Senior Salesforce Developer

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are-with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. 

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

Moody’s is seeking a Senior Salesforce Developer who is motivated to help us transform the way technology is used to drive value. This position will be responsible designing and developing solutions in Salesforce and Apttus. This position will be responsible for the design, build, test, and deployment of assigned initiatives. The candidate will work in a matrix environment and collaborate with a cross-functional set of business, technology, and vendor stakeholders during projects. This individual will serve as a lead technical developer interacting with business stakeholders to analyze requirements, design data models, and build components and integrations in Salesforce and Apttus CPQ.

Responsibilities:

* Analyze and translate business requirements into functional and technical designs for the Salesforce platform
* Develop components on the Salesforce platform both point-and-click and customizations on Lightning and Lightning components (Java-script and HTML), Apex, Visual Force, API, Force.com and workflows on force.com
* Apply technical expertise across the project lifecycle, from leading user story points estimation to the design, build, test, and deployment of solutions using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
* Build configurations and customizations on Salesforce, FinancialForce, and Apttus Configure Price Quote (CPQ) and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) components
* Analyze complex systems integrations, data models, and workflows to troubleshoot and isolate system issues
* Develop proof of concepts (POC) on Salesforce, Apttus, and other AppExchange components and connectors
* Perform technical fit/gap analysis on the Salesforce platform to support new initiatives and products
* Review code, lead refactoring activities, and provide guidance to vendors and other developers
* Define and maintain coding standards, and guide team members to comply with these standards.
* Work on DevOps and automation initiatives on the Salesforce platform
* Collaborate with business analysis and quality assurance engineers to fix defects.
* Plan and sequence release deployment activities in coordination with Release Management
* Drive issue resolution, risk identification and mitigation, and dependency management.
* Support the company standards for software development (SDLC), compliance, and SOX controls by producing the required artifacts and adhering to process and access controls.

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field, preferably with professional experience in financial services
* Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce development both point-and-click and customizations with focus on Lightning and Lightning Components (Java-script and HTML), Apex, Visual Force, API, Force.com and workflows considering force.com best practices and limitations.
* Deep knowledge of Salesforce best practices in designing data model, security and Apex coding standards.
* Hands-on experience in Ant based deployment
* Hands-on development experience in Salesforce Lightning for Sales and Service clouds
* Strong understanding of Saleforce.com platform and AppExchange products
* Experience in handling large amount of data and performing data loads and backfills in Salesforce
* Apttus CPQ advanced configuration experience, strongly preferred
* Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Community Cloud experience, preferred
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate to both functional and technical teams
* Ability to flex from an individual contributor as a Salesforce developer and technical lead for a small Salesforce onsite/offshore development team
* Self-directed, adaptable, flexible, and curious.
* Proven ability to articulate application requirements and functionality to IT peers.
* Experience in Agile development, iterative development, and proof of concepts (POCs).
* Proven customer service skills necessary to create, maintain and enhance customer relationships

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.