Sr. Application Developer, Salesforce

Overview

Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Application Developer, Salesforce at our office located in Dallas, TX.The Sr. Application Developer, Salesforce is responsible for programming technical solutions on the  platform. Responsible for serving as lead developer to add features and functionality to meet sophisticated enterprise business requirements. Responsible for providing API and web service work, maintaining the NPSP data model, problem resolution, and communication with vendor technical resources.

Also, responsible for partnering with other engineers, developers, business analysts, and Salesforce administrators – a collaborative mentality is essential.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.#TheAHALife is more than a company culture; it is our way of life. It embodies our commitment to work-life harmonization and is guided by our core values where our employees can thrive both personally and professionally.

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Responsibilities

Serves as technical expert on new project initiatives and participates in application design sessions. Assists with planning and implementation of approved initiatives. Communicates and interprets application requirements and modifications to vendor and Business Technology technical staff.

Develops project work plans and manages projects to completion in accordance with plans, which may include formulating system scope and objectives, developing detailed design specifications, and translating system function/features to programming specifications. Advises the project team of status and time estimates for work on a regular basis.

Provides leadership and mentors Business Technology team members on Salesforce functionality and best practices.

Performs environment management to ensure a stable and structured environment. Provides technical documentation and environment audit trails for the application.  Maintains Salesforce releases and upgrades. Manages CI/CD and deployment techniques in Salesforce.

Updates application procedures and standards as necessary to record best practices. Completes and communicates modifications to user operations or documentation.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Programming Language Certification or equivalent experience5 years of relevant experience Demonstrated technical & functional knowledge of Salesforce CRMProficiency in coding and programming key Salesforce core programming languages

Strong understanding of Salesforce APIs and REST/SOAP webs services

Strong experience with CI/CD and deployment techniques in Salesforce

Compensation & Benefits

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.

Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success…