Senior Salesforce Developer

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Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZAF
Hybrid
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Software
The Role
Leads the full software development lifecycle for complex Salesforce and enterprise application projects. Responsibilities include architecture, solution design, coding, testing, documentation, technical leadership, stakeholder communication, business process analysis, automation, mentoring developers, and delivery of projects aligned with business goals, budgets, timelines, quality standards, and enterprise strategies.
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Job Summary:
Are you a Developer with a passion for creating innovative solutions? Join our dynamic team as a Senior Salesforce Developer and take your career to the next level! We're looking for talented individuals with exceptional front and back-end coding and/or software / application development experience.

You'll play a pivotal role in shaping connected digital ecosystems that seamlessly integrate applications, services, and data layers.

The Senior Developer is a senior-level position that will take accountability for providing technical leadership on the development, design and implementation of complex new or modified applications and/or system software. This position will focus on large development projects and
will be responsible for the full software development cycle, from conception to development and the provision of technical leadership for all development projects.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Full Lifecycle Development:
  • Understanding the product goals and related strategy and communicating with stakeholders (including clients) to clarify and define requirements
    • Researching, designing, implementing and maintaining enterprise and business architecture
    • Contributing to the creation and review of a systems capability strategy
    • Providing technical leadership to ensure the highest standard of code is produced by team members after being thoroughly tested
    • Developing and/or selecting critical components of the overall solution
    • Specifying and designing large and complex systems
    • Designing, coding, testing, correcting and documenting new and amended software components from agreed specifications, and agreed subsequent iterations, using agreed
    standards and tools
    • Assisting with the appropriate allocation of tasks to team members, including coaching and mentoring less experienced developers and/or graduates
    • Participating in the review of own work and leading review of the work of others
    • Analyzing business processes to identify potential alternative and new approaches or solutions, including automation, cost assessment, benefits and change impacts
    • Assists with the definition and management of business goals and the scoping of large or complex changes
    • Defining solution development projects to meet business goals and contributes to the improvement of the solution development process
    • Ensuring that solution development projects or programmes are delivered on time, in budget and meets quality targets and aligns to the appropriate standards, methods and procedures

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
  • At least 8 year’s previous experience in a corporate or consulting
    environment
    • At least 6 year’s focused programming, front and back-end coding and/or software / application development experience
    • Experience providing technical leadership
    • Experience of IT in a complex business environment with the ability to
    translate technical concepts into business terms
    • Experience of dealing with relevant stakeholders, managing expectations in the pursuit of improved services
    • Experience of developing and implementing relevant strategies in a multi supplier environment, managing third party services

Soft Skills:

  • Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
  • Excellent analytical and critical thinking abilities.
  • Self-motivated with a willingness to learn new technologies.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Team player with a proactive, can-do attitude.

What We Offer:

  • Career Growth:
    A chance to develop your skills and expertise in software development and leadership.
  • Competitive Compensation:
    Competitive salary and benefits.
  • Professional Development:
    Support for certifications and technical training (Salesforce).
  • Collaborative Environment:
    A supportive and collaborative work environment and team structure.
  • Impactful Projects:
    Opportunities to work on high-impact digital transformation projects.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • At least 8 years of experience in a corporate or consulting environment
  • At least 6 years of focused programming, front-end and back-end coding, or software/application development experience
  • Experience providing technical leadership
  • Experience working in complex business environments and translating technical concepts into business terms
  • Experience working with stakeholders and managing expectations to improve services
  • Experience developing and implementing strategies in a multi-supplier environment and managing third-party services
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills
  • Excellent analytical and critical thinking abilities
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Team-oriented and proactive attitude
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The Company
HQ: Gauteng
220 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

BlueSky is an award-winning, ambitious and independent cloud, digital and AI technology agency. We partner with leading technologies including Salesforce, Amazon Web Services, Alteryx, Tableau, Snowflake and DataBricks. We’ve got the tools to help you build a business for the future. Our services include the full set of digital, cloud and AI disciplines required to drive your digital transformation. The sky’s the limit when you think without limits. At BlueSky, we thrive on agility and a culture of curiosity. It’s a mindset that pushes us to deliver cutting-edge technology solutions that drive efficiency, effectiveness & growth for our clients. We have vast experience in delivering emerging technology using start-up thinking and agile delivery methodologies applying flexible, iterative solutions that achieve business value. We guide our clients through every phase of digital and AI transformation from strategy definition and roadmap design to implementation and post go-live managed services. We believe emerging technology offers the opportunity to leap forwards towards growth and innovation. We ensure innovation leads to actionable outcomes and measurable returns.

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