Salesforce Developer

Gradient Financial Group is a leading financial services company that includes twelve unique entities doing business throughout the country. We’re seeking an energetic crew member for the Salesforce Developer with Nextek. NexTek is a fully functioning software development company in the financial services industry. NexTek creates software applications and solutions to serve the needs of Gradient enrolled Financial Service Providers.

It’s time to take your career to a higher altitude with Gradient Financial Group. Visit https://www.careers.gradientfinancialgroup.com/ to learn more about our values, leadership team, career paths, benefits and more!

Here at Gradient, we take our work and our culture seriously. We frequently come together for food days, friendly competitions, volunteering, and other special events. We also prioritize openness and transparency so that you’re always informed when significant decisions and changes are made.

When charting your next route, you may be wondering what to expect. If you take flight with Nextek, we provide:

1. Health insurance

2. Dental insurance

3. Vision insurance

4. Paid time off (PTO)

5. Volunteer time off (VTO)

6. Hybrid remote work options

7. 401K

8. Life Insurance

9. Flexible schedules

10. Monthly Social Activities

11. Casual dress code

12. Professional development

Now, you’re probably wondering a little more about what we are looking for, so here it is:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field of study or,

2. Successful completion and graduation of a related coding boot camp or,

3. Demonstration of self-taught, thorough understanding of related programming fundamentals and concepts

4. Salesforce Administrator and Platform Developer I certification

5. 4+ years of Salesforce development experience – Required

6. Experience with Sales Cloud – Required

7. Salesforce Financial Service Cloud (FSC) Experience – Preferred

8. Financial Services industry experience – Preferred

9. Proficient knowledge of products and services offered by Nextek and industry

10. Proficient knowledge of financial services industry

11. Advanced skills in debugging across technologies

12. Advanced communication skills with all team members

13. Advanced technical skills

14. Advanced skills in architecting applications

15. Advanced skill in time-management

16. Advanced skill in multi-tasking

17. Advanced skill with company software

18. Ability to work nights, as necessary

19. Ability to mentor other developers in their coding

20. Ability to coordinate and release code to production

21. Ability to listen and consider all views and perspectives

22. Ability to communicate tactfully and respectfully with team members

23. Ability to handle disagreements professionally

24. Ability to identify and resolve critical bugs quickly

25. Ability to assess and implement new technologies

26. Advanced ability to articulate complex ideas to non-technical roles in a clear and concise manner

27. Proficient ability to identify options and present them for decision

28. Proficient ability to manage competing resources and priorities

Want some more specifics? If you join the Nextek crew, here’s what you’ll be doing:

1. Develop, test, and deploy custom configurations and new Salesforce modules based on evolving business needs
2. Manage Salesforce updates, troubleshooting and resolution
3. Maintain up to date knowledge of Salesforce functionality, customization and integrations
4. Adhere to development standards to ensure code maintainability and collaborative development
5. Identify and implement solutions to improve system performance, data integrity and overall user experience
6. Collaborate across teams to troubleshoot and resolve integration and development issues within the Salesforce environment
7. Scope and implement solutions independently for your product team
8. Handle open-ended problems and ambiguity well
9. Make strong design decisions based on potential issues, tradeoffs, and risks
10. Implement work at appropriate level of abstraction
11. Display proficiency in relevant technical skills and maintain a deep understanding of large portions of the codebase
12. Ask for guidance in unfamiliar technical areas from the associated experts
13. Persist through roadblocks
14. Accountable for work from planning and design to maintenance and monitoring
15. Self-aware of strengths and weaknesses
16. Able to change direction based on company needs
17. Understand how users utilize the products we build and show user empathy
18. Aware of and input into the vision for future road map of work areas
19. Facilitate meaningful discussion around complex problems
20. Able to explain complex issues more simply
21. Engage in positive, valuable discussions even with conflicting views
22. Understand other points of view
23. Ensure documentation exists for all critical features
24. Accomplish tasks effectively, quickly communicating if issues arise
25. Help define processes and best practices
26. Increase understanding of impact on other teams
27. Share status with all stakeholders and work to remedy communication issues
28. Build relationships across engineering, operations, and support teams
29. Manage internal and external customer relationships
30. Partner with team members to ensure and maintain positive relationship management
31. Provide direct correspondence and support for FSP inquiries, including calls, emails and face-to-face
32. Assist team members with elevated inquires
33. Create presentations, educate and train internal employees
34. Promote and implement accurate and up-to-date understanding of trends, best practices, and prevailing attitudes and approaches
35. Promote and implement technology enhancements
36. Partner to determine, initiate, and lead key initiatives
37. Provide suggestions for new or enhanced events and/or services, assist in the development of events/services, and provide ongoing feedback to management
38. Create and document current and new processes
39. Initiate and work with team members to promote collaboration and team development
40. Be a resource to team members to answer advanced questions regarding client correspondence, processes and procedures, compliance, and all other as necessary
41. Provide training and insight to team members on best practices
42. Assist with cross-training for growth for team members
43. All other duties as assigned