American Equity · 5 hours ago
Senior Application Developer, Salesforce
West Des Moines, IA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expAmerican Equity is a company that offers leading annuity products to empower clients in retirement. The Senior Application Developer – Salesforce will collaborate with team members and stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions on the Salesforce platform, engaging in various stages of project development, including coding, testing, and debugging.
ConsultingFinanceInsurance
Hiring Manager
Paige Lauterbach
Responsibilities
Ensures adherence to leading practices for configuration and custom development of Salesforce
Leads the design of technical architecture solutions that may span multiple platforms and include integration and authentication across systems
Collaborate with team and stakeholders to enable and facilitate any stage of the development process
Works with management and executives to understand strategic alignment and goals
Interfaces with team members and stakeholders to standardize and improve development and team processes
Interfaces with management and business areas to plan project deliverables
Advocates for and uses best practices and standards to prepare, code, debug, and test programs
Seeks to understand and improve system interfaces while evaluating, creating and modifying new or existing programs
Documents code changes and assists users in the development of procedures
Researches and analyzes system solutions
Effectively communicates and presents highly technical concepts in clear, concise manner to a variety of audiences
Performs on-call responsibilities
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent from four-year college or technical school; and four (4) or more years of related experience in a coding, testing and debugging environment; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience
A minimum of four (4) years in an application development role required
Salesforce Platform Developer 1
Extensive knowledge and skills in the use of specific computer software and programming languages (Lightning App Development, Lightning Web Components, Data Modeling, Apex Triggers, Apex Rest API, Asynchronous Apex, SOQL, Lightning Flow, Data Management, Platform Events, Data Integration, Large Data Volumes, Informatica or ETL tool skills)
Learn quickly when faced with new challenges and situations; analyze success and failures
Collaborative & team-oriented sharing the responsibility of work and accountability for outcomes with team members; uncovering new perspectives through inclusion
Knowledge of insurance industry practices, policies, and procedures
Knowledge of the principles, practices, methods, and techniques associated with programming of computers and networking equipment
Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret business implication of work
Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner
Effective verbal and written communication, ability to effectively present information and interact in group situations
Demonstrate a high level of accountability setting personal goals and working to align these with business activities; work in an organized matter
Initiative and innovation for improving work processes
Collaborate with others to exchange knowledge to teach and learn new skills and business domains
Results driven with a sense of urgency that motivates others to achieve goals and improve performance
Adaptable to change, delays and unexpected events
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, manuals, and instructions
Ability to perform accurate mathematical calculations and apply mathematical concepts to practical situations
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
Preferred
Salesforce Platform Developer 2 (recommended)
Experience with Salesforce Devops Center (preferred), Code Builder, source control via git
Experience with Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud would be a plus
Company
American Equity
American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company® We are The Financial Dignity Company – and while each person might define financial dignity differently, we believe it’s having the means to retire with pride and peacefulness in your daily life.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
American Equity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (11)
2024 (5)
2023 (3)
2022 (4)
2021 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$253MKey Investors
Brookfield Wealth SolutionsBrookfield Asset Management
2023-07-05Acquired
2022-01-07Post Ipo Equity· $253M
2020-10-18Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Anant Bhalla
Chief Executive Officer
Nicholas Volpe
Chief Technology Officer at American Equity
Recent News
Business Wire
2024-12-04
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2024-11-15
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