Salesforce Developer

You may know Penske for our big yellow trucks. But did you know we’re an industry-leading technology innovation company? At Penske we have a 50-year history of leading the transportation and supply-chain industry, delivering world-class and award-winning technology solutions. And, it starts with our associates. No matter what your skills or technology stack, our IT team is for you. You’ll work and grow alongside great people and on really cool projects. We inspire our IT experts to push the boundaries, create possibilities, be innovative, and, most of all, to have fun. Ultimately, you’ll help develop and ensure our technology solutions keep our company and our customers moving forward. Do you have what IT takes?

Summary

The Salesforce Developer is responsible for designing, developing, configuring, testing, deploying, and supporting Salesforce platform solutions that meet business and technical requirements. This role partners with business stakeholders, Salesforce administrators, internal IT teams, offshore development teams, Salesforce Support, and third-party AppExchange partners to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable Salesforce capabilities.

What You Will Be Doing

As a Salesforce Developer, you will be part of a team that develops our next-generation applications while enhancing and supporting our existing Salesforce ecosystem. You will take a leading technical role - working closely with business stakeholders, engineers, and architects to translate complex requirements into scalable technical designs, implement solutions, and troubleshoot issues as they arise. You will also guide junior developers, influence platform standards, and drive optimization efforts across the Salesforce environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact and lead support resource for multiple Salesforce modules/processes, resolving business user issues in a timely manner.
• Translate complex business requirements into technical designs; develop and implement related components and modules on the Salesforce platform.
• Lead requirements and solution design workshops with business stakeholders, providing analysis and solution design expertise aligned with current and future business needs.
• Design, build, and deploy high-performance technical solutions on the Salesforce Lightning Platform, adhering to Salesforce best practices and standards.
• Develop custom applications using both declarative tools (Workflows, Process Builder, Flow) and programmatic development (Apex, Visual Force Pages, Triggers, Lightning/LWC Components).
• Architect and support integrations between Salesforce and third-party platforms and backend web services (REST/SOAP).
• Organize, manage, and guide offshore Salesforce development teams in alignment with established standards, processes, and procedures.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for a business team, advising on technical feasibility and implementation strategies.
• Communicate project status and issues clearly to team members and stakeholders; collaborate with cross-functional and project teams.
• Ensure solutions are sustainable and maintainable across implementation and ongoing use.
• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs and open issues to ensure on-time delivery and smooth hand-offs.
• Participate in and help guide agile development processes, including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of overall technology experience, including 3+ years of hands-on experience with the Salesforce.com Platform (Apex, Visual Force, SOQL, Unit Testing).
• Strong working knowledge of Workflows, Reports, Process Builder, Flow, and Triggers.
• Strong working knowledge of web services (REST & SOAP, JSON & XML, etc.).
• Proven experience with Lightning Components and Lightning Web Component (LWC) development.
• 1-2 years of project management experience preferred
• Experience directly interacting with business SMEs for requirements gathering, solution design, development, and deployment.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide junior and offshore developers.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodology.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
• Salesforce certification (e.g., Platform Developer I or II) required
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.

• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

EEO Statement

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate must regularly lift and /or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.