Sr. Salesforce Developer
Primary Location Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota Job ID R110718 ApplyEssential Functions
- Design, develop, test, and implement scalable Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow, and other platform capabilities.
- Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into effective system designs, technical specifications, and development solutions.
- Build and maintain custom Salesforce functionality, including triggers, classes, integrations, asynchronous processes, and reusable components.
- Develop, support, and enhance integrations between Salesforce and external enterprise systems using APIs, middleware, and event-driven solutions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, data, integration, and performance issues within the Salesforce environment.
- Collaborate with other functional teams to ensure components work together to meet the operational, integration, quality and performance goals of the solution.
- Ensure solutions follow established standards for security, scalability, maintainability, performance, and platform best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance, mentoring, and support to other developers and team members.
- Support release management, deployment activities, and ongoing system maintenance, including enhancements, defect resolution, and technical documentation.
- Interact with and support end users in their day-to-day operations.
- Comply with Company and department policies and standards; performs other duties as assigned
Additional Responsibilities
- Establish and enforce Salesforce application development standards, including coding conventions, solution design, documentation, testing, code review, and deployment practices, to support secure, scalable, and maintainable enterprise solutions.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in MIS, Computer Science or Business Management with a technical focus or equivalent education and/or experience
- 5 years Experience in Salesforce software development and
- Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and
- Experience developing custom solutions to support pre-sales (Lead-to-Opportunity-to-Quote), including approvals, document generation, and CPQ concepts and
- Experience in integrating mission critical business systems using iPaaS (Azure Integration Services, SAP Integration Suite, or Informatica IDMC) and
- Experience with at least one end-to-end Salesforce implementation and
Preferred Requirements
- Experience with Salesforce Service supporting organizations with contact centers and a field service organization preferred.
Skills and Abilities
- Advanced knowledge of Salesforce platform development, including Apex, triggers, asynchronous processing, and custom application design.
- Strong skill in developing modern Salesforce user interfaces using Lightning Web Components (LWC), JavaScript, HTML, and related front-end development practices.
- Demonstrated ability to write efficient and scalable SOQL and SOSL queries and apply sound data access and transaction management practices.
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce integration development, including REST and SOAP APIs, platform events, outbound and inbound integrations, and external system connectivity.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce governor limits, bulkification, performance optimization, and secure coding best practices.
- Knowledge of Salesforce security architecture, including record-level access, object permissions, field-level security, and secure application design principles.
- Skill in troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues across custom code, integrations, user interfaces, automation, and data processes.
- Ability to design, develop, test, and deploy maintainable, reusable, and well-documented Salesforce solutions aligned with business and technical requirements
- Skill in using Salesforce development and deployment tools, including Salesforce CLI, Visual Studio Code, source control, and testing/debugging tools.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with product owners, administrators, architects, analysts, and other developers while providing technical guidance and code review support.
- Experience coaching junior development team members on solution design, technical standards, best practices, and platform governance.
Preferred Licenses and Certifications
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Upon Hire Required
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II within 1 Year Preferred
- Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer within 1 Year Preferred
- Salesforce Platform App Builder within 1 Year Preferred
Physical and Cognitive Demands
- Communicate/Hearing Frequently
- Communicate/Talking Frequently
- Learn New Tasks or Concepts Frequently
- Make Timely Decisions in the Context of a Workflow Frequently
- Complete Tasks Independently Constantly
- Maintain Focus Constantly
- Remember Processes & Procedures Constantly
- Stationary Position (Seated) Constantly
- Vision Constantly
- Hand/Eye Coordination Occasionally
- Bend Rarely
- Complete Tasks in a Noisy Environment Rarely
- Feeling/Grasping/Handling Rarely
- Move/Traverse Rarely
- Repetitive Motions Rarely
The potential compensation range for this role is below. The final offer amount would be based on various factors such as candidate location (geographical labor market), experience, and skills. $109,100.00 - $136,300.00
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