Salesforce Developer

Job Title: Salesforce Developer

Team: Systems

Location: In-Person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC)

Employment Type: Full-time

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Start Date: ASAP

About Braven
Braven is a career-accelerating program that prepares promising young people—many of whom are people of color, from low income backgrounds, and the first in their families to attend college—to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation. 

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.  

Together, we are helping to open up access to the American Promise, empowering a generation of leaders who mirror the diversity of our country.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Impact Report and Jobs Report.

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Salesforce Developer who will collaborate with teammates across Braven to continually improve and enhance our robust Salesforce infrastructure in order to meet the needs of our Fellows, staff, and stakeholders. In this role, you will bring your Salesforce expertise to translate critical user stories and requirements into robust, customized solutions.

To ensure success as a Salesforce Developer, you should have extensive experience working with Salesforce CRM platforms, application development skills, and the ability to solve complex software problems. Your objective will be to create dynamic and scalable Salesforce solutions that meet the changing needs of a rapidly growing organization.

This role is on the Systems team and reports directly to the Managing Director, Salesforce Development and Operations.

What You’ll Do

• Help lead the engineering, governance, and implementation of best practices of Salesforce administration and architecture, in pursuit of Braven’s mission and strategy (25%)
• Participate in Braven project scrums to determine Salesforce needs and develop customized solutions within the Salesforce platform (50%)
• Help achieve Braven’s learning and development goals by translating Salesforce processes and solutions into user-friendly guidance and documentation (10%)
• Mentor Salesforce administrators and engineers/developers to provide technical training and achieve group and individual goals (10%)
• Assist with user tickets and ongoing debugging and problem-solving (5%)
• Maintain strong working knowledge of the latest Salesforce features and releases, and continually improve learning through Trailhead modules or certification
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• 3 - 5 years of professional experience in the Salesforce platform
• Salesforce Certifications: Platform Developer I
• Experience in Salesforce development environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience in Salesforce development environments including Apex triggers / classes, Lightning Web Components, Flows, Visualforce pages / controllers, and other advanced Salesforce configuration such as Sharing and Profile & Permission Set security
• Additional Salesforce certifications, such as Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Platform App Builder, Platform Developer II, Javascript Developer
• Experience with Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) and/or good product knowledge of Sales and Service Clouds
• Experience working in a non-profit organization
• Experience managing sandbox environments and change sets
• Experience with Custom Object solutions and installed packages
• Experience building and maintaining integrations between external systems and Salesforce
• Knowledge of and experience with one or more of the following vendor solutions: Campaign Monitor, Classy, Conga, Duplicate Check, FormAssembly, iWave, Mogli
• Beginner to intermediate knowledge of SQL. While you do not need to be an expert at SQL, you are willing to dive into SQL statements that may be dozens of lines long.
• You have strong proficiency with Excel and/or Google Sheets
• You have a strong design sense when crafting data models, holding yourself and others to a high bar when it comes to creating schemas that balance ease of use, efficiency, and data integrity.
• You love collaboration and are good at it. You understand why your data and operations work is important to your organization and how it is in service of a shared mission.
• You have successfully led cross-functional and strategically important projects. At the same time, you excel at balancing projects with daily operations, paying close attention to detail in both and communicating well with all stakeholders
• Ability to thrive and lead multiple projects in a fast-paced work environment
• You have a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion.
• You exemplify Braven’s core values.
• Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC) at least 3 days per week
• Travel 1-2 times per year

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of such by the date of hire. Individuals may claim exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons.

Application & Interview Process

While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

• Phone screen with Talent Team member
• Technical Interview with Hiring Manager
• Panel Interview with Key Partners
• Reference Checks

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

The salary for this position, which depends on prior work experience and our assessment of your demonstrated fit for the role, will likely be between $95,500-$119,300 in Atlanta, $100,400-$125,500 in Chicago, and $110,500-$138,100 in Newark and New York City. Braven offers competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process.

Braven also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include:

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

Location

We gather in the office at least 3 days per week (on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and often work remotely 2 days per week (although certain commitments might adjust that from time to time). Therefore, we require teammates to live within commuting distance of one of our hubs: Atlanta, Chicago, Newark, or New York City. We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Braven, we are committed to attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a diverse team. Braven operates in the context of our American culture, against the backdrop of systemic racism and oppression of marginalized people since our country’s founding. We are committed to assembling leaders at our organization who have emerged from everywhere, with a particular emphasis on those who share the racial and income backgrounds of our Fellows, and creating an inclusive culture that allows all teammates, of all experiences and identities, to thrive.

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.