Senior Application Developer - Salesforce.com

The Senior Application Developer will develop software and maintain business applications built on DeVry’s Salesforce.com platform based applications using Apex, Visual Force programming languages and Salesforce.com Metadata API.

• Evaluates business requests, gathers business requirements, analyzes, designs and develops innovative Force.com solutions to meet the business and end-users requirements.
• Designs, develops, tests and supports custom salesforce.com applications software using Apex Triggers, Visual Force or Sites pages, Web Services, Saleforce.com Metadata API etc. as appropriate using code authoring tools such as Eclipse IDE to satisfy the applications’ business requirements.
• Performs Salesforce.com configuration and administrative functions as required
• Ability/willingness to mentor junior developers in the team. Provides input to users or other teams who seek individuals’ input.
• Completes other projects and duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Below are the minimum requirements of the education, experience, knowledge, and skills required to competently perform in this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 5 years of verifiable hands-on experience in developing Salesforce.com based business applications using Apex triggers, SOAP and REST based Web services, Visual Force, Salesforce.com Metadata API, Sites etc.
• Experience working as a salesforce.com developer on a minimum of 4-5 full lifecycle Salesforce.com implementation and integration projects (at least 2 of these must have involved integration with non-Salesforce.com based applications / systems)
• Proficient in using Eclipse-based Salesforce.com IDE to develop and deploy force.com software
• Experienced in using Apex Data Loader, scripted data loader
• Experienced in / familiar with Salesforce.com’s Ant-based Migration Tool
• Good understanding of all Salesforce.com out of the box standard objects and functionality and the know how to determine how they can be used to fulfill specific business requirements in an application
• Good understanding of how and when to use out of the box Salesforce.com lead assignment rules and when to use custom code for lead assignment
• Good understanding of SDLC and Agile software development methodologies
• Good understanding of object oriented concepts and relational database concepts
• Ability to translate high level business requirements into Salesforce.com implementation requirements and design
• Understanding of Salesforce.com deployment, release management techniques and constraints
• Some working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Ability and flexibility to work overtime / weekend hours to meet planned project deadlines if needed
• Previous experience in Higher Education industry preferred
• Salesforce.com  administrator, developer training
• Force.com developer certification highly preferred

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. Thank you for applying for this outstanding opportunity today.

DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV, member S&P 500 Index) is the parent organization of DeVry University, Advanced Academics, Ross University, Chamberlain College of Nursing, Apollo College, Western Career College, Becker Professional Education, and Fanor. DeVry University, which includes Keller Graduate School of Management, offers associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs in technology, healthcare technology, business and management. Advanced Academics provides online secondary education to school districts throughout the U.S. Ross University offers doctoral degree programs through its schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Chamberlain College of Nursing offers associate and bachelor's degree programs in nursing. Apollo College and Western Career College prepare students for careers in healthcare through certificate and associate degree programs. Becker Professional Education is a global leader in professional education serving the accounting, finance and project management professions. Based in Brazil, Fanor offers degree programs in business management, law and engineering through its four schools: Faculdades Nordeste, Faculdade Ruy Barbosa, Faculdade FTE and �REA1. For more information, visit http://www.devryinc.com.