Salesforce Developer

Join Our Team at Destination Real Estate as a Salesforce Developer

Destination Real Estate, a New York-based Real Estate Agency, helps connect prospective buyers and renters to property owners. Over the last 20 years, we’ve helped thousands of New Yorkers find their perfect home. We’re a lean team that leans on technology to manage our repetitive workloads so that we can focus on improving the business; and that’s where you come in! You’ll be working directly with the owners of the company, so you know your work will be impactful and you’ll always get a pat on the back for a job well done!

What you would do at DRE

You’ll primarily work in a team of 2-3 people comprising of engineers and a project manager. Your responsibilities will include -

• Research and feasibility checks: Assist in the ideation of features by providing inputs based on research or your experience. You’ll frequently advise the team on the feasibility of ideas, and provide alternate routes to meet the objective of the feature.
• Planning and estimation: You will assist the team in planning, and estimating features to ensure that they roll out on time and function as expected.
• Software development: Understand the technical specifications and Develop, customize, and maintain Salesforce Applications, including configuration, custom code (Apex), and Lightning components.
• Continuous improvement: Play an active role in team retrospective events by flagging problems and frustrations in the team, and offering solutions.
• Automation: Leverage Salesforce Process Builder, Workflow Rules, and Flows to automate business processes and enhance productivity.
• Quality Assurance: Perform testing, quality assurance, and debugging to ensure the reliability and performance of developed solutions.
• Documentation: Create and maintain detailed documentation for all customizations and configurations.
• User Training: Provide training and support to end-users to ensure they can effectively use Salesforce Service Cloud.

What you need to have

We are not big on credentials. A computer science degree, or graduating from a prestigious university is not something we spend much time looking at. We care about what you can do and how you do it, not how you got there.

Absolute Requirements:

1. Hands-on work experience with Salesforce, customization of its capabilities, and best practices in configuring and optimizing the platform for customer service and support.
2. You should have strong technical skills in Salesforce development, including proficiency in Apex, Lightning Components, and other relevant technologies.
3. You are open to working remotely with international teams.
4. You have exceptional communication skills.
5. You are resourceful - we don’t expect you to have all the answers right away, but we want you to research, and learn on the go to get the job done right.
6. You can identify problems around you, and independently propose solutions to these problems. We love independent problem-solvers and encourage all our employees to suggest changes to streamline our processes.
7. You are organized and structured. If your PRs are well structured, have great descriptions, and your JIRA/ClickUp tickets are always on the right status, we want you!

Skills and experiences we’d like to see

1. You’ve built scalable digital platforms before that have been deployed to production environments. Strong understanding of Salesforce Declarative, Programming, and Administration (develop code, Custom objects, Apex, Triggers, Reports, workflows, and assignment rules)
2. Deep understanding of Salesforce APEX, SQL/SOQL, XML/JSON, LWC, Javascript, SOAP, and REST techniques
3. Experience working in a continuous development practice including leveraging BitBucket Code Repositories, Merge Requests, Code Reviews, and Package-based Deployments

What we can give you

1. A supportive team who’ll help you when you are stuck!
2. Projects that challenge you and are critical to company growth
3. Clear feedback on your work, and the opportunity to improve your skills.
4. A keen ear to all your ideas to improve the platform, and not just follow a requirement document.
5. The space for you to have a healthy work-life balance.

Reality check

These preliminary questions will let you know if you fit our requirements.

1. Do you seek out opportunities and learn something new each day?
2. Are you a great communicator?
3. Do you make an effort to ensure quality on everything you ship out, such that you are proud to have your stamp on it?

If you align with everything we’ve said, we are interested!