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Join arenaflex as a Salesforce Application Developer Lead
Are you ready to be part of something extraordinary? At arenaflex, we're not just building technology—we're crafting experiences that connect people, empower businesses, and transform industries. We believe that great technology should enhance human connection, and we're looking for a visionary Salesforce Application Developer Lead to help us innovate, inspire, and deliver solutions that make a lasting impact.
As a leader in our technology organization, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our enterprise platforms. You'll bring your expertise in Salesforce B2B Commerce, your passion for excellence, and your collaborative spirit to drive meaningful change across our global operations. This isn't just a job—it's an opportunity to leave your mark on a company that values innovation, integrity, and the power of human connection.
About arenaflex
At arenaflex, we set out on a mission to be an extraordinary organization. One that celebrates excellence and rich traditions, but also brings a genuine sense of connection to everything we do. We're known for developing exceptional leaders who share this passion and are guided by their commitment to serving others. Our culture is built on trust, transparency, and a relentless pursuit of perfection—all while maintaining a collaborative and supportive environment where every voice matters.
When you join arenaflex, you become part of a global family committed to innovation and excellence. We invest heavily in our people, providing opportunities for continuous learning, career growth, and personal development. Our commitment to work-life balance, diversity, and inclusion ensures that you can thrive both professionally and personally.
The Role: Salesforce Application Developer Lead
This position contributes to arenaflex's success by delivering and supporting complex technology solutions while driving significant transformation for Channel Development, US Licensed Stores, and our Global Licensed Stores. As a Salesforce engineer at arenaflex, you will identify, design, and deploy technology and process solutions that establish key business capabilities, enabling the realization of strategic initiatives and operational improvements across our global Salesforce ecosystem.
Your expertise will span products such as Sales Cloud, B2B Commerce, Experience Cloud, and others. This role requires proficiency in requirements analysis and solution design, combined with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse technical and business teams throughout the organization to maximize the benefits of the Salesforce platform—always with a focus on elevating the customer and partner experience.
In addition to delivering excellently architected Salesforce solutions, this role requires leadership through a strong customer service orientation and a continuous improvement mindset to elevate both partner (employee) and customer experience. The ability to lead, influence, negotiate, drive solutions, and mentor less experienced developers is essential to success in this role. You'll exemplify and act in accordance with arenaflex's core values, setting the standard for excellence in everything you do.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Design and Implementation
- Project Initiation Support: Contribute to project commencement efforts by helping define project scope and identifying the target solution architecture. Assist project management in planning, estimating, scheduling, prioritization, and resource allocation exercises.
- Solution Design Process: Participate actively in the solution design process, including requirements gathering and backlog refinement. Contribute to functional design while leading technical design and development efforts.
- Risk Mitigation: Mitigate risk through prototypes and proof-of-concepts for complex issues as appropriate. Build iteratively with an eye toward the ultimate vision of the end solution.
- Transparency and Communication: Provide transparency in approach and progress while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Programming Solutions: Develop programming solutions for business problems using established design patterns and coding standards. Build solutions that are secure, robust, flexible, scalable, and accessible while proactively mitigating against production support issues.
- Agile Delivery: Utilize agile delivery methodologies and participate in scrum teams in the execution of solution delivery projects.
- Documentation: Create and maintain documentation supporting training, system configuration, deployment, and operational processes and procedures.
- Technical Expertise: Demonstrate system capability and use subject matter expertise to perform root cause analysis and assess issue trends. Facilitate issue resolution with vendors and/or cross-functional teams. Provide timely and thorough communication regarding status/resolution with end-users and other key stakeholders.
- User Experience Focus: Consider overall user technology experience when thoughtfully designing and engaging solutions.
Platform Stewardship
- Strategic Platform Guidance: Proactively participate in helping shape candidate solutions on the platform. This consultative aspect of the role explores the business capability portfolio to guide and influence solution decisions to ensure the health of the platform.
- Innovation Leadership: Take an innovative role in the Platform Stewardship portfolio. Contribute to the vision, roadmap, and platform investments required to take our business solutions to the next level.
- Opportunity Identification: Identify, influence, sell, and prioritize innovative platform opportunities as well as technical debt with regular reviews, creating projects and solutions to raise the level of the platform offering or remediate foundational operational issues.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Accomplish with cross-functional teams such as Infrastructure, Security, Engineering, QA, and key Development teams to strengthen and elevate the platform from a technology perspective.
- Enterprise Governance: Effectively drive plans and solutions through enterprise cycles and governance to ensure seamless, secure, and compliant solutions.
- Vendor Relationships: Develop vendor relationships to understand and influence vendor product offerings and roadmaps, improve support engagement, and gain insight into technology trends.
- Community Contribution: Contribute to the platform development community by sharing knowledge, content, and feedback on design patterns, coding standards, and shared libraries.
Leadership
- Project Leadership: Provide project leadership; initiate, coordinate, and support small to medium development efforts for a team of developers across a shared codebase.
- Team Management: Manage delivery of multiple engineers in the team by establishing standards and setting expectations.
- Cross-Functional Representation: Represent the Development Team when engaged with cross-functional teams, including functional experts, Project Management, Development, Engineering, Infrastructure, and the business client.
- Negotiation and Influence: Coordinate work with and influence others to achieve solutions and mutually beneficial outcomes in complex and ambiguous situations. Articulate technical approach and design to project teams and related subordinate teams.
- Mentorship: Mentor and guide other application engineers in acquiring new skills and technologies.
- Bold Leadership: Demonstrate leadership and courage with thoughtful, articulate situations to influence critical technology solutions.
- Drive and Delivery: Manage the pace and deliver in a fast-paced service environment, driving all issues to resolution with a strong focus on customer satisfaction, partner management, on-time delivery, and successful project execution.
Essential Qualifications
- Four or more years of relevant IT experience
- Three or more years of experience in Salesforce B2B Commerce
- Four or more years of experience and understanding of the Salesforce Platform and architecture, data models, business out-of-the-box features, and capabilities
- Three or more years of experience in an Agile and DevOps environment
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce B2B Commerce features and Salesforce Experience Cloud
- Experience implementing large-scale enterprise business solutions focused on Salesforce Commerce solutions
- Experience integrating Salesforce with various business systems as well as working with integration tools (ETL, NiFi, MuleSoft, etc.)
- Development experience in Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC)
Preferred Qualifications
- Salesforce certifications (Administrator, Developer, or Architect)
- Experience with API development and REST/SOAP web services
- Knowledge of version control systems (Git, Bitbucket)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools
- Experience in retail, e-commerce, or franchise business models
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Experience leading remote or distributed teams
Skills and Competencies
- Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of Salesforce architecture, development best practices, and ecosystem tools.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across departments and levels.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Problem-Solving: Creative approach to overcoming challenges and finding innovative solutions.
- Adaptability: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with changing priorities.
- Leadership: Ability to inspire, mentor, and develop team members while driving results.
Career Growth and Development
At arenaflex, we believe in investing in our people's growth and development. As a Salesforce Application Developer Lead, you'll have access to:
- Comprehensive onboarding and training programs
- Continuous learning opportunities through our internal knowledge-sharing platforms
- Career advancement pathways into senior technical and leadership roles
- Access to industry conferences, workshops, and certification programs
- Mentorship from senior technologists and business leaders
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and enterprise-scale projects
Your journey at arenaflex is what you make of it. We're committed to providing the resources, support, and opportunities you need to achieve your career aspirations and reach your full potential.
Work Environment and Culture
We're proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports both collaboration and independence. This is a remote-friendly position, allowing you to work from the comfort of your home while staying connected with your team through modern collaboration tools and regular virtual interactions.
At arenaflex, we embrace diversity and believe that different perspectives make us stronger. Our inclusive culture celebrates individuality and ensures that everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their best work. We maintain a healthy work-life balance and encourage our team members to prioritize their well-being.
Our headquarters in Seattle serves as a hub for innovation and collaboration, but our team spans across the globe. Regardless of where you work, you'll be part of a supportive community that fosters creativity, excellence, and mutual respect.
Compensation and Benefits
We offer a competitive compensation package that reflects your experience, skills, and the value you bring to arenaflex. The hourly rate for this position ranges from $25 to $35 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience.
In addition to competitive pay, arenaflex provides a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Paid time off and holidays
- Remote work allowances
- Professional development reimbursement
- Employee assistance programs
- Wellness programs and resources
- Stock options or equity participation programs
Join Our Team
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you! Apply today and become part of a team that's transforming industries, delighting customers, and building the future of enterprise technology.
At arenaflex, we believe that great things happen when passionate people come together to pursue a common goal. Your skills, expertise, and enthusiasm are exactly what we need to continue our journey of innovation and excellence.
Don't miss this opportunity to grow with a company that values your contributions, supports your ambitions, and rewards your hard work. Apply now and start your exciting new chapter with arenaflex!
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified candidates to apply. All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.