Develop, test, deploy, and support Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, declarative automation, integrations, and Salesforce APIs. Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs, collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams, maintain code quality and test coverage, troubleshoot production issues, support deployments and release management, and contribute to data migration, documentation, platform governance, and continuous improvement.
Salesforce Developer — Houston, TX
We are seeking a Salesforce Developer with 3–5 years of hands-on Salesforce experience to join our team in Houston, Texas. The ideal candidate will have strong Salesforce development skills, experience delivering scalable solutions on the Salesforce platform, and a collaborative approach to working with business stakeholders, administrators, architects, and cross-functional technology teams.
A Java development background is a strong plus, particularly for candidates who bring solid object-oriented programming, integration, and enterprise application-development experience. Prior experience in the energy industry is preferred but not required.
Position Summary
The Salesforce Developer will design, develop, test, deploy, and support Salesforce enhancements across Salesforce applications and integrated enterprise systems. This role requires proficiency with Apex, Lightning Web Components, declarative Salesforce configuration, integrations, and the Salesforce development lifecycle.
The successful candidate will translate business requirements into reliable, maintainable technical solutions while following platform best practices, security standards, and release-management processes.
Key Responsibilities
We are seeking a Salesforce Developer with 3–5 years of hands-on Salesforce experience to join our team in Houston, Texas. The ideal candidate will have strong Salesforce development skills, experience delivering scalable solutions on the Salesforce platform, and a collaborative approach to working with business stakeholders, administrators, architects, and cross-functional technology teams.
A Java development background is a strong plus, particularly for candidates who bring solid object-oriented programming, integration, and enterprise application-development experience. Prior experience in the energy industry is preferred but not required.
Position Summary
The Salesforce Developer will design, develop, test, deploy, and support Salesforce enhancements across Salesforce applications and integrated enterprise systems. This role requires proficiency with Apex, Lightning Web Components, declarative Salesforce configuration, integrations, and the Salesforce development lifecycle.
The successful candidate will translate business requirements into reliable, maintainable technical solutions while following platform best practices, security standards, and release-management processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura components where applicable, Visualforce, SOQL, SOSL, and Salesforce APIs.
- Build and enhance custom objects, fields, validation rules, flows, approval processes, reports, dashboards, and other declarative Salesforce capabilities.
- Develop reusable and scalable Lightning components, Apex classes, triggers, batch jobs, scheduled jobs, and asynchronous processing solutions.
- Participate in requirements-gathering sessions and translate functional requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
- Collaborate with Salesforce administrators, business analysts, architects, QA teams, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Design and support integrations between Salesforce and internal or third-party applications using REST, SOAP, platform events, middleware, and other integration patterns.
- Write clean, testable, well-documented code that follows Salesforce development best practices and established coding standards.
- Create and maintain unit tests to meet Salesforce code-coverage requirements and support reliable deployments.
- Troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and implement timely fixes and improvements.
- Support release planning, deployment activities, environment management, and change-control processes.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of development standards, reusable components, and Salesforce platform governance.
- Assist with data migration, data quality, data cleansing, and ongoing data-management initiatives as needed.
- Maintain technical documentation, including solution designs, integration specifications, configuration details, and deployment notes.
- 3–5 years of professional hands-on Salesforce development experience.
- Strong experience with Salesforce development technologies, including:
- Apex classes, triggers, test classes, and asynchronous Apex.
- Lightning Web Components (LWC).
- SOQL and SOSL.
- Salesforce Flows and declarative automation.
- Salesforce security model, including profiles, permission sets, roles, sharing rules, and field-level security.
- Salesforce REST and/or SOAP APIs.
- Experience working with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or custom Salesforce applications.
- Understanding of Salesforce development lifecycle practices, including sandbox management, source control, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Experience using version-control tools such as Git.
- Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts, application design principles, and debugging techniques.
- Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
- Ability to work in or commute to the Houston, Texas location, based on the organization’s onsite or hybrid work requirements.
- Java development experience or a strong Java background, including object-oriented design, RESTful services, enterprise integrations, and modern development practices.
- Experience with Java frameworks, APIs, microservices, or enterprise application integrations.
- Salesforce Platform Developer I certification; Platform Developer II certification is a plus.
- Experience with CI/CD tools and Salesforce DevOps practices, such as Salesforce DX, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Copado, Gearset, or similar platforms.
- Familiarity with middleware and integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Informatica, or similar tools.
- Experience with Salesforce data tools, including Data Loader, Workbench, bulk APIs, and ETL/data-integration processes.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
- Experience in the energy, utilities, oil and gas, renewables, commodities, or related industry is a plus, but not required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
- Equivalent combination of relevant Salesforce development experience, technical training, and certifications will be considered.
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