Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce, Texas McCombs

Job Posting Title:

Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce, Texas McCombs

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Hiring Department:

Red McCombs School of Business

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

Texas McCombs is a top business school at the center of one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. The McCombs community champions hands-on experiences alongside the ground-breaking research and thought leadership of a world-class faculty.

The collaborative spirit and enterprising drive of the Longhorn alumni network, one of the largest university networks in the world, is embedded in our culture, making us human-centered and future-focused in all our endeavors. We are shaping those who will shape tomorrow, and solving challenging problems while remaining committed to creating a community that is dynamic, supportive, and challenging. What starts here really does change the world.

To learn more about the McCombs School of Business, please visit https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/

Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer with a strong focus on the Salesforce platform to join our team.  This position reports to the Director of Applications and Data and serves as a member of cross-functional teams supporting the needs of faculty, staff, and students at the McCombs School of Business.  In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Salesforce solutions to meet our business needs.  The ideal candidate will be a hands-on developer with a deep understanding of Salesforce, coupled with expertise in broader full-stack development. You should be comfortable working across various layers of the technology stack and in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The work involves developing an understanding of the business needs; eliciting, documenting, and clarifying requirements; designing, developing, and testing applications, databases, and business intelligence solutions; integrating custom, commercial, and software-as-a-service applications.  A strong candidate has a clear understanding of designing and developing applications that are secure, scalable, reliable, and easy to use.  Strong communication skills and teamwork are highly valued.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement custom Salesforce applications and solutions to support business processes.

• Build, maintain, and enhance Salesforce integration with third-party systems, utilizing APIs and web services.
• Customize Salesforce using Apex, Visualforce, AJAX, SOQL, Lightning Components, and other platform technologies.
• Develop and maintain SQL-based backend services and .NET/C# applications as needed to support Salesforce and other enterprise systems.
• Collaborate with front-end developers on building modern web applications utilizing JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
• Implement and maintain Salesforce flows, triggers, and workflow rules to automate processes and improve efficiency.
• Design and run automated data imports, programmatic data mapping, and data transformation using best practices and tools.
• Participate in code reviews, unit testing to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Ensure data integrity and security within Salesforce through configuration and customization, administration, as well as implementing Salesforce best practices.

Participate in and collaborate with cross-functional teams in the full software development lifecycle (SDLC), including business requirements gathering, high level architecture decisions, cost estimates and production release support.

• Collaborate with stakeholders, including business analysts, product owners, architects and application designers, to translate business requirements into robust, scalable software architecture and design solutions.
• Perform cost analysis and estimates.

Perform software unit and integration testing, facilitate user acceptance testing and support production validation.

Perform regular system maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting, ensuring Salesforce is running optimally.

• Participate in and support Salesforce administration and system configuration.
• Stay up to date with the latest Salesforce releases and development best practices.

Provide technical leadership on