Salesforce Developer

Full Time
Chicago, IL, USA
3 months ago

In the role of Senior Salesforce Developer, you will play a pivotal role within the Business Technology team, providing essential support across the Enterprise. Your responsibilities will involve creating highly secure, scalable, adaptable, and high-performing solutions. Reporting to the Director, you will work closely with product and technology teams to design, develop, test, iterate, and deploy new features, integrate systems, enhance existing features, and offer operational support. Additionally, you will independently conduct  code reviews and guide junior team members towards improved design and the adoption of clean, standardized coding practices.

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

  • Build solutions in Salesforce.com leveraging Force.com, APEX, Lightning Web Components, Web Services, and APIs.
  • Provide expertise and recommendation on when to use configuration vs. code vs off-the- shelf products.
  • Support cross systems integrations through developing and configuring tools across native Salesforce ecosystem as well as other cloud technologies.
  • Partner with business owners to deliver tailored solutions that support business requirements, create a superlative user experience, and drive tangible business value.
  • Actively engage and share insights in the planning and analysis of requirements for system enhancements, translating requirements into well-architecture solutions that best use the Salesforce platform and products.
  • Analyze Salesforce tech debt, propose design and implement solutions.

Function as technical lead: 

    • Provide Recommendations on configuration vs code
    • Audit and document existing processes and technical designs, and identify areas for improvement
    • Manage and provide support for other sales tools (e.g. LeanData, Gong and SalesLoft)
    • Distill complex technical solutions into layman’s terms and communicate these in a clear and understandable way to stakeholders
  • Function as Senior team member with the ability to guide and mentor more junior team members as it relates to quality of work.
  • Willingness to perform admin tasks and assist with support queues as needed   

 

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

  • Strong grasp of both administrator and developer areas of the Force.com platform, understanding when and why to use admin vs. dev solutions
  • Experience with Salesforce Sales, Service, Salesforce CPQ and Experience (Community) Clouds
  • 5+ years of experience in implementing Salesforce Lightning applications using Salesforce platform tools and technologies, such as Apex classes, Visualforce pages, and Lightning App Builder triggers, batch apex and Salesforce APIs at a large organization.
  • 5+ years of experience developing integrations between Salesforce and other systems, such as external databases or web services, using APIs and other integration tools
  • In-depth understanding of the architecture, capabilities, and constraints of the Salesforce application, coupled with a good understanding of business processes.
  • Demonstrative success with at least two large Salesforce custom-built applications

Experience in building complex, scalable, and high-performance software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.

  • Salesforce Developer certifications (e.g., Platform Developer I and II) are required.
  • Development experience in HTML, CSS, Typescript, JavaScript
  • Experience with Jira, Agile methodologies, and working in a Scrum environment.

 

WHO YOU ARE:

  • Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community.
  • Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better.
  • Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity.
  • Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others. 

 

In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:

Step Up: Show the world what it looks like to live and work by these guiding principles. #StepUp

One Team: Make Hootsuite a place where everyone feels safe, welcome, valued, and empowered to do their best  work without compromising who they are. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe

Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed

Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile

Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses

Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies

 

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

US Pay Range For This Role$111,500—$156,100 USD