Manager, Salesforce Engineering

Great America Financial Services is a highly successful entrepreneurial company providing equipment financing to businesses across the United States. Our exemplary customer service, principle-centered business philosophy, and team-based operating approach are crucial to our success and growth.

Great America is structured in cross‑functional product teams that allow individuals to make informed decisions that benefit the company and our customers. When you are part of the Great America team, you are part of the future, part of an opportunity to grow professionally and to reach your potential while enjoying your work.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Salesforce engineers and admins, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning.
• Advocate for the team’s priorities within the broader engineering and product organization.
• Recruit and retain top Salesforce talent.
• Promote a Dev Ops mindset and continuous delivery culture.
• Create inclusive, high‑trust environments that empower individuals and teams.

• Own end-to-end delivery of Salesforce initiatives, ensuring quality, timeliness, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Establish and enforce development standards, code quality, and deployment processes.
• Stay current with Salesforce platform capabilities, releases, and ecosystem trends.
• Drive innovation through evaluation and adoption of new Salesforce features, tools, and integrations.
• Ensure compliance with security, data privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in Salesforce Governance COE and Architecture Review Boards to uphold platform integrity and best practices.

• Design and implement scalable solutions across Sales, Service, Experience, Revenue, and Financial Clouds using Apex, LWC, Aura, and declarative tools.
• Develop and support Lightning Web Components, Aura components, Visualforce pages, and dynamic forms.
• Implement secure programming practices to avoid platform vulnerabilities.
• Lead development efforts using CI/CD tools (e.g., Copado), source control (Git), and test-driven development.
• Optimize existing features and refactor code to improve performance and maintainability.
• Implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting for deployed solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and data issues, ensuring platform health.

• Design and support inbound/outbound integrations using Salesforce APIs (REST/SOAP) and middleware tools like Mule Soft.
• Provide OpenAPI Specifications (OAS) for external teams integrating with Salesforce.
• Collaborate with non‑Salesforce teams on data modeling, access, and integration concerns.
• Extend support for functional and non‑functional testing teams to ensure quality delivery.

• Partner closely with Product Owners and cross‑functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, demos, grooming, and standups.
• Contribute to design discussions, code reviews, and process improvements.
• Support cross‑team dependencies and contribute to Agile Release Train planning (SAFe framework experience is a plus).

• 5+ years of technical leadership and people management.
• 7–8 years of hands‑on Salesforce development and administration experience.
• Proven expertise in:
  • Apex, LWC, Aura, SOQL/SOSL, Flows (screen, record‑triggered, auto‑launch)
  • Apex triggers, batch classes, scheduled classes
  • Salesforce security models (Profiles, Permission Sets, Roles, Sharing Rules)
  • Data modeling, formulas, validation rules
  • Secure programming practices and performance optimization
  • Developer Console, CLI, Debug Logs, Query Optimizer
  • Salesforce APIs, integration patterns, and event architecture
  • CI/CD environments using tools like Copado
  • Git workflows, pull request reviews, merge conflict resolution
  • Agile/Scrum methodologies; SAFe experience preferred
  • Middleware…