Sr. Salesforce Developer

About the Team

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,300 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

About the Role

As a Senior Salesforce Developer, you will be responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and continued optimization of our Salesforce Sales Cloud platform to ensure effective and optimized customer experience. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Salesforce Sales Cloud features, strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to collaborate cross departmentally to drive system enhancements and improvements. Your expertise will drive the success of our Sales Transformation initiative and contribute to our continuous improvement and growth.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements, translating those requirements into customized solutions using the Salesforce platform.
• Strong experience and knowledge in Salesforce Sales Cloud processes and capabilities.
• Implement Salesforce solutions that adhere to platform best practices. Typical Salesforce implementations include custom platform development (Apex, Visualforce, Aura & Lightning Components, Web Services and API), integrations with back-office systems (often using middleware tools) and complex data migrations.
• Automate business processes using Salesforce automation tools, such as Flows, Workflows, Formulas, Assignment Rules, and email Alerts.
• Provide expertise and recommendation on when to use configuration vs. code vs off-the- shelf products.
• Provide application support by analyzing defects, replicating/fixing defects, and providing root cause analysis for defects.
• Troubleshoot and resolve functional and performance-related issues.
• Participate in peer code reviews and unit testing.
• Assist with each release cycle to implement and deploy new/updates to existing applications and code.
• Participate in development workstreams, from design through testing and deployment.
• With project leadership, assist in the estimation of work effort and set a realistic schedule for development.
• Communicate and work effectively with cross functional teams including business teams, product teams, global IT Apps teams, consultants & vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Technology, or in a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in Salesforce Declarative development using Process Builder, Flows, Workflows, Lightning App Builder, etc.
• Deep understanding of Salesforce platform programming languages – Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, Aura, APEX, SOQL, and SOSL.
• Strong expertise in Sales Cloud and Force.com platform
• Proficiency in front end technologies like HTML, CSS & JavaScript Frameworks such as jQuery, Angular, React, Knockout JS etc.
• Thorough understanding of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Salesforce Deployment/Packaging effectively using Metadata API, Changeset and Ant
• Good understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies
• Strong analytical, problem solving/decision making skills.
• Salesforce Administrator and Salesforce Platform Developer I Certifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Administrator Certification
• Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification
• Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant Certification
• Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan - Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Empl