Senior Salesforce Developer

Job Title:Senior Salesforce developer

Location:McLean, VA

Duration:11-12 months contract with possible extension

Job Description:

Description:

Must Have Qualifications:

Ideal candidate will have 5+ years of strong development experience in salesforce.

Candidates should also have at least 3+ years of hands-on experience using Python or a solid understanding of application and architecture design principles and strong Java and Salesforce expertise.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, modify, integrate, test, deploy and support internal Salesforce applications.

Deliver projects in Agile methodologies.

Enhance Experience cloud to support external customers

Update the DevOps process using in-grown tools and process and assist in identifying efficiencies

Update and maintain the test automations suite built using Cucumber/Selenium

Support planning activities, such as impact assessments, level of effort analysis and developer task assignments.

Integrate microservices with the salesforce platform using APIs (REST, SOAP, GraphQL), platform events and other integration mechanisms like mulesoft

Conduct regular code reviews to ensure best practices are being followed.

Support production issues when required

Qualifications

4+ years of hands-on experience in design, implementation and production support on Salesforce, backend development and API Integration.

5+ years experience in Information Technology.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or other related field or equivalent working experience.

Solid understanding of salesforce development concepts, including Apex, SOQL, SOSL, Lightning components(Aura/LWC) and salesforce APIs

Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)

Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins and GitLab)

Solid understanding and working knowledge of test automation tools (Cucumber, Selenium, etc)

Prove experience designing, developing and deploying microservices using technologies such as Java, Spring boot etc. or preferably mulesoft

Experience with message queues and event streaming platforms

Familiarity with API design principles and best practices

Required Salesforce Developer Certifications

Demonstrates ability to analytically address complex problems, process critical data, establish facts, and draw quality conclusions.

Preferred Qualifications

3+years’ experience developing in MuleSoft

Experience in Python scripting to enhance scripts leveraged to maintain the platform