Zscaler
SoftwareApplicationsEngineer
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“Software Applications Engineer at Zscaler. Skills: Salesforce development, Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components. Extend and customize applications on the Salesforce Platform. Document functional requirements”
What You'll Achieve.
Achieve measurable business results; High-quality execution; Make an impact quickly; High quality
Industry & Context.
Problem-solver; Laser-focused on finding the solution; Solving the hard problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years of experience with Salesforce development, Hands-on experience in several mid-size enterprise, global implementations of Salesforce, Experience with Sales Cloud, Sales processes and Integrations, Proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and declarative development, Experience making architectural tradeoffs required to provide software solutions and achieve results
Nice to Have
Hands-on development of custom solutions on the force. com platform including application integration patterns, Experience overseeing the development of requirements, specifications, process flows, application design, configuration, and testing
What You'll Do.
Extend and customize applications on the Salesforce Platform
Document functional requirements
Provide technical guidance to other developers
Make critical architectural tradeoffs
Provide robust software solutions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Provide guidance to other developers in the team; Ambitious for the team; Giving and receiving ongoing feedback; Become a better partner; Stronger teammate
Full Job Description
About Zscaler Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity. Role We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer, Salesforce engineer to join our IT Business Applications team, reporting to the Senior Manager, Application Engineering. You will use a powerful mix of programmatic and declarative skills to extend and customize applications on the Salesforce Platform. You will also document requirements and provide guidance to other developers in the team for execution. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Extend and customize applications on the Salesforce Platform using a powerful mix of programmatic and declarative skills D
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