Job Description

Empowering Africas tomorrow, togetherone story at a time.With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled Salesforce Product Engineer with 6+ years of experience to contribute to the full development lifecycle of enterprise-grade applications. The ideal candidate should have excellent problem-solving abilities and be capable of quickly producing well-organized, optimized, and documented code. This role requires a strategic thinker who can design and implement scalable, high-performing solutions across multiple business lines.Key Responsibilities:

• Solution Design: Research, design, and implement innovative Salesforce solutions tailored for diverse lines of business, in collaboration with business analysts, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Development & Customization: Apply Salesforce configuration and customization, write clean, scalable code, and create custom solutions where necessary to meet business needs.
• Standards Compliance: Ensure all development adheres to established standards, procedures, and best practices for system support, documentation, and maintenance.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve system performance and scalability and implement enhancements.

Requirements:

• Salesforce Expertise: 3+ years of hands-on experience developing and customizing applications on the Salesforce platform.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of APEX, Lightning Components, JavaScript, SOQL, HTML5, CSS, VisualForce, and LWC.
• Platform Knowledge: In-depth understanding of Salesforce architecture concepts, such as API and governor limits, and how they influence solution design.
• Certifications: Salesforce Certified Administrator, App Builder, Platform Developer I. Additional certifications like Marketing Cloud or Omni Studio are advantageous.
• Development Tools: Proficient in using VS Code IDE and Azure DevOps for managing development processes and version control.
• Cloud Experience: Practical experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, and Service Cloud implementations.
• Agile Mindset: Experience working in agile teams and a commitment to iterative development and continuous feedback.
• Deployment & Migration: Strong experience in Salesforce administration, deployment, and setup menus, including roles, profiles, security settings, and sharing rules.
• Business Interaction: Ability to work closely with Business Analysts, gather requirements, and solve complex business problems through technical solutions.

Key Technical Experience:

• Building custom Salesforce solutions using Objects, Triggers, Apex Classes, Controllers (Standard and Custom), and Extensions.
• Configuring workflows, approval processes, picklists, custom formula fields, validation rules, and field dependencies.
• Understanding of Financial Services Cloud and OmniStudio is highly beneficial.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Ensure full compliance with regulatory requirements, the Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework, and ABSA policies.
• Proactively manage risks and incidents relevant to the role, and ensure solutions align with business risk management objectives.

EducationBachelor's Degree: Information TechnologyAbsa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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