Job Description
An Insight Global client is looking for a Principal Software Applications Engineer. In this role, you will work as part of a highly dynamic and collaborative IT FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) Application team, which is tasked with design, development, and functional support for the PSA application. You will implement strategy to help Salesforce.com (SFDC) engineers deliver high-quality offerings and build a quality-first culture within the development team. As a Principal Software Applications Engineer, you will collaborate closely with business systems analysts, enterprise architects, and testing and support teams to create and deliver solutions and tools in alignment with the organizational vision and strategy for the Consulting Services team.
Primary responsibilities include
- Work closely with business systems analysts, architects, product owners, and quality engineers as part of a mature agile team to design, build, and deliver solutions
- Develop custom solutions on the Force.com platform, including work in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning, LWC, and application integration patterns
- Develop and configure SFDC, Communities, and FinancialForce PSA tool via the FinancialForce managed package
- Use knowledge of tools and best practices for the development and deployment of enterprise applications, including source code management (VCS), code review, continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD), Salesforce DX, scratch orgs, and unit testing
- Employ your experience in RESTful and SOAP web services, including Salesforce APIs, in support of our SFDC integrations with other third-party applications and enterprise systems
- Keep up to date on new releases and improvements in FinancialForce PSA and SFDC
- Develop accurate estimates on the level of effort for timely realization of projects
- Perform tasks as necessary to roll out product and support design, quality assurance (QA), and implementation teams
- Review, maintain, and assu! re quality in all code entering our codebase
- Continually evaluate and refactor our existing codebase for increased extensibility
- Identify system gaps and propose, design, and build solutions
- Debug and work with complex implementations involving features like asynchronous processing on SFDC
Required Skills & Experience
- Graduate university degree in computer science, computer engineering, or in a similar field
- 8+ years of SFDC experience
- Experience with declarative SFDC development (workflows, approval processes, and validation rules) and programmatic SFDC development (Apex Classes, Apex Triggers, and Visualforce Pages)
- Experience with JQuery or other JavaScript frameworks like AngularJS
- Demonstrated experience working as part of an agile development team
- Experience with CI ad CD tools like Git, VS Code, SonarQube, and the release process
- Solid knowledge of customer relationship management (CRM) software
- Proficiency in programming using Apex, JavaScript, and HTML along with VisualForce and LWC
- Deep understanding of the overall SFDC ecosystem
- Solid problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills to set up and interpret logic, data tables, and rule relationships
- Desire to learn and apply new technologies
- Ability to learn quickly and master new skills as necessary
- Exemplary interpersonal skills
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Experience with Oracle Apps (EBS), JBoss ESB, or Integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) integrations
- FinancialForce PSA experience
- SFDC certifications
- Agile certifications
- Knowledge of FinancialForce PSA
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.