Salesforce Principal Developer

Job Description

SUMMARY

Join our Diverse AAP Team and start reimagining the future of automotive aftermarket. We are a highly motivated Tech Organization, excited to be in the midst of dynamic Innovation and Transformational change.  Driven by AAP's top-down commitment to empowering our team members, we are focused on delighting our Customers with Care and Speed, through delivery of world class technology solutions and products.

The CRM Professional Team is seeking a high performing and motivated Salesforce Principal Developer who will be a key contributor in advancing the delivery of our Strategic/Growth Vision!  Are you interested in joining us on this Journey, as we expand our Salesforce product offerings/capabilities in support of our Customers?

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES includes the following.  Other duties may be assigned

• Contribute to the Teams’ decisions on overall approach and participate in tactical dialog
• Lead by example, seek consensus and help the team to be greater than the sum of its parts
• Approve overall technical design for solutions delivered on the Salesforce platform
• Provide expertise to address business, process, and technical opportunities and challenges
• Identify technical design risks and develop mitigating approaches. Guide and mentor developers and communicate closely with the rest of the Salesforce team including keeping stakeholders informed of solution progress and risks
• Own the development/delivery of Salesforce features from inception to production implementation
• Collaborate with team members to ensure Salesforce development teams follow best practices when architecting, programming, and documenting solutions
• Identify options for potential solutions and assess them for both technical and business suitability
• Review and provide feedback on detailed technical design
• Conduct vendor analysis and proof-of-concepts/prototypes for new technologies/solutions
• Act as knowledge expert and translator between business users and technical team members
• Work with Salesforce Product Managers to maintain the backlog of features and epics
• Participate in estimation of feature sizings and prioritization discussions
• Actively participate in Advance’s Salesforce CoE (Circle of Excellence)
• Champion a truly agile, true DevOps, true CI/CD culture here at Advance
• Stay up to date on the latest technology trends in requirements gathering, analysis and documentation and stay informed on the latest technology trends in the industry

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of Salesforce experience including implementation, configuration, integration, workflows, validation rules, and security controls
• Experience providing detailed Salesforce system and functional designs
• Expert level understanding of the Salesforce product suite including some combination of Sales, Experience (Communities), Service, and Marketing Clouds.  Listed in the order of expectations
• Experience in designing and developing software components and having a strong background in database design and system architecture
• Experience with Release Management, Source Control, Deployment concepts/technologies and DevOps in a Salesforce environment
• Experience with unlocked packaging model using Salesforce DX
• Experience in documenting current state business processes into future state recommendations
• Expert level experience defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps to desired end-states, and documenting/delivering a comprehensive solution that enables business goals
• Experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems and working with integration tools (ESB and ETL)
• Experience in developing solutions for Large Volume Data using Apex and process automations
• Experience in developing custom components using Aura and lightning web components
• Advanced understanding of the Salesforce.com data model and how and when to create custom objects vs. using Salesforce out-of-the-box functionality
• Integration experience using Web based technologies (SOAP, REST) and/or MuleSoft
• Expert level understanding of security considerations for external integrations to Salesforce
• Knowledge of options and how to handle requirements such as single sign on and data security
• Experience operating in a SCRUM Framework Agile environment in delivering software solutions
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and project related user interview communication skills

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience
• At least 7 years of experience with Salesforce

SALESFORCE CERTIFICATIONS

• Having certifications are expected

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None officially, to start, but your leadership will be welcomed and recognized.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class:

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