Salesforce Developer

Why is this position open? The Direct to Consumer area is moving its sales/service employees to Salesforce, and an IT team is being created to support and optimize the platform for that user group.

How is it impacting the business? Salesforce will be the primary tool used to interact with customers. After onboarding, the focus will be leveraging the platform to optimize business processes that drive sales and service goals.

Scope of the project and day‑to‑day responsibilities. Work will be as part of a scrum team with other IT developers and a Product Owner to deliver solutions to business problems. Non‑lead members receive on‑the‑job training in Salesforce Apex development, system administration, and cloud‑based implementations.

Technologies or systems used. Front‑end web development, Salesforce development (Apex and Lightning Components), and development pipeline tooling such as Flosum.

Alternative technologies. For the four scrum team engineers, the organization will provide necessary training if a candidate lacks all listed technologies.

Must Haves

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (six years of experience considered equivalent to an associate’s degree).
• Development experience in modern technology.
• Agile experience.
• Familiarity with most of the technologies/tasks listed below.

Desired

• 1+ years Java development.
• Salesforce development experience (Apex and Lightning Components).
• Experience working in a shared Salesforce environment.
• Experience with development pipeline tooling such as Flosum.

Will this job lead to a FTE role? Yes, if performance expectations are met.

Responsibility composition in percentages. The FTE will handle the full Salesforce stack (object models, front‑end development, integrations, and server‑side processing). Percentages of front‑end, middleware, back‑end, new development (10%), maintenance (10%), reporting (20%), etc. will fluctuate based on work. Initially the team will focus on new development, which will taper over time.

Team leadership? Two junior software engineers will serve as scrum team members.

Total number of openings: 2.

Size and culture of the team. This will be a brand‑new squad focused on the Direct to Consumer business user group. The scrum team will be supported by an IT Business Analyst, an IT Product Manager, and a Business Product Manager who will coach and set direction/governance.

Other departments interacted with. The team will collaborate closely with the Salesforce‑focused IT teams in RIS and interact with many business areas participating in the Salesforce enterprise org at Principal.