Salesforce Developer

Chapman University is a nationally ranked institution offering traditional undergraduate and graduate programs. The Salesforce Developer designs, builds, maintains, and supports Salesforce environments across two university organizations, develops Apex and Visualforce solutions, manages integrations with institutional systems, and translates business requirements into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

Serve as a developer for the Salesforce.com environment

Design, build and maintain platform environment to support institutional business needs

Develop and customize solutions using Apex, Visualforce, and Salesforce Cloud tools (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, AppExchange apps).Identify technical obstacles and evaluate complex business requirements to develop practical solutions that meet both functional and non-functional needs

Handle all basic and advanced development functions

Ensure best practices and maintain quality of applications

Provide day-to-day support on user objectives, coordinating with clients and project managers to ensure stakeholder participation through the development, testing, and launch phases

Complete regular internal system audits and prepare for upgrades

Coordinate the evaluation, scope and completion of new development requests

Manage Salesforce.com data feeds and integrations with institutional systems, including PeopleSoft, Azure, Handshake, and other platforms, ensuring smooth data flow and automation

Identify and troubleshoot issues related to Salesforce integrations and applications

Assist in training of new users, and grow the Salesforce.com skill set across the organization

Work with members of the user community to define and document development requirements

Create technical documentation for the company, like user guides, release notes and design documents

Preferred

An ideal candidate will be proficient with AI tools such as Claude and knowledgeable about the newly released Claudeforce

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Claudeforce

Company

Private university offering personalized higher education in California

Orange, California, USA

https://www.chapman.edu/

Founded in 1861

1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

The candidate should be skilled in handling clients and translating their business requirements, with knowledge of programming languages such as Apex and Visualforce

Candidates should be proficient with the Salesforce platform, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and AppExchange apps

The candidate must be able to identify technical obstacles, evaluate complex business requirements, and provide practical solutions that meet both functional and non-functional needs

The ideal candidate should be able to gather business requirements from non-technical end users and translate them into technical solutions

Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant field/Certified Salesforce developer and or architect

At least two to five years of experience in providing development support for Salesforce in a professional office

Excellent project management skills, with the ability to lead and encourage a collaborate working environment

Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards

Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Interpersonal skills to work with a diverse group of individuals at all levels of the organization

Ability to assess the impact of new requirements on Salesforce.com and all upstream and downstream applications, systems and processes

Ability to learn, interpret and abide by university and department policies and procedures

Ability to use tact and diplomacy, and work with highly confidential information

Strong knowledge of the platform, with the ability to build custom apps and objects, formula fields, workflows, custom views, and other content of intermediate complexity

Strong understanding of Salesforce.com best practices and functionality

Two plus years' experience in Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Community Cloud

Experience in Apex, CSS, JS, controllers and extensions, triggers, batch processes, Restful API/JSON governor limits Marketing Cloud AMPScript

Salesforce integration with ETL experience and API management tools such as Mulesoft and Informatica, Jenkins, etc

A documented history of successfully driving projects to completion

A demonstrated ability to understand and articulate complex requirements

Certification of Salesforce Platform DEV1 or Advanced Admin

Build and understand how to navigate in complex JS, CSS, HTML

Hands on APEX development, surrounding un-managed package

An ideal candidate will be proficient with AI tools such as Claude and knowledgeable about the newly released Claudeforce

At least two to five years of experience in providing development support for Salesforce in a professional office.

Required skills

Salesforce Platform, Apex, Visualforce, Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Community Cloud, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, RESTful API and JSON, Salesforce Integration, MuleSoft, Informatica, Jenkins, Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification

Preferred skills

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Experience

2-5 years