Sr. Application Developer, Salesforce

Overview

Now is the time to join us and make a difference. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.  Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

 

The Sr. Application Developer, Salesforce is responsible for programming technical solutions on the force.com platform.  Responsible for serving as lead developer to add features and functionality to meet sophisticated enterprise business requirements. Responsible for providing API and web service work, maintaining the NPSP data model, problem resolution, and communication with vendor technical resources. Also, responsible for partnering with other engineers, developers, business analysts, and Salesforce administrators – a collaborative mentality is essential.

 

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

 

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity and inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and at heart.org.

Responsibilities

• Serves as technical expert on new project initiatives and participates in application design sessions. Assists with planning for and implementation of approved initiative. Communicates and interprets application requirements and modifications to vendor and Business Technology technical staff.
• Develops project work plans and manages project to completion in accordance with plans which may include formulating system scope and objectives, developing detailed design specifications, and translating system function/features to programming specifications. Advises project team of status and time estimates for work on a regular basis.
• Provides leadership and mentors Business Technology team members on Salesforce functionality and best practices.
• Performs environment management to ensure a stable and structured environment. Provides technical documentation and environment audit trails for the application.  Maintains Salesforce releases and upgrades. 
• Manages CI/CD and deployment techniques in Salesforce.
• Updates application procedures and standards as necessary to record best practices. Completes and communicates modifications to user operations or documentation.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Programming Language Certification
• Demonstrated technical & functional knowledge of Salesforce CRM
• Proficiency in coding and programming key Salesforce core programming languages
• Strong understanding of Salesforce APIs and REST/SOAP webs services
• Strong experience with CI/CD and deployment techniques in Salesforce
• Experience maintaining Salesforce.com in a complex environment
• Experience with key areas of enterprise architecture, including integration technologies

 

Compensation & Benefits

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The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

 

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs; this position is incentive eligible based on achieving certain targets.
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid