Senior Software Engineer (Salesforce)

Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. We gather, analyze and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime. For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish – and we’re not done. Our 17,800 people in 45 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.

What you’ll be doing:

Experian Consumer Services (ECS) is in search of a broadly experienced, roll-up-your-sleeves type of technologist to help us deliver our next generation B2B Digital Experience Platform (DXP).

More specifically we are seeking a skilled Salesforce Developer with a comprehensive understanding of various Salesforce platforms: Experience Cloud, Service Cloud, Commerce Cloud and Sales Cloud. You will be working in some of the most modern technology developing our new eCommerce platform from the ground up. Beyond Salesforce, a background in SOAP or RESTful integrations, front end, and backend development, Devops principles and knowledge of AWS services and integrations will be helpful as we deliver this platform.   

This is a multi-year program so this role will be responsible for the design and development of the initial platform (12 months). Following that release, this role will be responsible for support of that platform while we deliver additional exciting capabilities to the platform. 

You will be involved in all aspects of software delivery from sprint planning, standups and code reviews to architecture, design, and development. We need somebody who can interact with our Product Owner; taking a vision and turning it into a scalable solution. This role is more than just a senior engineer – the ideal candidate will be a true solution consultant. We need your ideas and your expertise.

What your background looks like

Role & Responsibility:

• Plan, design, develop, and deploy solutions within an Agile/Scrum software delivery framework.
• Collaborate with product teams across the organization to understand what needs to be solutioned.
• Ensure that all solutions use the right tool for the job balancing declarative vs programmatic options while ensuring that our solution is secure and stable. 
• Evaluate complex business and technical requirements, communicating solutions to technical and non-technical business owners.
• Engage in code and technical design reviews of solution implementations to ensure code quality and best practices are maintained.
• Support bi-weekly release management using a CI/CD release process to test, validate and implement new features/code as well as updates to existing code.
• Help to establish best practices including integration and application development, deployment, testing (unit, regression, and systems), and iterative refinement processes.
• And have fun. Ensure that the attitude you bring to the team creates a challenging, rewarding, and enjoyable environment.    

• Minimum 5 years working in a developer capacity with at least 3 in Salesforce.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years’ experience with Lightning framework
• Understanding of front-end web development principles and technologies (HTML/CSS)
• Experience with CI/CD solutions and DevOps principles; experience with using source control.
• Experience with Agile methodologies with Jira and Confluence
• Must have knowledge and practical application of Visualforce, APEX; Force.com APIs, Web Services, and Experience builder.
• Experience designing and developing software/applications using front-end and back-end tools, such as HTML, XML, jQuery, C++, Python, and Java is a plus.
• Experience with Commerce Cloud is a plus.
• We are a heavy AWS environment so experience in AWS is a plus.
• Experience with Data Dog is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, as well as excellent communication skills; verbal and written to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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