Lead Salesforce Software Engineer

At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference

Education has power – a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for fairness in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do better -- we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.

ACT Education Corp. team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT values a diverse workplace and is committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which every team member has equal opportunity to grow.

We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work, in an environment where both they and the company thrive. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with company contributions, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.

We are seeking a part-time Lead Salesforce Software Engineer to help us fulfill that mission.

You will be joining a team that is developing and implementing the Salesforce strategy at ACT.

The Lead Salesforce Software Engineer is responsible for the engineering of ACT’s next generation products and services. This includes development of solutions using the core capabilities of the Salesforce platform. This role will work with a team of Salesforce engineers and admins to build world class business solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce Communities and custom integration with other ACT solutions. This role will also engage in the Agile process and ensure product quality, robustness, scalability and consistency.

The finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $130,000 - $150,000. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. The position is incentive eligible.

Location: This is a remote position.

What You Will Be Working On

• Collaborate with the team to design, create, maintain and enhance solutions with reusable components that can be leveraged by multiple teams.
• Collaborate with scrum team to support all SDLC activities. This includes activity in consideration of product scalability, reliability, consistency, and performance, as well as leveraging static code analysis tools, and how we support production monitoring.
• Actively participate in design / architectural discussions, grooming user stories, sprint demos, and daily scrums to help establish a Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) approach. Recommend product, infrastructure, or design changes to ensure quality and performance standards.

Role Progression

• Within 3 months you will have completed onboarding, become familiar with all business flows, have a mastery of essential tools. You will be working on enhancements and building relationships with business teams.
• Within 6 months you will be working on complex enhancements, reviewing the work of other team members, and collaborating regularly with others.
• Within 12 months you will be working independently, designing new applications, lead team meetings, leading project planning and project deliverables

This could be the job for you if you have (minimum requirements):

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible IT experience, including 2 years of Salesforce.com development using Lightning Web Components.
• Experience with Apex classes, triggers, and web services.
• Solid knowledge of Salesforce architecture.
• Strong knowledge of application configuration, triggers, process builders, workflows, visual force, apex coding, batch processes, and database design.
• Knowledge of Salesforce data model, custom objects, visual force pages, workflows and configuration.
• Knowledge of how to write/test RESTful APIs.
• Demonstrated ability to use JSON and XML.
• Demonstrated success in new technology implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative solutions to technical issues.
• Expertise in a static code analysis tools such as SonarQube, HPFortify, Crucible.
• Experience with version control solutions such as Bitbucket or Git.
• Communication – ability to communicate effectively across all levels in the organization as well as with vendors and other external stakeholders.
• Collaboration – work effectively with individuals inside and outside the organization.
• Change management – ability to manage change and navigate positively in an environment experiencing change at a fast pace; demonstrated ability to respond to requests quickly.
• Initiative – uses self-starter approach, ability to multi-task and prioritize work while maintaining high quality, proactively anticipates and acts on information and details needed, willingness and ability to learn.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems or related area of study, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.

It's a Plus If You Have

• Experience with IntelliJ.
• Experience with Flosum or a similar change management product.
• In-depth knowledge of Salesforce Service Cloud.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Experience with AWS solutions.

About ACT

When ACT was founded in 1959, it disrupted the assessment industry with a new approach to helping students better understand their readiness so they could take steps to improve it. By leveraging our expertise and authority in assessment and research, we will again disrupt the industry—helping more people learn, better measure their progress, and improve their navigation through life’s transitions.

More than ever before, ACT is fulfilling its mission of helping people achieve education and workplace success. We’re doing it by pushing the boundaries of learning innovation through the work of our people, who we call team members because we’re all in this together.

We know transformation does not come without challenge. That’s why ACT invests in a variety of experiences for team members to strengthen their connections, explore ideas, learn from customers, and celebrate success.

Learn more about working at ACT at act.org!

ACT is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ACT participates in E-verify. ACT's online position announcements are intended only to provide general descriptions of employment opportunities; none of the information provided for any position should be interpreted as a commitment by ACT to specific terms and conditions for employment.

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