Senior Salesforce Developer - Canada (Remote)

Info-Tech Research Group is the world’s fastest growing information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals worldwide. We produce unbiased and highly relevant IT research to help CIOs make strategic, timely and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations. 

Why join us?

We are a growth focused, entrepreneurially spirited company that has consistently achieved YoY growth in our 25 years of operation and are especially proud of our double-digit growth in the midst of a global pandemic.

When you join Info-Tech you get access to unlimited opportunities for professional growth and development in your field of expertise or areas you are interested in. We promote learning to help you be a better professional and we will also pay for some of those certifications.

You will work in a highly collaborative team that functions efficiently even in a remote work setting. You will have flexibility to work from home, at the office (located in London / Toronto Ontario and quite fun), or in a hybrid mode.

We offer great competitive salaries, benefits plan, and RRSP matching plans.

What will you do

The  Salesforce Developer  will develop complex custom solutions using programmatic and declarative coding, assist in defining current and future architectures, help drive projects forward, lead by example, and mentor junior staff.

Creating and supporting Salesforce initiatives is the primary focus of the Salesforce Developer within the Sales Operations team.

You will work on implementing Salesforce based solutions with a diverse team of developers, designers, Salesforce Administrators, and stakeholders. You will be building processes, functions, and system integrations within an agile framework for use by Info-Tech employees, to enable them to work efficiently.

The Role

The primary focus of the Salesforce Developer within the Sales Operations team will be to create and support Salesforce initiatives.


You will work on implementing Salesforce based solutions with a diverse team of developers, designers, Salesforce Administrators, and stakeholders. You will be building processes, functions, and system integrations within an agile framework for use by Info-Tech employees, to enable them to work efficiently.


The Salesforce Developer will develop complex custom solutions using programmatic and declarative coding, assist in defining current and future architectures, help drive projects forward, lead by example, and mentor junior staff. 

Responsibilities 

• Build, test, implement and support functionalities within Salesforce using programming languages and development tools


• Participate in an agile software development framework. Assist in resource estimation and the development of project timelines. Address and resolve potential project roadblocks


• Partner with Designers, Developers and Product Owners to define specifications and gather requirements


• Research and prototype solutions for integration with Salesforce and other applications


• Mentor other team members and deliver effective code reviews


• Translate functional requirements into technical requirements


• Design and build high-performance, reusable, and reliable Apex code with best practices

Education Qualifications and Certification

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Application Development, or Information Technology is considered an asset 
  Must possess a Salesforce Platform Developer I


• At least 6 years of experience as a Salesforce Developer

Experience

• In-depth knowledge of the standard capabilities of SFDC and have successfully expanded on those capabilities using custom code (Apex Class & Triggers, Flows, Aura & Lightning Web Components, Platform Events, etc.) and/or integration with external systems


• In-depth understanding of functionality and debugging of Apex code, Flows, Aura & Lightning Web Components, Platform Events, VisualForce, SOQL, SOSL and APIs


• Solid understanding of SDLC, software architecture and system integration


• Experience with reports and dashboards


• Experience in designing custom objects, custom fields, picklists, page layouts, record automations, approval processes, validation rules, etc.


• Experience with troubleshooting tools such as Developer Console and Workbench Experience with SF IDEs (Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, etc.)


• Solid Understanding of Repository Branching for both Org and Package development


• Experience with JIRA and various code repositories


• Proficiency in Excel including VLOOKUP, INDEX-MATCH, pivot tables, charts, and graphs


• Experience with data migration and ETL/Data Loader, or other similar integration tools 


• Proven experience in a highly collaborative team environment 

Nice to have

• Salesforce Administrator


• Platform App Builder


• Salesforce Platform Developer II 

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills


• Good problem-solving skills and ability to give optimal solutions


• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills


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


• Strong ability to showcase your ability to set priorities, manage project timelines and work with limited supervision


• Proven ability to design and implement new processes and facilitate user adoption


• Strong understanding of the platform, with the ability to build custom apps and objects, formula fields, workflows, custom views, and other content of intermediate complexity Strong data management abilities

Info-Tech Research Group of companies  is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic including Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants. To that end, upon request, ITRG will ensure, to the extent possible, that accommodation be made available to applicants throughout the recruitment and hiring process.

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