Salesforce Developer Associate

Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 162 million registered learners as of September 30, 2024.

Coursera partners with over 350 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including courses, Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students in fields such as data science, technology, and business. Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.

Join us in our mission to create a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through access to education. We're seeking talented individuals who share our passion and drive to revolutionize the way the world learns.

We at Coursera are committed to building a globally diverse team and are thrilled to extend employment opportunities to individuals in any country where we have a legal entity. We require candidates to possess eligible working rights and have a compatible timezone overlap with their team to facilitate seamless collaboration. 

Coursera has a commitment to enabling flexibility and workspace choices for employees. Our interviews and onboarding are entirely virtual, providing a smooth and efficient experience for our candidates. As an employee, we enable you to select your main way of working, whether it's from home, one of our offices or hubs, or a co-working space near you.

Job Overview:

Coursera is searching for a sharp, motivated Salesforce expert to join our team as a Salesforce Developer to develop and support our Salesforce organizations. You will partner with our business & product  stakeholders on transformational processes in our areas of Sales, Service, Support, Application and Marketing solutions spanning operational strategy, business process and implementation. You will produce high quality code in an agile environment.

Responsibilities:

• Participating in the full application life cycle: architecture, design, development, testing and deployment
• Writing, testing, and deploying high-performance, reusable, and reliable Apex code
• Implementing unit and integration testing to ensure systems work as intended
• Creating and customizing Lightning Components to enhance the user interface
• Designing data models and implementing Salesforce objects, including custom objects, fields, and relationshipsDocumenting development processes, technical designs, and other relevant information to ensure team coverage and code maintainability
• Contributing to options analyses, proof-of-concept implementations, and validations for proposed solutions

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 to 4 years of experience within the Salesforce Ecosystem focused on the development experience using Apex, Visualforce, SOQL and SOSL, Lightning Components Frameworks, Triggers, Batch Apex, and Salesforce APIs
• Knowledgeable with click to configure functionality such as Flows, Lightning Email Templates, Sharing Rules.
• Active Salesforce certifications or ability to achieve relevant certifications upon hire 
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum and Waterfall methodologies 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications listed below are in order of relevance. These are preferred but not required - hands-on experience is heavily considered

1. 1. Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I, Platform App Builder
   2. Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II, optional

• Prior experience in the education space (either as a parent, a student, teacher etc.)
• Expert communication skills (verbal and written) 
• College degree, or equivalent experience
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives
• Experience working with VSCode, GIT & familiar with DevOps concepts