Salesforce Developer Team Lead

At Cisco Meraki, we know that technology can connect us, empower us, and drive us. By simplifying powerful technology we can free hardworking people to focus on their mission. As the fastest growing cloud-managed networking team in the world, our products and technology architecture are changing the face of enterprise networking and making cloud-managed IT a reality!

Cisco Meraki’s Support group is a growing, global, and diverse team of highly knowledgeable and empathetic customer advisors. We strive to guide our customers to successful outcomes with a mix of critical thinking and the grit to implement the next best action.

Cisco Meraki is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to develop the next generation of features, services and integrations to improve the lives of our outstanding Support team

You will be joining our growing team of Support-focused developers and you’ll directly feel the positive impact that your projects have on our grateful (and technical) users

You will provide technical expertise, guidance, and standard practices for our team of Salesforce developers

You love using technology to solve business problems. You’re a passionate learner and has a strong track record of building scalable applications using Salesforce technologies and frameworks.

Investigating new technologies and deciding which will be a good fit for Meraki, and how best to implement them

Building an impactful team by mentoring Support Software engineers and supporting recruiting efforts to help shape the future of the team

• Be the tip of the technological spear for Meraki Support
• Investigate new technologies, decide which to adopt and how to roll them out
• Safeguard the organization from unnecessary technical debt
• Know and decide when to use custom code vs admin-friendly tools to accomplish business goals

• As the team lead, your input will be essential in hiring and building a distributed team
• Insist on a strong test-first team culture and conduct periodic code quality reviews
• Ensure team is adhering to standard methodologies and build technical feasibility documents
• Promote empathetic, user-centric design over insular, overly-engineered work

• Stay well-versed in the latest theory and standard methodologies in the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Find the intersection between your personal development interests and our business needs to identify side projects
• Attend industry meetups, webinars, and conferences
• Explore new tools and in the field of Support-related software development

• 5+ years of enterprise development experience in Salesforce stack
• Salesforce Apex and/or Java or any object oriented programming experience, SQL and/or Salesforce SOQL
• Javascript or related frameworks (Ruby, Rails, React..etc)
• Salesforce Lightning Web Components
• Salesforce Communities
• Excellent knowledge of third party applications and platform integrations.
• Experience with various Salesforce deployment pipelines like ANT, Copado, Salesforce DX
• Work collaboratively with Product, UX, Support, Engineering, etc to deliver new or improve product features
• Prior experience with Support or Service organizations is also a plus
• Prior experience with products like MuleSoft, Tableau is a plus
• Experience with current software development lifecycles and practices
• Agile-aligned methodologies (Scaled Agile, Kanban, etc.), continuous integration (CI), continuous deployment (CD), Git-based Version Control Systems (VCS)
• Relevant Salesforce Certifications and/or Trailhead badges
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field

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At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, encourage innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

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The health and safety of Cisco's employees, customers, and partners is a top priority. Our goal is to protect and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 infection for strong business resiliency during the pandemic. Therefore, Cisco requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the U.S., unless otherwise prohibited by applicable law, and in countries where COVID-19 vaccination is legally required. The company will consider legally required accommodations/exceptions for medical, religious, and other reasons as per the requirements of the role and in accordance with applicable law. Additional information will be provided to candidates about the requirements and accommodation process at the offer time based on region.