Lead Salesforce Software Engineer

Overview

At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference

Education has power – a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for fairness in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do better -- we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.

 

ACT Education Corp. team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission:  Helping people achieve education and workplace success.  Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT values a diverse workplace and is committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which every team member has equal opportunity to grow.

 

We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work, in an environment where both they and the company thrive.  To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more.  You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.  

 

We are seeking a part-time Lead Salesforce Software Engineer to help us fulfill that mission. You will be joining a team that is developing and implementing the Salesforce strategy at ACT.

The Lead Salesforce Software Engineer is responsible for the engineering of ACT’s next generation products and services. This includes development of solutions using the core capabilities of the Salesforce platform. This role will work with a team of Salesforce engineers and admins to build world class business solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce Communities and custom integration with other ACT solutions. This role will also engage in the Agile process and ensure product quality, robustness, scalability and consistency. 

The finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $130,000 - $150,000. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. The position is incentive eligible.

 

Location: This is a remote position.

 

What you will be working on:

• Collaborate with the team to design, create, maintain and enhance solutions with reusable components that can be leveraged by multiple teams.
• Collaborate with scrum team to support all SDLC activities.  This includes activity in consideration of product scalability, reliability, consistency, and performance, as well as leveraging static code analysis tools, and how we support production monitoring.
• Actively participate in design / architectural discussions, grooming user stories, sprint demos, and daily scrums to help establish a Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) approach.  Recommend product, infrastructure, or design changes to ensure quality and performance standards.

Role Progression:

• Within 3 months you will have completed onboarding, become familiar with all business flows, have a mastery of essential tools. You will be working on enhancements and  building relationships with business teams.
• Within 6 months you will be working on complex enhancements, reviewing the work of other team members, and collaborating regularly with others.
• Within 12 months you will be working independently, designing new applications, lead team meetings, leading project planning and project deliverables 

This could be the job for you if you have (minimum requirements):

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible IT experience, including 2 years of Salesforce.com development using Lightning Web Components.
• Experience with Apex classes, triggers, and web services.
• Solid knowledge of Salesforce architecture.
• Strong knowledge of application configuration, triggers, process builders, workflows, visual force, apex coding, batch processes, and database design.
• Knowledge of Salesforce data model, custom objects, visual force pages, workflows and configuration.
• Knowledge of how to write/test RESTful APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to use JSON and XML.
• Demonstrated success in new technology implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative solutions to technical issues.
• Expertise in a static code anal