Software Engineer

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JOB SUMMARY

***CANDIDATE MUST BE US Citizen (due to contractual/access requirements)***

Highmark is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Salesforce Software Engineer with a strong focus on Salesforce Marketing Cloud to lead the design, development, implementation, support, and optimization of complex software solutions. This role requires collaborating closely with business and program stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable and efficient solutions within the Payer and Provider space.
 
Responsibilities include delivering solutions for Salesforce Marketing Cloud projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and best practices; gathering and translating business requirements into technical specifications; providing expertise on Salesforce capabilities and best practices; designing and input to architecture for end-to-end solutions considering scalability, performance, security, and maintainability; collaborating with cross-functional teams for seamless integration; conducting code reviews and providing technical guidance; identifying and resolving technical issues; staying current with Salesforce trends; and presenting/vetting designs with the Salesforce.com architecture team and enterprise review board.
 
The ideal candidate will leverage business and technology knowledge to influence business processes and systems, mentor less experienced team members, and potentially lead special projects. This role requires ensuring solution integrity, including integrations with other systems (legacy and 3rd party software).
 
The successful candidate will identify and implement products/solutions that build upon existing Salesforce investments, adhere to standards and best practices, align with enterprise architecture, and optimize cost savings.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• The job is responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs.

• Responsible for designing & writing code that adheres to coding standards. Perform code reviews.

• Responsible for idea generation, exploring and implementing appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance.
• A part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution of software applications/programs. Communicate any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner.
• Drive story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation). Creates Tasks for their stories in applicable software (ex: RTC or Jira), and updates status and assignment accordingly.
• Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to lead developers on a regular basis.
• Mentor other associate software engineers as needed.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Closely Related Field 

Preferred

• Master's Degree in in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Related Field
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud Consultant
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Specialist 

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 3 years of Proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems

To Include

• 3 years of Experience in at least one modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica  preferred), and experience with at

  least two of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.

• 3 years of Understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON

Preferred

• 3-5 Years Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administration and Deployments

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• None

Preferred

• Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud Consultant