Manager, Salesforce Engineering
Overview
GreatAmerica Financial Services is a highly successful entrepreneurial company providing equipment financing to businesses across the United States. Our exemplary customer service, principle-centered business philosophy, and team-based operating approach are crucial to our success and growth. We are looking to add a key member to our Product Delivery Team!
Responsibilities
Lead a high-performing team of developers and admins to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions across the Salesforce ecosystem.
Combine deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to drive platform excellence, team growth, and business impact.
Mentor, grow, and advocate for the team's priorities within the broader engineering and product organization.
Recruit and retain top Salesforce talent.
Promote a DevOps mindset and continuous delivery culture.
Create inclusive, high-trust environments that empower individuals and teams.
Own end-to-end delivery of Salesforce initiatives, ensuring quality, timeliness, and stakeholder satisfaction.
Establish and enforce development standards, code quality, and deployment processes.
Stay current with Salesforce platform capabilities, releases, and ecosystem trends.
Drive innovation through evaluation and adoption of new Salesforce features, tools, and integrations.
Ensure compliance with security, data privacy, and regulatory requirements.
Participate in Salesforce Governance COE and Architecture Review Boards to uphold platform integrity and best practices.
Design and implement scalable solutions across Sales, Service, Experience, Revenue, and Financial Clouds using Apex, LWC, Aura, and declarative tools.
Develop and support Lightning Web Components, Aura components, Visualforce pages, and dynamic forms.
Implement secure programming practices to avoid platform vulnerabilities.
Lead development efforts using CI/CD tools (e.g., Copado), source control (Git), and test-driven development.
Optimize existing features and refactor code to improve performance and maintainability.
Implement robust logging, monitoring, and alerting for deployed solutions.
Troubleshoot and resolve application and data issues, ensuring platform health.
Design and support inbound/outbound integrations using Salesforce APIs (REST/SOAP) and middleware tools like MuleSoft.
Provide OpenAPI Specifications (OAS) for external teams integrating with Salesforce.
Collaborate with non-Salesforce teams on data modeling, access, and integration concerns.
Extend support for functional and non-functional testing teams to ensure quality delivery.
Partner closely with Product Owners and cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
Contribute to design discussions, code reviews, and process improvements.
Support cross-team dependencies and contribute to Agile Release Train planning (SAFe framework experience is a plus).
Requirements
5+ years of technical leadership and people management.
7–8 years of hands-on Salesforce development and administration experience.
Proven expertise in:
- Apex, LWC, Aura, SOQL/SOSL, Flows (screen, record-triggered, auto-launch)
- Apex triggers, batch classes, scheduled classes
- Salesforce security models (Profiles, Permission Sets, Roles, Sharing Rules)
- Data modeling, formulas, validation rules
- Secure programming practices and performance optimization
- Developer Console, CLI, Debug Logs, Query Optimizer
- Salesforce APIs, integration patterns, and event architecture
- CI/CD environments using tools like Copado
- Git workflows, pull request reviews, merge conflict resolution
- Agile/Scrum methodologies; SAFe experience preferred
- Middleware tools like MuleSoft and cross-platform integrations
Skills & Abilities
Exceptional interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with internal & external resources, clients, and third parties.
Strong negotiation and collaboration skills and ability to develop and manage stakeholder expectations.
Exceptional communication skills (both verbal and written).
Work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Create inclusive team environments that foster trust and a sense of empowerment.
Strong push to always gain a combination of business and technical knowledge of the product in their area.
Systems-oriented, enjoy working with new tools, and be a self-motivated learner.
Entrepreneurial attitude, with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
Demonstrated self-starter who is goal-oriented, a critical thinker, and a creative problem solver.
Strong sense of urgency and follow-through in addressing issues and meeting timelines.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field.
Salesforce Certified Admin, Advanced Admin, Platform Developer I & II required.
Additional certifications (e.g., Revenue Cloud Consultant, Integration Architecture Designer) are a plus.
Other Computer Skills
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, VS Code.
Expert knowledge of MS Office products and Design & Development best practices preferred.
Financial Benefits
Competitive Compensation
Monthly Bonuses for Eligible Employees
401(k) and Company Match
Annual Profit Sharing
Paid Time Off
Health, Wellbeing, and Family Planning Benefits
Paid Vacation - starting at 80 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Paid Sick Days - Ten (10) per year with a conversion option for unused time.
Ten (10) Paid Holidays per year
Gym Reimbursement
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Short-Term and Long Term Disability
Company Paid Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Tuition Assistance
Networking Opportunities
Ledrship Development Opportunities
Perks
Paid Parking
Hybrid work arrangements
Business casual environment
A strong organizational culture focused on our greatest asset: you!