Senior Salesforce Developer at Homeward

Job description

About Homeward Homeward takes the “what ifs” out of homebuying by creating financial products that give buyers and sellers certainty and convenience. We’re a fast-paced, remote-first real estate startup that partners with real estate agents to offer innovative products and services, helping clients buy with cash, sell with certainty, and time their move, regardless of the market. Founder and CEO Tim Heyl, owner of one of the fastest-growing agent teams in the country, started Homeward in 2018 to fix the antiquated and broken real estate process. Today, we offer bundled cash offers, mortgage, and title services in 13 states, enabling buyers and sellers to move with certainty and convenience. We’re a fully remote company with a diverse team spread across several countries - Grounded in three core values: The Golden Rule, One Team One Dream, and Calm Focus. Hear from our employees about what our values mean to them . About the opportunity Homeward is looking for a Senior Salesforce Developer to join the team responsible for the design, implementation, and success of our Salesforce ecosphere. This individual will be responsible for owning support issues on a day-to-day basis, developing runbooks, and contributing to new strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes pride in ownership of their projects, can effectively diagnose issues, develop solutions quickly, and communicate clearly with multiple stakeholders. Responsibilities: Join our Salesforce Systems Team and have an immediate impact on the company and the implementation of our Salesforce instance Work directly with our Product and Engineering Team, members of our Sales & Operations teams, as well as the organization as a whole, to improve the process of buying and selling homes Prioritize and manage incoming development requests from stakeholders, and effectively oversee the ticket queue to ensure timely resolution of Salesforce issues and enhancements. Collaborate on projects ranging from 3rd party integrations to development of new business processes that promote efficiency, scalability, and risk mitigation Focus on bridging the gap between development and end users Contribute to documentation, product scoping, and training Collaborate on strategies to manage Salesforce metadata & tabular data Work side-by-side with our existing Salesforce experts to own Salesforce implementation and architecture planning Work closely with our engineering team to build integrations & develop processes that scale our operations & sales efforts Wear both development and administration hats - as a growing organization, we’ll need an administrator who can fill both roles to ensure we plan data structures and configurations for scaling About You: 4+ years of Salesforce development experience , ideally in a start-up environment Strong ownership of delivering high-quality solutions Strong written and verbal communication skills in English Demonstrated ability to manage an inbound stream of requests effectively Proven track record of working cross-functionally with stakeholders to communicate and deliver outcomes Experience developing within a highly customized Salesforce environment Ability to be flexible, wear many hats, pivot, and enjoy a dynamic environment Self-starter mentality with experience devising and testing hypotheses and implementing research plans; someone who can help the business identify the right questions to ask Credentials - Platform Developer I and Platform Developer II Experience with a variety of developer-focused solutions, including: Apex Triggers Queueable Classes Schedulable Classes Batch Classes LWC, Aura, and Visualforce Components Trigger Frameworks Experience with Salesforce developer tools such as: Github Gearset VSCode Nebula Logger Salesforce CLI Github Co-Pilot Experience with business operations tools such as: Dialpad Hubspot Zapier LeanData Validity And other Salesforce adjacent/integrated tools An open and collaborative mentality, Homeward is rapidly scaling its business and working with Salesforce will require analytical rigor, well-designed solutions, & strong collaboration Value-Driven Employee Experience THE GOLDEN RULE . It’s simple: Treat others the way we want to be treated. Whether we’re dealing with colleagues or customers, we don’t prioritize money or growth over people, and we practice empathy at every opportunity. CALM FOCUS . We work in tech and build solutions for real estate. Both are fast-paced and stressful industries. But by focusing on the larger objective rather than rushing from one task to the next, we can create solutions our customers love. ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM . Big problems require big solutions. We look at our customers’ experiences holistically and recognize that solving them requires collaboration across teams and our three affiliate companies — Homeward, Homeward Mortgage and Homeward Title.

Requirements

Must-haves

Join our Salesforce Systems Team and have an immediate impact on the company and the implementation of our Salesforce instance
Work directly with our Product and Engineering Team, members of our Sales & Operations teams, as well as the organization as a whole, to improve the process of buying and selling homes
Prioritize and manage incoming development requests from stakeholders, and effectively oversee the ticket queue to ensure timely resolution of Salesforce issues and enhancements.
Collaborate on projects ranging from 3rd party integrations to development of new business processes that promote efficiency, scalability, and risk mitigation
Focus on bridging the gap between development and end users
Contribute to documentation, product scoping, and training
Collaborate on strategies to manage Salesforce metadata & tabular data
Work side-by-side with our existing Salesforce experts to own Salesforce implementation and architecture planning
Work closely with our engineering team to build integrations & develop processes that scale our operations & sales efforts
Wear both development and administration hats - as a growing organization, we’ll need an administrator who can fill both roles to ensure we plan data structures and configurations for scaling
4+ years of Salesforce development experience , ideally in a start-up environment
Strong ownership of delivering high-quality solutions
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
Demonstrated ability to manage an inbound stream of requests effectively
Proven track record of working cross-functionally with stakeholders to communicate and deliver outcomes
Experience developing within a highly customized Salesforce environment
Ability to be flexible, wear many hats, pivot, and enjoy a dynamic environment
Self-starter mentality with experience devising and testing hypotheses and implementing research plans; someone who can help the business identify the right questions to ask
Credentials - Platform Developer I and Platform Developer II
Experience with a variety of developer-focused solutions, including:
Apex Triggers
Queueable Classes
Schedulable Classes
Batch Classes

Nice-to-haves

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