What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Salesforce Developer position at Focus Financial Partners?
Position Summary
The Salesforce Senior Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom Salesforce solutions that support key business processes. Reporting to the Head of CRM, this role will play a critical role in advancing the organization’s Salesforce capabilities by delivering high-quality technical solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive Salesforce development experience, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for building scalable, enterprise-level applications.
This role is located in St. Louis, MO or Chicago, IL. It is hybrid with 3 days per week onsite.
Primary Responsibilities
About Focus Financial Partners
Focus is a leading financial services firm comprised of integrated wealth management, family office, and business management services. Blending deep expertise and expansive resources with a boutique, client-first fiduciary philosophy, Focus helps individuals, families, and institutions navigate complex financial situations with highly personalized solutions tailored to their unique needs. To learn more about Focus, visit www.focusfinancialpartners.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.
Focus is an equal opportunity employer and bases its employment decisions on the employee or candidate’s skillset, and without regard to an employee or candidate’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state and/or federal law.
Focus complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@focuspartners.com.
The following language is for US based roles only
For California Applicants: Information on your California privacy rights can be found here
For Indiana Applicants: It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.
For Maryland Applicants: I UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER MARYLAND LAW, AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT REQUIRE OR DEMAND, AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT OR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT, THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TO OR TAKE A POLYGRAP OR SIMILAR TEST. AN EMPLOYER WHO VIOLATES THIS LAW IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $100.
For Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
For Montana Applicants: If hired, the employment relationship is governed by the Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act. Mont. Code Ann. Section 39-2-901.
For Rhode Island Applicants: Focus is subject to Chapters 29-38 of Title 28 of the General Laws of Rhode Island and is therefore covered by the state’s workers’ compensation law. If you willfully provide false information about your ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, you may be barred from filing a claim under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act of the State of Rhode Island if the false information is directly related to the personal injury that is the basis for the new claim for compensation. The Company complies fully with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Salesforce Senior Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom Salesforce solutions that support key business processes. Reporting to the Head of CRM, this role will play a critical role in advancing the organization’s Salesforce capabilities by delivering high-quality technical solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive Salesforce development experience, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for building scalable, enterprise-level applications.
This role is located in St. Louis, MO or Chicago, IL. It is hybrid with 3 days per week onsite.
Primary Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Salesforce Architects, Analysts, and Stakeholders to understand process and requirements with the ability to translate them into technical solutions.
- Design, develop, and implement custom Salesforce applications and integration solutions with a focus on process and end user experience optimization.
- Advanced Apex, and Lighting Web Component programming experience including design patterns, limits and bulk patterns, trigger handling & frameworks, asynchronous operations, integration patterns, and effective unit and bulk testing.
- Build and maintain system integrations using APIs, middleware, and third-party applications.
- Ensure data integrity, platform security, and system performance through effective development practices.
- Participate in code reviews and provide mentorship to associate developers.
- Estimate the level of effort to implement a solution based on business and technical requirements.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, development standards, system designs, and integration designs.
- Troubleshoot and resolve system issues and performance bottlenecks.
- Stay current on Salesforce platform updates, key practices, and emerging technologies.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience.
- Salesforce Platform Developer I & II certifications (required).
- Strong proficiency in Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, SOQL, and APIs.
- Experience with Salesforce Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and Experience Cloud, and OmniStudio.
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce integration patterns, trigger factories, and middleware solutions.
- Experience with Salesforce org assessments and code refactoring.
- Experience in enterprise class orgs and bulk transactions.
- Knowledge of modern DevOps tools, version control, and CI/CD processes.
- Proven ability to design scalable and maintainable solutions.
- Understanding configuration vs development assessment methods.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
About Focus Financial Partners
Focus is a leading financial services firm comprised of integrated wealth management, family office, and business management services. Blending deep expertise and expansive resources with a boutique, client-first fiduciary philosophy, Focus helps individuals, families, and institutions navigate complex financial situations with highly personalized solutions tailored to their unique needs. To learn more about Focus, visit www.focusfinancialpartners.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.
Focus is an equal opportunity employer and bases its employment decisions on the employee or candidate’s skillset, and without regard to an employee or candidate’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state and/or federal law.
Focus complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact careers@focuspartners.com.
The following language is for US based roles only
For California Applicants: Information on your California privacy rights can be found here
For Indiana Applicants: It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.
For Maryland Applicants: I UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER MARYLAND LAW, AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT REQUIRE OR DEMAND, AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT OR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT, THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TO OR TAKE A POLYGRAP OR SIMILAR TEST. AN EMPLOYER WHO VIOLATES THIS LAW IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $100.
For Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
For Montana Applicants: If hired, the employment relationship is governed by the Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act. Mont. Code Ann. Section 39-2-901.
For Rhode Island Applicants: Focus is subject to Chapters 29-38 of Title 28 of the General Laws of Rhode Island and is therefore covered by the state’s workers’ compensation law. If you willfully provide false information about your ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations, you may be barred from filing a claim under the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act of the State of Rhode Island if the false information is directly related to the personal injury that is the basis for the new claim for compensation. The Company complies fully with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Salary : $100,000 - $145,000