Junior Salesforce Developer

Esimplicity - Silver Spring, MD

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Silver Spring, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Junior Salesforce Developer at eSimplicity will be responsible for participating in the full application life cycle, including architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment of Salesforce solutions. This role focuses on writing high-performance Apex code, customizing Lightning Components, and designing data models to enhance user experience and meet client needs. The developer will work closely with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to deliver scalable and efficient cloud solutions for government clients.

Responsibilities

• Participating in the full application life cycle: architecture, design, development, testing and deployment
• Writing, testing, and deploying high-performance, reusable, and reliable Apex code
• Creating and customizing Lightning Components to enhance the user interface
• Designing data models and implementing Salesforce objects, including custom objects, fields, and relationships
• Contributing to options analyses, proof-of-concept implementations, and validations for proposed solutions
• Identifying risks, manage change, and design cloud solutions that are efficient and scalable
• Gathering technical requirements and understand user stories to translate dependencies to the technical delivery team
• Working closely with designers and engineers to gather and implement product, front-end, and back-end requirements
• Assist users with troubleshooting and resolving problems of the platform
• Participating in Agile processes including daily standups, demos, retrospectives, and sprint planning
• Documenting development processes, technical designs, and other relevant information to ensure team coverage and code maintainability
• Implementing mature unit and integration testing to ensure systems work as intended
• Participating in cross-team collaborations and disseminating information through knowledge sharing sessions, communities of practice, etc.
• Implementing an automation-first approach to reduce manual configurations within the Salesforce platform using custom Apex scripts, Robotic Process Automation, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering or related field
• 2+ years of relative experience in Salesforce Development & Engineering
• Experience with web programming including HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Experience of custom solutions on Salesforce platform working with Lightning Web Components, Apex Triggers, Apex Classes, Visualforce, SOQL
• Experience building REST APIs for external systems integrations
• Experience with object-oriented programming design patterns and Salesforce data modeling best practices
• Experience working on/with an Agile and SAFe team
• Awareness of critical concepts in Security, DevSecOps and Agile principles
• Experience developing reporting and dashboards in Salesforce
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to collaborate with team members and business stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working in multi-team development environments
• Experience working with Copado CI/CD pipelines and knowledgeable on Copado best practices is a plus
• Experience in multi-cloud architectures and AWS cloud development is a plus
• Experience in civic technology and with government contracting is a plus
• Active Trailblazer account required

Nice-to-haves

• One or more Salesforce developer certifications: Developer I, Developer II, Platform App builder
• Copado Fundamentals I is a plus
• Copado Fundamentals II is a plus
• Experience in health cloud implementation and development is a plus

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Full healthcare benefits
• Performance bonus
• Flexible leave policy