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FHLB Des Moines

Principal Developer

Des Moines, IA

$128K - $152K/yr

The Principal Developer is a member of the application development team. The position is responsible for designing and developing technical solutions in support of our business needs. Using a ...

Robots and Pencils

Principal Developer

$155K - $230K/yr

Robots and Pencils LP has an opening available for a Principal Developer to design, program, and test software within a team of developers for the development of innovative solutions and products ...

Robots and Pencils

Principal Developer

OR · On-site +1

$155K - $230K/yr

Robots and Pencils LP has an opening available for a Principal Developer to design, program, and test software within a team of developers for the development of innovative solutions and products ...

TXU Energy

AI Security Principal Developer

Irving, TX · On-site

AI Security Principal Developer We are seeking an AI Security Principal Developer to serve as a strategic advisor to AI and engineering teams on building secure, trustworthy AI solutions. This role ...

Headspace

Principal DevOps Engineer

$162K - $225K/yr

As a Principal DevOps Engineer, your leadership will be essential in helping us make the mission matter by guaranteeing a secure, reliable, and highly scalable platform for over 65 million users ...

Leidos

Principal DevOps Engineer

Bethesda, MD · On-site

$131K - $237K/yr

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Principal DevOps Engineer in our Intel Security Sector's Analysis Solutions Business Area . Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering ...

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Principal DevOps Engineer

Burlington, MA · Hybrid

$163K - $185K/yr

Join us as a Principal DevOps Engineer and help us do what we do best: propelling business forward. This role will be a hybrid so working between your home office and either our Raleigh NC or ...

Verisk

Principal DevOps Engineer

Boston, MA · On-site

$140K - $175K/yr

The Principal DevOps Engineer will lead the design of our engineering platform, standards, and automation to enable product teams to build, test, and deploy independently and safely. The role is ...

GliaCell Technologies

Principal DevOps Engineer

Columbia, MD · On-site

$52.25 - $71.75/hr

Are you a Principal DevOps Engineer who is ready for a new challenge that will launch your career to the next level? * Tired of being treated like a company drone? * Tired of promised adventures ...

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Principal Salesforce Developer

Principal Salesforce Developer

Software Technology Inc

Remote

Other

Posted 9 days ago

Job description

Principal Developer

As a Principal Developer, you will be responsible for:

  • Leading the analysis, design, and development of custom software applications to support critical business needs.
  • Working closely with Architects, Systems Developers, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Business Analysts to develop and maintain systems as designed.
  • Promoting continuous learning with the development team to improve skills and practice.

The Principal Developer is expected to perform design activities with an enterprise mindset. This involves understanding the complex interplay between mission-critical applications, and the underlying architecture of applications themselves, along with the long-term objectives of the business to ensure technology solutions best fit the long-term vision of the organization.

The Principal Developer is the thought leader for the development team, understanding the architecture of the larger ecosystem and translating that to sound, forward-looking design decisions for all applicable applications and team members.

Work Experience:

  • Understand key technical Salesforce aspects like:
    • Data migrations, data quality
    • Systems integrations (including APIs) with other systems
    • 3rd party applications, AppExchange products, and custom code.
  • Develop Apex (classes and triggers), Aura Components and Lightning Web Components to extend Salesforce in order to support business requirements.
  • 7+ years’ experience with Salesforce development

Team focus: Maintaining, developing, and improving SF implementation. Used by CU, SU, and internal IT. Sales workflow, automated workflow

  • Need someone who can help settle into SF as part of an integrated key component of tech stack.
  • Implemented in 2019, rolled out to universities in 2020-2021, now tidying up lingering capabilities. Need to get into continuous implementation delivery, instill best practices and get functioning properly.

Role:

  • Marketing Cloud, components of Sales and Service, Digital engagement, Sales engagement, Einstein capabilities.
  • Aura and Lightning Web Component (LWC) environment. Will take candidates with just Aura.
  • Need Senior level on tech side but need to be able to help with enhancements, work with team, instill best practices.
  • Less about work direction, more about mentorship/guidance, best practices. Will have a different tech lead.
  • Some development, but less than 80% of job.
  • Can flex on years of experience – demonstrated capability more important

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