Software engineer jobs in Chicago, IL

About the role

Our client is seeking a Force.com Developer with experience in developing functionality for enterprise solutions. Be part of an extraordinary opportunity to transform the higher education experience! As a developer for Our client’s Student Relationship Platform on Force.com, you will participate in the definition of Salesforce development processes, drive technical design for new functionality, and develop new features to meet specifications. With Our client’s proven expertise as a trusted partner in higher education, you will have the opportunity to innovate and create solutions that revolutionize the landscape of higher education technology and accelerate your career. Our client has been actively supporting the academic community since 1996. Today, Our client provides a wide array of high quality services and support to prestigious academic institutions and their students, focused primarily on online and technology enabled learning. We foster a highly selective employee recruitment process that is matched by our focus on the personal and professional development of each team member once she/he becomes a member of our fast paced, entrepreneurial environment. Every day, our professionals are helping to positively affect the lives of students through exceptional services, innovative technologies and, most importantly, strong personal relationships. At Our client, we are passionate about the success of our partners, their students and each of our team members. We believe that our Core Values, ownership mentality and personal connection make us a pre-eminent organization in higher education. If you are passionate about education and have the desire to help people succeed, then we want to meet you and hear your story.

What you'll bring

• Participate in storyboarding and solution design sessions.
• Recommend alternate approaches, define technical impacts, and provide sizing estimates.
• Create technical designs for new product functionality on Our client’s Student Relationship Platform.
• Develop product capabilities using Force.com, APEX, Visualforce, and other technologies.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, and performance testing of new product functionality.
• Analyze and mitigate issues identified during testing.
• Collaborate on and inform cross-functional teams of new feature technical design, technical requirements, limitations, and implementation.
• Liaise with Salesforce.com and Salesforce.com-certified service partners on solution development.
• Follow an iterative software development methodology and contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle and support.
• Contribute to the development and packaging methodology for Force.com application development.
• Articulate development status to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Continually refine business acumen and establish domain / industry vertical expertise.