Salesforce Application Developer, Consultant

JOB DESCRIPTION
Your Role

Blue Shield of California is looking for an experienced (consultant-level) Application Developer to join our IT Application Services team. The candidate will be the lead salesforce & integration developer on one of our Operations Portfolio's service teams needed to transform our Employer will be the lead Salesforce & integration developer on one of our Operations Portfolio's service teams needed to transform our Employer Enrollment & Care Management business processes into automated, real-time solutions using their advanced knowledge & experience of Salesforce Industries, Boomi, and other integration tools. This individual will assure adherence to defined IT standards & guidelines, lead less experienced technical team members, and drive solution delivery with high quality, reliability, and sustainability. While technical knowledge & end to end solution integration delivery are key requirements, the best candidates will also demonstrate effective communication & influence of IT, business, and vendor partners to provide solutions that optimize for cost, quality, security, and fit for purpose.

In this role, you will:

• Design and develop user interfaces, and application programs using the technical specifications and design documents
• Recommend improvements to the SDLC and other departmental processes
• Improve the reliability and utilization of systems and applications
• Monitor software configuration changes to anticipate and address the impact of data reliability and customer satisfaction issues
• Coordinate sustaining support for 1-2 application platforms or business processes

QUALIFICATIONS
Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience as a developer of Salesforce implementations from start to finish with a minimum of 2 years experience in a Lead Developer role supervising & directing the daily work of 5 or less experienced team members.
• Demonstrated experience in seeking and locating information across the industry to understand new and related Salesforce.com technologies, including AppExchange and partner products.
• Translate business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platform and products.
• Implement customer-facing and internal-based solutions inside the Salesforce platform using Apex, and Lightning Web Components.
• Develop solutions to a utomate business processes using Salesforce automation tools such as Flow, Assignment Rules, and Email Alerts.
• Build integration solutions between Salesforce and other internal & external applications.
• Must possess and provide verification of an active Salesforce Developer Certification & Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification.
• Must have Salesforce Vlocity, Salesforce industries, experience & h ands-on knowledge of Vlocity Omniscript, Vlocity Data Raptors, Vlocity cards, Vlocity integration procedures, and Lightning Web components.
• Demonstrated experience with Salesforce administration and development; security, standard objects, reports/dashboards, Knowledge, Communities, Chat, data management, and sandbox environments.
• Demonstrated experience with advanced Salesforce.com development tools and techniques such as Apex, custom development, triggers, JavaScript, APIs, JSON, sObjects, SOQL, and SOSL.
• Experience building solutions between Salesforce and other internal & external applications using integration tools (such as Boomi, APIC) as well as web-service integration to and from Salesforce.com.
• Preferred experience in practicing Agile development methodologies.
• Preferably participated in daily scrum meetings, analyze assign user stories, identify & resolve gaps in functional user stories and business requirements, and collaborate with other IT & business department personnel to deliver high-quality and sustainable solutions when needed to support business needs.
• Adhere to define coding standards and develop well-structured, maintainable, and easy-to-understand code as demonstrated through prior experience using Salesforce's standard development tooling, including the Salesforce CLI, Data Loader, VS Code + Salesforce Extension Pack - as well as demonstrated experience with newer Salesforce features including Lightning Web Components
• Effectively debug and resolve issues and/or defects which may be reported as a result of faults in the production system.
Experience working with Source Controls, G itHub, Jenkins, and other CI/CD pipeline utilities & concepts.

Pay Range: The pay range for this role is: 118800.00 to 178200.00 for California.

Note:

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Blue Shield of California’s mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that truly serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion combines a focus on our people, processes, and systems with a deep commitment to promoting social justice and health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.

Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Great Place to Work, best place to work for LGBTQ equality, leading disability employer, one of the best companies for women to advance, Bay Area’s top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world’s most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we are striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in – join us!

Our Values:

• Honest . We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human . We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes.
• Courageous . We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model:

Blue Shield of California is dedicated to making work-life balance a reality. Whether you prefer to work in an office or from home, we understand flexibility is more important than ever. That’s why Blue Shield is a hybrid company, offering you the opportunity to decide where you can do your best and most meaningful work.

Two ways of working: Hybrid (our default) and office

• Hybrid – In a business unit approved office a few times per year to 3 days per week, on average

• Office – In a business unit approved office 4+ days a week, on average. If the role you’re applying for is deemed an “Essential Role,” the company has determined that the role can only be performed in a Blue Shield office or in the field and would require your to meet the office worker classification.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Due to the current public health emergency in California, Blue Shield employees are almost all working remotely. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.