Intermediate Salesforce Engineer

The Company

Gentrack provides leading utilities across the world with innovative cleantech solutions. The global pace of change is accelerating, and utilities need to rebuild for a more sustainable future.  Working with some of the world’s biggest energy and water companies, as well as innovative challenger brands, we are helping companies reshape what it means to be a utilities business. We are driven by our passion to create positive impact. That is why utilities rely on us to drive innovation, deliver great customer experiences, and secure profits. Together, we are renewing utilities.

Our Values and Culture 

Colleagues at Gentrack are one big team, working together to drive efficiency in two of the planet’s most precious resources, energy, and water. We are passionate people who want to drive change through technology and believe in making a difference. Our values drive decisions and how we interact and communicate with customers, partners, shareholders, and each other. Our core values are:

• Respect for the planet
• Respect for our customers and
• Respect for each other

Gentrackers are a group of smart thinkers and dedicated doers.  We are a diverse team who love our work and the people we work with and who collaborate and inspire each other to deliver creative solutions that make our customers successful. We are a team that shares knowledge, asks questions, raises the bar, and are expert advisers.

At Gentrack we care about doing honest business that is good for not just customers but families, communities, and ultimately the planet. Gentrackers continuously look for a better way and drive quality into everything they do.

This is a truly exciting time to join Gentrack with a clear growth strategy and a world class leadership team working to fulfil Gentrack’s global aspirations by having the most talented people, an inspiring culture, and a technology first, people centric business.

The Opportunity

Gentrack are currently hiring an Intermediate Salesforce Engineer. The role involves working in a team of 4-7 Salesforce developers and Software Engineers.

We are looking for someone to be responsible for the development and maintenance of Salesforce applications. Your primary focus will be custom Salesforce development and integration with third-party services. You will be working with other engineers and developers on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and creating quality products is essential.

Your success will be reflected by:

• Ability to take on mainstream tasks within the squad and to proactively acquire the product and technical knowledge necessary to deliver your contributions.
• Active participation in all aspects of Agile software development. Including:
  • Punctual and reliable attendance at all team meetings including daily stand-ups.
  • Clear communication of what you have done since the last stand up and what you are planning today.
  • Clear communication to your team about any obstacles or blockers.
  • Regular input/contribution is provided at task planning sessions.
  • Task planning activities fit well to the actual work required to complete a story, i.e. individual activity is in line with the task board.
  • Active involvement in grooming the backlog.
  • Emphasis on the importance of team play, made evident by interactions with team members and the wider company with positive relationships as a result.
• The successful delivery of software from your team to customers
• Feedback on the quality and quantity of your technical output from your team, technical reviewers, Leads and Managers.
• Support the Global Sustainability Task Force (GSTF) for your respective region. Enable your people to engage and participate in events.
• Encourage awareness of and behaviours aligned to our Sustainability Charter.
• Utilise our sustainability platform (Giki) by taking part in challenges and improving behaviours to be more sustainable. Driving competitions and supporting your teams to engage.

The Specifics

• Work with the team to translate user journeys into deliverable Salesforce solutions
• Developing and maintain software as part of a self-organising, multi-disciplined scrum team.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including administrators, architects, and business analysts, to streamline processes, drive efficiency, and achieve seamless system integrations.

• Perform unit testing and create automated tests.
• Document functionality and technical solutions.
• Proactively identify ways to improve code and increase quality.
• Maintain a good understanding of new platform features and functionality.

What we're looking for (you don’t need to be a guru at all, we’re looking forward to coaching and collaborating with you):

• Salesforce: 4 years of experience in Salesforce platform development with understanding of Salesforce best practices, security measures, and governor limits.
• Salesforce Development Skills: Proficiency with Apex, Flows, API’s, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce Lightning Design System, SOQL, SF CLI and Scratch Orgs.
• DevOps Pipeline Management: Hands-on experience with DevOps pipeline management, ensuring smooth deployment and version control, knowledge of Salesforce packaging, and ideally 2GP managed packages.
• Apex & LWC Development: In-depth knowledge of implementing and developing in Apex, LWC, Flows and Java (optional.)
• Web Development: Strong general web development experience including HTML, CSS, and Javascript.
• Stakeholder Engagement: The ability to gather technical requirements, analyse business needs, and present solutions to key stakeholders effectively.
• Salesforce PD I Certification (desirable.)
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and working in product-focused teams.
• Experience working on a product for the Salesforce App Exchange as an ISV.
• Experience in a programming language prior to picking up Salesforce or have worked as Salesforce Admin.
• Utility experience.

What we offer in return:

• Personal growth – in leadership, commercial acumen and technical excellence
• To be part of a global, winning high growth organization – with a career path to match
• A vibrant, culture full of people passionate about transformation and making a difference -with a one team, collaborative ethos
• A competitive reward package that truly awards our top talent
• A chance to make a true impact on society and the planet

Gentrack want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So, if you are passionate about learning new things and keen to join the mission, you will fit right in.

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