Job Title: Development Team Lead

 

Job Summary:

 

The Development Team Lead will join a growing New York based Salesforce Consulting Partner that thrives on bringing success to our clients. 

 

The Development Team Lead should have great project management and DevOps skills, technical expertise in current Salesforce and web technologies, as well as superb documentation and communication skills. You are a highly motivated and organized individual.  You are capable of managing offshore developer teams while collaborating with the internal onshore team. You are responsible for client success by being the subject matter expert in system development. 

 

Primary Duties:

 

  • Manage the offshore teams of developers to deliver high quality code through the development lifecycle.

  • Manage the custom development request, user story, and delivery process.

  • Lead daily stand up meetings with offshore development teams.

  • Partner with Sales and Implementation Consultants to scope projects for clients, building a statement of work based on estimates of time and effort to successfully fulfill requirements.

  • Collaborate with individual Arkus Delivery Team members with varying technical skill levels to achieve client success on projects involving custom development.

  • Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey these to developers.

  • Plan out projects and be involved in project management decisions.

  • Interface with Arkus clients to understand requirements around custom development, explain custom development options, and support ongoing ownership of developed solutions.

  • Create and manage full migration and implementation plans that address both tactical and strategic needs of both clients and Arkus.

  • Follow best practices and standards to include agile software development practices, design styles, and software deployment while staying informed on the latest industry trends.

  • Continuous improvement to development operations processes and collaboration between the development teams and the Delivery Team at Arkus, including working on ways to automate development and release processes.

  • Contribute to the continuous education of Arkus delivery and technical teams in DevOps and development-related best practices.

  • Develop, revise, and uphold comprehensive internal documentation for all DevOps processes. 

  • Support Delivery Team with client DevOps processes and major deployments, regardless if the solution includes code.

  • Perform root cause analysis for production errors, investigate and resolve technical issues, and support bug resolution on any client and internal issues related to the Salesforce platform.

Qualifications:

 

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

  • BS/BA Degree from a nationally recognized university or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

  • 3 years of Salesforce Developer experience

  • 1 year of experience leading DevOps or similar functions in a Salesforce-centric environment

  • Salesforce Administration Certification

  • Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification

  • Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification

 

Preferred Experience:

  • Previous management of an offshore development team

  • Salesforce Advanced Admin Certification

  • Salesforce Platform Developer II Certification

  • 1 or more Salesforce Architect or Designer level certifications

  • 1 year of experience as a system admin of developer productivity tools (Copado, Gearset, SFDX, bitbucket. etc)

  • 1 year experience as a system admin of Project Management software tools (example: Jira,Trello, etc. )

  • 1 year of experience reviewing and debugging code for quality assurance

  • Bilingual in Spanish

 

A Successful Arkus Development Team Lead will have:

  • Collaborative team spirit

  • Strong interpersonal skills, including excellent verbal and nonverbal communication skills

  • Skill in balancing workloads, optimizing utilization of resources, and prioritizing tasks across a team

  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently, plan workloads, and deliver on commitments

  • Learning agility, including a demonstrated ability to pick up and master business and technical subject matters quickly

  • Intimate knowledge of CRM and Cloud Based Enterprise Solutions

  • Nonprofit and/or Financial Services experience a plus 

  • Demonstrated business aptitude with the ability to translate practical business concepts into technical specifications

  • Ability to quickly build rapport and gain the respect and cooperation of both technology and business leaders

  • Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities

  • Understanding of Salesforce full stack development environment

 

Other:

  • Up to 10% Travel

  • Remote-first company - 100% remote primary work environment

  • Results Oriented Work Environment 

  • Hardware and software licenses will be provided

 

Salary Range: 125k - 150k