Senior Engineer-Salesforce

American Express is embarking on an exciting transformation driven by an energetic new team of high-performers.

This group is nimble and creative with the power to shape our technology and product roadmap. If you have the talent and desire to deliver innovative payment products and services at a rapid pace, serving our customers seamlessly across physical, digital, mobile, and social media, join our transformation team!

American Express Technology is looking for a Salesforce.com Senior Engineer to join a dynamic and innovative development team. Our global team builds multi-functional, deep servicing solutions that serve a diverse range of customers across the organization.

Our partnership with Salesforce.com, an industry leading PaaS provider, facilitates an Agile and highly responsive development process to meet the demands of the fast-paced business environment in which we operate.

A successful candidate requires hands on technical experience working with Salesforce.com and a background in distributed web applications development.
You will be part of a multi-disciplined, entrepreneurial team responsible for delivering world-class customer experience.
Excellent problem-solving skills are a must as well as an expert knowledge of Agile delivery in an enterprise environment.
Supporting a global business, you will be required to understand and deliver against a diverse set of business needs as well as providing your feedback and inputs.

Responsibilities:

A core member of an Agile engineering team driving User story analysis & elaboration, design and development of software applications, testing and build automation tools
Driving continuous improvement in platform structure and quality
Participating in gate reviews and quality control over product deployments
Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges
Working with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues
Leading, coaching and mentoring Engineering resources to ensure quality delivery and the adoption of best practice.

Qualifications

Experience:

8+ years in Software Development
5+ years experience in Cloud Technology and an in-depth understanding of the primary concepts and terminology
5+ years working on Salesforce applications
5+ years experience using Force.com (Advanced understanding of SFDC Triggers and Controllers, VF page development, sObjects, SOQL etc)
3+ year hands-on experience in an Agile development team
Experience in object oriented development is a must
Experience with SOAP and REST Web Services and integration using APIs is a must
Experience with source control, branching strategies and using code repositories a must
Salesforce certification preferred
Background in leveraging ETL products and tools (e.g. IBM DataStage, Informatica, etc.) for data management is preferred
Previous experience of Test Driven development is preferred
Previous experience in a lead role within a team of engineers
Advanced understanding of the Salesforce platform and its primary functions.
Ability to learn new technologies and embrace the challenge learning presents
A self-starter, comfortable having conversations with business partners
Robust and current knowledge of web standards, emerging technologies, and trends
Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems
An excellent communicator, both verbally and written