Nutanix Hiring for Saas Manager – SFDC Delivery Job at India Full Time

The Manager, Salesforce Development is a key part of a team delivering the most dynamic, creative, sophisticated, and challenging applications on the Force.com platform. You will be a critical part of a SCRUM project team responsible for owning and executing the delivery of custom Salesforce solutions that are uniquely tailored to support the Nutanix back-office platform. This role will interact closely with a Business analyst team and stream owners, other Salesforce professionals (developers, QA/Testers) and will technically manage both projects & developer resources. The development manager is ultimately responsible for any/all custom code that is written for or deployed into Nutanix’s Salesforce platform. This individual will work closely with the business to ensure our technology aligns with their requirements and will support the growth of Nutanix.

Responsibilities:

• Ownership

• Ownership of all technical aspects of a force.com [force.com] implementation, including custom development, custom APIs, custom systems integrations, AppExchange products, Security, Scalability, Performance, DevOps, Unit Testing, etc
• Responsible for directing and managing developer resources (internally and contractors) to accomplish project goals

• Team Leadership

• Promotes and facilitates the professional development of team members and ensures plans are in place to elevate the performance of the team
• Maximizing the effectiveness of the team and takes actions to increase the performance and effectiveness of the team which includes developing, mentoring, and coaching team members.
• Identify best practices and development guidelines, communicate and implement these practices to the team
• Participate in code reviews for ongoing projects to ensure the highest code quality and appropriate design patterns are being used

• Technical leadership

• Setting best practices including integration and application development, testing (unit and systems), leading code reviews & technical design sessions, writing and reviewing technical design specifications.
• Good understanding of development & release procedures, upgrade cycle, and best practices to develop on the Force.com platform
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of emerging technology trends and identifies opportunities where technology might be deployed to deliver business improvements and competitive advantage.
• Responsible for ensuring that the team(s) apply best of breed software engineering practices including but not limited to – Peer Reviews, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment practices, unit, and regression test automation, comprehensive approach to addressing Non-Functional Requirements (NFR), team retrospectives, etc.
• Managing technical scope and complexity
• Responsible for developing in Apex, Rest/Soap APIs, and other technologies to build customized solutions that support business requirements and drive key business decisions
• Responsible for providing hands-on expert level assistance & mentoring to developers
• Create and manage complex SFDC artifacts like (workflow rules, data validation, and system triggers)
  
  Create and maintain system interface diagrams, functional designs, and technical specifications
• Evaluate application software packages and make buy vs. build recommendations to management.

• Collaborations and Communications

• Work closely with a DevOps Engineer to ensure that all software is managed and released in a manner which minimizes risk and ensures the integrity of all of our Salesforce environments
• Provide detailed estimates and work breakdown structure for assigned tasks
  
  Occasionally Work with 3rd party contractors to deliver projects on time and within budget scope
• Work independently & on multiple projects against deadlines in a dynamic environment where consistently producing deliverables within agreed upon timelines is expected
• Lead technical design sessions, develop a technical solution that is aligned with business objectives
• Independently analyze application and system problems and incidents; develop recommendations and solutions for those problems, implement those solutions, and provide communications on the associated actions, business impacts, and results

Requirements:

• MS/BS in Computer Science or related field required
• 10+ years of progressive experience as a Programmer/Web Developer
• Salesforce.com DEV401 (or newer equivalent) Certification required and Salesforce.com ADM201 and DEV501 (or newer equivalent) Certifications preferred
• 5+ years experience administering/developing on the Force.com platform (Enterprise Edition or higher), preferably in a large multi-dimensional organization required

Skills

• Deep understanding and practical experience developing for the Salesforce platform
• Deep understanding of tools and best practices for Continuous Integration, Build, Test & Deployment
• Ability to effectively coach, mentor, and identify and address skills needs and gaps
• Ability to think critically and challenge conventional thinking
• Deep understanding of the Salesforce MetaData API and Salesforce release management techniques
• Proficient in programming languages relevant to your job including SQL, SOQL, SOSL, Apex, JavaScript, HTML, XSLT, and XML
• Proven knowledge of the software and systems development life cycle; experience with enterprise-level integrations involving business-critical systems
• Excellent analysis skills and the ability to engage effectively at both the business and technical level to develop processes and methodologies
• Excellent influencing skills
• Ability to express strategy, technical knowledge, and processes in an easily understood presentation
• An effective communicator that works well in a collaborative team setting

• Passion for customer service.