Senior Software Engineer (Salesforce) (Remote) ID-6947

Who We Are:

OPENLANE powers the world’s most trusted automotive marketplaces through innovation, technology and people. Our end-to-end platform serves the remarketing needs of the world’s largest OEMs, dealers, fleet operators, rental companies and financial institutions.

 

Come help us revolutionize and innovate vehicle auctions in the automotive industry.

 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will drive the implementation of Salesforce.com and its utilization across the organization.  Working with the Salesforce.com Product manager and other stakeholders, you will own the project to implement end-to-end solutions for OPENLANE.  You will be working in a highly collaborative team and be critical to responding to any questions or issues from users throughout the company, troubleshooting any technical and functional support issues, develop scripts, manage data loads, review data quality, and to provide guidance and training to other internal stakeholders on new features and functionality.

 

What You Will Be Doing:

  • Manage the technical aspects of Salesforce.com CRM application

  • Maintain the functional areas of data management, monitor end-user usage and security and ensure data integrity across all systems

  • Implement feature sets using standard and custom objects, workflows, triggers, user roles, security, profiles, workflow rules, email alerts and templates, and campaigns.

  • Develop and maintain Visualforce, Apex, and Integration tools to other third-party solutions

  • Recommend, schedule, and perform software improvements and upgrades for optimal performance

  • Identify usage and data problems and craft technical / communication plans to remedy.

  • Support and train new end users on the Salesforce.com applications

  • Participate in cross-functional teams that address strategic business issues

 

You Should Have the Following:

  • BS in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent required, MS in Computer Science/Engineering a plus

  • 5+ years of Salesforce.com Administration and Developer experience; Salesforce.com certifications preferred (e.g. Platform Developer I/II, Platform App Builder)

  • Minimum of 8+ years’ experience with OOP Programming, Server-side Java, Web Services, XML, XSLT, SOAP or equivalent

  • Expertise in Salesforce.com development including SDLC best practices, standard and custom objects, Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, JavaScript Mobile Frameworks, Platform Events and Salesforce Mobile SDK

  • Proficient with Unix Tools, shell scripting (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.), SQL queries, PL/SQL, SQL*Loader or equivalent

  • Experience with Heroku is a plus

  • Experience with enterprise integration tools and extract, transformation, and load (ETL) tools is desired

  • The successful candidate will have strong technical, analytical, time management, training, and presentations skills

  • Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities effectively to meet deadlines

  • Ability to recognize problems, gather data, draw valid conclusions, and effectively present information to managers, peers, and customers

  • Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people, strong communication skills, both written and oral

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