Senior Salesforce Software Engineer

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business

• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun

Position Overview

The Senior Salesforce Software developer is a key technical resource responsible for the design, architecture, development, and maintenance of applications, including requirements analysis, customizations, database changes, screen changes, security definition, and workflow. This role converts system requirements into logical program designs, code modules, and stable application systems.

This is a senior-level position that works with a team of technical resources, managers, and engineers to produce innovative solutions. The Senior Salesforce developer collaborates with business analysts and delivery teams in a highly collaborative environment to define product features, estimates and delivers solutions. This person must be able to create and communicate innovative solutions to business issues and processes leveraging their knowledge of the software platform, responsible for assigning resources to specific application design and development tasks.

What You’ll Do

• Lead technical development, implementation, administration, and support of the Salesforce CRM platform. Participate in the development and deployment of new features to support business initiatives, playing a leading role in the design of new/improved interfaces and functions within the platform

• Collaborate with other Software Engineers to write and review technical specifications as required, meeting the objectives of functional specifications. Specify, identify specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures or functions as required

• Provide advanced code review along with pair programming sessions

• Provide production support for Salesforce/portals including after-hours support when necessary

• Participate in the full SDLC with focus on delivery

Qualifications

• 8+ years working with Salesforce CRM, along with the Salesforce Platform Developer II Certification, showcasing advanced knowledge of Salesforce development, including Apex, SOQL/SOSL, Aura, LWC and API’s

• Strong grasp of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles, database concepts, data modeling, software quality assurance (testing, code reviews), DevOps (CI/CD, Git, AutoRABIT, Mulesoft), and architectural design for scalable and maintainable solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex business requirements, translate them into technical solutions, troubleshoot issues effectively, optimize performance, and align Salesforce solutions with organizational goals.

• Ability to maintain professional business relationships, lead, triage, prioritize, and resolve issues, coupled with strong communication skills for interacting with stakeholders.

• Thrives in dynamic environments with evolving requirements, coupled with proficiency in documenting designs, installations, and technical procedures, along with tools like AutoRABIT, Git, Mulesoft, and Visual Studio Code.

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance • Parenta