Senior Technical Consultant

Salesforce Professional Services focuses on delivering strategic engagements that define transformational opportunities and articulate clear plans for execution of change programs. We rely on our team’s expertise and specialisms to engage with executive-level customers to agree on specific business goals and actions to ignite the full value of Salesforce. Our approach considers people, process, and technology — and a successful engagement includes recommendations to the business for change to support deeper, more relevant use of the Salesforce platform. The ideal Technical Consultant is a demonstrated thought leader in technical aspects of customer and partner engagements that lead to the successful delivery of enterprise desktop, cloud, and/or mobile solutions, including enterprise integrations leveraging middleware tools and platforms. Developers deliver technical solutions to meet the customer’s business and technical requirements. Developers lead the evaluation of options and subsequent presentation and education of the customer/partner. They will also identify and proactively manage risk areas, and commit to seeing issues through to complete resolution Your Impact Participate in the full application life cycle - design, development, testing, and deployment

Interact with customers, project teams, and other stakeholders to ensure customer success

Design, develop and integrate Salesforce apps and components with back-office systems using modern web tools and technologies

Develop proofs of concept as needed during the design and requirements phase to evaluate products and integration strategies

Validate application code using unit tests, security tests, and profiling tools

Assist in identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving defects encountered during various stages of project delivery, including during the deployment and implementation of the solution in production environments

Produce project documentation, including functional and technical designs, and end-user guides

Travel is infrequent, varying with consultant preference and client requirements

Minimum Requirements:  3+ years of experience in design and implementation using Salesforce.com technology

Skill and passion for programming and technology

Understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts

• Skilled in Java, C#, or comparable OOP language

Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Experience with modern IDEs (VSCode, IntelliJ) and SCM tools (Git, SVN)

Strong problem-solving skills

Ability and desire to learn new technologies and development tools

A creative mindset to apply innovative approaches to software design

Desire to work in a highly collaborative environment with a large team of like-minded developers

Understanding of relational databases, data modelling, and SQL

Understanding of Agile, Scrum, or other iterative development methodologies

Preferred Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative subject area. Equivalent demonstrable work experience instead of a degree will be considered

Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organisation

Application design and development background

Travel may be required and varies depending on the client's requirements

A Strong Enterprise Architecture background would be favorable

Relevant Salesforce experience is desired 

Highly beneficial to have any Salesforce product certifications before joining:

Salesforce Certified Administrator

Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator

Platform App Builder

Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant

Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant