Highmark's Information Technology - Production Support department is seeking a dedicated and experienced Full-time Salesforce Developer to ensure the smooth operation and maintenance of our Salesforce organizations. This remote position, based in Pennsylvania, requires U.S. Citizenship or permanent resident status. The successful candidate will primarily support critical government contracts by providing break-fix solutions, performing ongoing system maintenance, and implementing minor enhancements. This role is crucial for maintaining the stability and performance of our Salesforce ecosystem and offers opportunities to engage in project-based work, collaborate on incident resolution, and participate in an on-call rotation for off-hours support.
Requirements
- at least 3 years of experience in Salesforce development and administration, including proficiency in Salesforce Flows and Apex development.
- Familiarity with Copado for production releases, Salesforce Platform Events, API integrations, and MuleSoft is essential.
- A basic understanding of ITSM principles and tools like Service Manager or ServiceNow, along with knowledge of event-centric architecture, is highly valued.
- 1 year proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems
- 1 years experience in at least one modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica preferred), and experience with at least two of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.
- 1 years of understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON
- 3 years in defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities
Responsibilities
- Responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs.
- Responsible for writing code that adheres to coding standards.
- Perform code reviews.
- Responsible for idea generation, exploring and suggesting appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance.
- Part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution of software applications/programs.
- Communicate any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner.
- Help in story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation).
Other
- U.S. Citizenship or permanent resident status.
- Strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment are key to success in this role.
- Have experience working with agile methodology of scrum
- Interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, unit testing, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
