Salesforce Developer

Story Behind the Need:

• Business group: The CRM Global Technology Applications team supporting Global Banking & Markets Wholesale clients
• Project: We are embarking on a Salesforce project to digitize and integrate systems along the Client Lifecycle for wholesale banking. You will be responsible for working with consultants and business stakeholders to design and build the workflow and system integrations required. You will remove barriers throughout the project enabling the development and deployment of quality solutions that meet these requirements.
• Reason for request: Project

Candidate Value Proposition:

• The successful candidates will have the opportunity to join a collaborative team environment that will be impacting multiple organizational lines within the Bank.
• Using various techniques and methodologies, the successful candidate will be exposed to new technology in an enterprise environment.

Typical Day in Role / Responsibilities:

• The team is looking for an experienced Salesforce developer that is well versed in all facets of the Financial Services cloud, acting as a major contributor for solutions, workflows, data models and leveraging best practices to design, test, implement and support the solution.
• Assure quality, security and compliance requirements are met.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.
• Adapt to change quickly and adjust work accordingly in a positive manner.
• Must be comfortable working in an org with complex sharing rules and working with vendors to support managed packages.
• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies.
• Supports one or more highly complex business processes.
• Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years software development with 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce development, solutioning and deployment
• Proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, and SOQL, and understanding of SFDC and ability to implement applications across the Salesforce environments such as Force.com
• Building architecture solutions for a new implementation and enhance existing architecture experiences
• 2+ years’ experience in the capacity as a hands-on technical lead
• Completed at least 2 large scale integration projects using Salesforce
• Recent experience with Lightning development, LWC Framework, Batch Processing, Process Builder, SFDC Web Services & APIs, Test Coverage Classes and custom objects
• 3 + years’ experience working with SOA
• Experience with agile teams – understanding the mindset of working in an agile environment very important*

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Salesforce Certifications – Salesforce Developer / Consultant / Architect
• You have in-depth knowledge of SOAP and RESTful integrations
• Financial services experience is a plus around AML, Compliance and KYC
• Financial Services cloud experience is an asset (not a priority but appreciated if in addition to the above)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills to work across different business lines and with different users
• Looking for ‘go getter’ personalities who can solve problems and think outside the box
• You must be comfortable with Capital Markets business partners and product owners while also being able to get technical with the team when necessary.
• You must be able to understand and articulate business value and constantly striving for process improvement.
• Data quality and governance is key to everything we do and must be top of mind.
• You are solution-focused, takes initiative to work effectively within established guidelines

Best vs Average:

• Strong candidates would currently be working in Salesforce and have a variety experience with financial industry workflows. This is a lead role, and the candidates should be coming from technical lead capacities where they are still hands-on with development themselves.

Degrees or certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• Salesforce Certifications – Salesforce Developer / Consultant / Architect are an asset

Structure and Format:

• 1st round: Video interview, panel discussion (technical and behavioral), 45-60mins. Live coding assessment, please be prepared to share screens with scratch orgs.
• 2nd round: Interview with Director (as needed), 30 mins
• Hiring Manager’s availability to interview: ASAP
• Note focus on hands-on experience as a technical lead, not simply managing team of Devs. Solution architecting experience is a good fit. Integration project experience is required using Salesforce.

Structure and Format:

• Live coding assessment, please be prepared to share screens with scratch orgs