Salesforce Sr. Lightning Developer

Locations

CT - Hartford,MA - Boston,NJ - Florham Park,NY - New York,PA - Philadelphia

Job Description:

The Salesforce Technical Consultant / Developer (Lightning) is a key member of our Delivery organization in the US. In addition to being responsible for developing high performing solutions on the Salesforce platform, the Technical Consultant will provide insight in advanced business analysis, conduct needs assessments, configure apps as required, and also assist in key functions involving client and staff development, training and on-going client support.

Our clients are world leading organizations that are or have selected Salesforce platform to advance their business and the Consultant is an essential team member inside the organization.

Racking up those air miles will have to wait, as weekly non-essential travel to client sites Monday through Thursday is currently suspended. For now, all business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.

Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from a number of infectious disease experts.

Typical Day Snapshot

New challenges and opportunities arise every day for our Technical Consultants and their roles will vary based on the projects where they are engaged. The work is truly exciting and interesting and will require our Technical Consultants to:

Work with senior members of the team to analyze business requirements, translating those requirements in to customized solutions using the Salesforce platform.

Implement Salesforce solutions that adhere to platform best practices and perform peer code reviews. Typical Salesforce implementations include custom platform development (Apex, Lightning Components, Apps, Mobile, and Custom front ends, etc.), integrations with back office systems (often through the use of middleware tools) and complex data migrations. Experience in one or more of these aspects of a Salesforce project is a must.

Participate in development workstreams, from design through testing and deployment.

With project leadership, assist in the estimation of work effort and set a realistic schedule for development.

Maintain effective client relations and rapport - delivering timely and relevant information with the ability to quickly identify and report project risks.

Post-delivery - assists client teams in supporting the live application and perform handoff and knowledge transfer activities, positioning our clients for long term success.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum 2 years of experience with web application development including JavaScript, CSS, or HTML5.

Minimum of 6 months experience with customization on the Salesforce Lightning platform which should include: Lightning Components using the Lightning Design System framework, Apex, Apex data loader, and declarative platform tools. (Process Builder, Visual Workflow, Lightning App Builder, etc.)

A minimum of 1 year of exposure to Salesforce.com APEX data loader and integrations

A minimum of 6 months exposure to leading/mentoring junior developers

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate's Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6 years' work experience)

Preferred Skills:

Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment and be creative within a team.

Prototyping (InVision or similar)

Experience with web application development including CSS or HTML5.

Experience with common JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, etc.

Experience developing for Salesforce Communities and Lightning App Builder

Ability to adapt to a dynamic work environment and be creative within a team

Knowledge of Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS) and Salesforce, either through work at industry participants or consulting to the industry

Preferred Credentials:

Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification

Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification

Salesforce Lightning Component Framework Specialist (Trailhead Super Badge)

Salesforce Lightning Experience Specialist (Trailhead Super Badge)