirements

• BCom (Information Technology) or Equivalent NQF 7 qualification
• Salesforce Platform Developer I certification
• Working towards a Salesforce Application Architect certification
• 5+ years of Banking Platform experience of which 1 years 6 months is working on Salesforce platforms as a minimum
• Direct experience working on CRM projects for middle market and enterprise size companies.
• Software engineering skills with Platform (Apex, LWC, SOQL, Unit Testing)
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of relational databases, data modelling, and ETL tools

Responsibilities

Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (FrontEnd, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions.

Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process.

Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions.

Develop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment.

Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions.

Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience.

Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions.

Create & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI / CD pipelines in Jenkins / Azure Devops or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments supporting and managing your applications all the way to production). Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application.

To do this, leverage e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRelic and distributed tracing like Zipkin / Jaeger etc.

Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes. Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.

Work with guilds and other technical SMEs to improve and evolve technical products and services. Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing (apply knowledge of stubbing tools e.g. wiremock, hoverfly etc.) Apply version control and related concepts and techniques. Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines.

Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc. Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications. Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.

Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organization. Coach & mentor other engineers. Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team. Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Product Engineers for the organization. Participate as a subject matter expert in the development & development planning of the broader product engineering team. Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption). Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment). Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks. Create business cases & solution specifications for various governance processes (e.g. CTO approvals). Participate in incident management & DR activity applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents. Deliver on time & on budget (always).