Salesforce Developer

About Ethos

Ethos was built to make it faster and easier to get life insurance for the next million families. Our approach blends industry expertise, technology, and the human touch to find you the right policy to protect your loved ones. 

We leverage deep technology and data science to streamline the life insurance process, making it more accessible and convenient. Using predictive analytics, we are able to transform a traditionally multi-week process into a modern digital experience for our users that can take just minutes! We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. Our full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health.

We make getting life insurance easier, faster and better for everyone. 

Our investors include General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, SoftBank, and the investment vehicles of Jay-Z, Kevin Durant, Robert Downey Jr and others. This year, we were named on CB Insights' Global Insurtech 50 list and BuiltIn's Top 100 Midsize Companies in San Francisco. We are scaling quickly and looking for passionate people to protect the next million families! 

About the Role

This role involves a blend of Salesforce development, DevOps integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless deployment, automation, and code management processes. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in Salesforce platform development, version control systems, and DevOps practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement custom solutions using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and Salesforce APIs.
• Design and manage Platform Events to support integration and event-driven architecture. Ensure adherence to Salesforce development best practices and coding standards.
• Integrate Salesforce with Snowflake for seamless data synchronization and reporting.
• Set up and manage Salesforce DevOps environments, including Gearset, GitHub, and Salesforce DevOps Center.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce development teams.
• Collaborate with teams to automate deployment processes, ensuring smooth and reliable code releases.
• Perform code versioning, branching, and merging in GitHub, maintaining version control best practices.
• Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to ensure high-quality code and continuous improvement.
• Utilize Jira for managing development tasks, sprints, and tracking project progress.
• Identify and troubleshoot issues across Salesforce environments, including resolving deployment or integration conflicts.
• Contribute to the setup and optimization of DevOps centers to streamline development and release management processes.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, SOQL, and Salesforce APIs. Experience with Platform Events and event-driven architecture.
• Knowledge of Salesforce best practices for scalable, maintainable code.
• Proficiency in using Gearset for Salesforce DevOps automation, or other DevOps tools. Experience with GitHub for version control, branching, and merging strategies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and Salesforce DevOps Center setup.
• Hands-on experience integrating Salesforce with Snowflake and other external systems.
• Solid experience with Jira for task and project management.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in Salesforce declarative administration, including configuration, Flows, process automation, and permissions management.
• Proven experience in Stakeholder Management: working with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business requirements.
• Salesforce Platform Developer I or II Certification.
• Familiarity with Salesforce AppExchange packages and implementation.
• Prior experience working in an Agile development environment.

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Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion and look for applicants who understand, embrace and thrive in a multicultural world. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records.

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