Datafin

Salesforce Platform Developer 1 Certification (12 Month Contract)

IT – Software Development
Cape Town – Western Cape

ENVIRONMENT:
An innovative specialist in cross-border financial services in the Overberg seeks a Salesforce Platform Developer (1 Certification) on a 12-month contract, to apply critical thinking & problem-solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications on Salesforce (CRM) and React Native (inhouse App).  You must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science (or similar) and 5 years’ experience.
 
 
DUTIES:
DevOps
 
  • Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions.
  • Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
  • Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions.
  • Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions.
  • Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience.
  • Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions.
  • Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
  • Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications.
  • Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g., Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc.
 
People
 
  • Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team.
 
Risk & Governance
 
  • Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release).
  • Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks.
  • Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to find the underlying cause of major incidents.
 
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum requirements:
 
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or similar).
  • Salesforce – Platform Developer I Certification.
  • React native proficient.
  • 5 years’ work experience.
 
ATTRIBUTES:
  • Problem-solving skills. 
  • Apply critical thinking skills.