Salesforce developer

Expectations from this role:

• Develop technical documents such as Functional Design Specifications, Deployment documentation.
• Perform design document reviews, peer code reviews and suggest code improvements.
• A single point of contact for the build and deployment issues and resolve them on time.
• Learn technology, business/system domain and as recommended by the project/account.
• Contribute to ERP/CRM Practice related activities like (but not limited to) assembling content for case studies, contributing to reusability, coordinating internal seminars and conduct knowledge sharing sessions, organizing sessions during and participating in hackathons, etc.
• Select appropriate technical options for development such as reusing, improving or reconfiguration of existing components.
• Identify the problem patterns and improve the technical design of the application/system.
• Optimize efficiency, cost and quality.
• A self-learner, implementing new features released in relevant technology wherever possible.
• Act creatively to develop applications and select appropriate technical options, optimize application development, maintenance and performance by employing design patterns and reusing proven solutions. Responsible for others' developmental activities.
• Interpret the application/feature/component design to develop the same in accordance with specifications.
• Code, debug, test and document and communicates product/component/feature development stages.
• Validate results with user representatives, integrates and commissions the overall solution.
• Influence and improve customer satisfaction through things like (but not limited to) offering suggestions for code refactoring and improvements in business processes, complete sprint deliverables ahead of time, helping client architects and product owners by way of design suggestions and/or explaining functionality to business stakeholders, etc.
• Influence and improve employee engagement within the project teams.
• Set goals in NorthStar and timely measure progress and update accordingly.

Typical performance measures:

• Number of applicable technical/domain certifications completed.
• Adherence to process and standards (coding standards).
• Average time taken for turnaround on production bugs.
• Adherence to schedule and timelines.
• Number of Junior Leads who were guided and unskilled to lead a technical team.

Performance Areas:

Requirement

• Understand the requirements/user stories.

Estimate:

• Create and provide inputs for effort and size estimation and plan resources for projects.
• Follow scrum ceremonies.

Design:

• Contribute to creation of design (HLD, LLD, SAD)/architecture for Applications/feature/Business Components.

Configuration and Coding:

• Define coding standards, templates and checklists.
• Perform code review of team members.

Test:

• Create and review unit test cases, scenarios and execution.
• Review test plan created by testing team.
• Provide clarifications to the testing team.

Manage Defects:

• Perform defect RCA and mitigation.
• Identify defect trends and take proactive measures to improve quality.

Manage Project:

• Manage delivery of modules and/or manage user stories.

Documentation:

• Create/review templates, checklists, guidelines, standards for design/process/development.
• Create/review deliverable documents. Design documentation, test cases and results.

Status Reporting:

• Report status of tasks assigned.
• Comply with project related reporting standards and process.

Manage knowledge:

• Contribute project related documents, share point, libraries, client universities.
• Review the reusable documents created by the team.

Release:

• Execute and monitor release process.

Interface with Customer:

• Clarify requirements and provide guidance to development team.
• Present design options to customers.
• Implementation reviews with stakeholders.
• Work closely with customer architects to finalize design.

Domain relevance:

• Advise software developers on design and development of feature/component with deeper understanding of the business problem being addressed for the client.
• Learn more about the customer domain and identify opportunities to provide value additions to customers.
• Complete relevant domain certifications.

Manage/Mentoring Team:

• Set goals and provide feedback.
• Understand aspirations of team members and provide guidance, opportunities, etc.
• Ensure team members are upskilled.
• Ensure team is engaged in project.
• Proactively identify risks and work to mitigate.

Skill Examples:

• Explain and communicate the design/development to the customer.
• Perform and evaluate test results against product specifications.
• Break down complex problems into logical components.
• Estimate effort, time, and resources required for developing/debugging features/components.
• Perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment.
• Make quick decisions on technical/project related challenges.
• Manage a team, mentor and handle people related issues in team.
• The ability to maintain high motivation levels and positive dynamics in the team.
• Interface with other teams, designers, and other parallel practices.
• Set goals for self and team. Provide feedback for team members.
• Create and articulate impactful technical presentations.
• Follow high level of business etiquette in emails and other business communication.
• Drive conference calls with customers and answer customer questions.
• Proactively ask for and offer help.
• Ability to work under pressure, determine dependencies, risks, facilitate planning and handle multiple tasks.
• Build confidence with customers by meeting the deliverables on time with quality.
• Estimate effort, time, and resources required for developing/debugging features/components.

Knowledge Examples:

• Functional and technical designing on various ERP/CRM cloud platform features and automations.
• Thorough knowledge of coding best practices; understanding the limitations of coding.
• Experience using data loading tools.
• Experience on production deployment and solving deployment errors.
• Knowledge of Agile Methods - Scrum and Kanban.
• Experience in integration with external systems using SOAP API, REST API, etc.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.