Salesforce Developer

At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You’re only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.

We use these values to fuel superior results:

Lock arms

We forge relationships that make our impact 1,000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good.

Show hustle

We’re not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead, we anticipate opportunities, collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional.

Embrace change

From new technologies to workplace philosophies, we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate what’s next.

Elevate empathy

We listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability.

Never settle

We motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger, more inspiring ideas.

But enough about us. Let’s talk about you.

As a Salesforce Developer, you'll embark on a journey of learning and growth in Salesforce development. You'll take ownership of smaller-scale projects and gradually build your expertise in designing and implementing Salesforce solutions. This role offers a platform for you to cultivate your analytical, interpersonal, and creative problem-solving skills, while also gaining valuable exposure to business management and leadership. You'll be closely mentored by experienced technical leads, consultants, and project managers, providing you with a solid foundation in Salesforce capabilities and guiding you towards delivering enhanced client experiences. 

What you’ll do: 

Every day is different, but here's a sample of what you can expect to experience and accomplish: 

• Learn the Specifics about the Salesforce.com Platform features, configuration, development processes and best practices. That includes Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data cloud APIs and system Integrations. 

• Delivering the assigned work with very minimal guidance from team leads. 

• Work with the Technical leads and Solution Specialist to break down user stories into actionable tasks.  

• To lead client conversations on technology topics related to project scope. 

• Work with Technical Leads for the development of system requirements, design specifications and estimating the work with team leads. 

• Mentor Associate Developers and helping them in resolving tough challenges. 

• Develop aesthetic and usable interfaces on the Salesforce Platform, Salesforce Communities, Site.com, and Salesforce1 using SLDS and custom Lightning Components in JavaScript using the Aura Framework. 

• Build back-end automations and triggers on the Salesforce Platform using Apex 

• Write SQL/SOQL/SOSL and JSON queries to manipulate data 

• Ensure coding standards are followed and evolved with project experience 

• Review the development work consistently and own the quality of the development work 

• Keep project manager well informed of status of development effort. 

• Ensure code quality using appropriate tools  

• enforce the best practices and coding standards 

• Your day-to-day will involve Participating in designing and building salesforce solutions, proof of concepts, triaging and fixing issues, demonstrating built solutions in sprint demo etc. 

Who you are: 

• You have a strong ability to support the creation of innovative digital transformation strategy and to help deliver and implement an operational solution that is customer centric.    

• You are a technology enthusiast and can support a program’s diagnostics surrounding complex business/technical challenges to implement innovative digital solutions with latest technologies.  

• You are hands on in design and development of custom solutions, APIs development, Application Integrations and Data Migration.  

• You are passionate about technology and are driven to keep up to date with the latest functionality. 

• You are flexible with the ability to handle multiple demands, shifting priorities and rapid change. Ambiguity is not something that scares you.    

• You are recognized as trusted, empathetic, and accountable in relationships with clients, colleagues, vendors, and other industry professionals.   

• You are optimistic and demonstrate a positive mental attitude. You persist in seeking goals and operate from a commitment to success rather than fear of failure.    

What you bring: 

• 3-4 years of development experience. The ideal candidate has experience working in complex CRM projects that include building solutions, user experience, integrations with internal and external systems, QA, deployments and maintenance. 

• 3+ years development experience on Salesforce platform is good to have. 

• Background of working in mid to large web-based systems, or complete software product lifecycle exposure 

• Understanding of SDLC, Agile and Waterfall Model. 

• Intermediate level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including Sales, Service, Experience, Marketing, Data and Commerce Clouds. 

• Ability to design and optimize business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems. 

• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements 

• Familiarity with Front and backend solution architecture 

• Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies. 

• Good verbal and written communications skills. 

• Must be willing to travel to client sites. 

The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.