Get to Know the Salesforce Developer Role
Learning Objectivesย
After completing this unit, youโll be able to:
- Describe what Salesforce developers do.
- Identify the skills of a successful Salesforce developer.
Whatโs a Salesforce Developer?
A Salesforce developer knows how to build solutions for a concrete enterprise business problem using Salesforce technologies. They can analyze and understand business requirements, and choose the best solution from low-code and code Salesforce technologies. They use these technologies to build high-quality solutions that perform well in a cloud environment and integrate with external systems.
So what skills do you need to be a successful developer? Letโs take a look.
Required Skills
Successful Salesforce developers have a combination of technical skills and soft skills. Whether youโre looking to build your skillset or advance your career, weโve compiled the most in-demand developer skills.
Key technical skills include:
- Low-code automation
- Data modeling
- Programming languages
- Unit testing
- Design patterns
- APIs and integration
- DevOps and CI/CD
- Agile Methodologies
Soft skills include:ย
- Capacity to analyze and understand business requirements
- Ability to select the best technologies from those available, given a concrete business problem
- Interpersonal communication skills, to communicate smoothly with all the actors involved in the different development stages
- Enthusiasm for building performant, high-quality solutions that perform well and can scale in a cloud environment
- Learning and innovation skills, to cope with the speed at which Salesforce delivers new features
Common Developer Roles and Responsibilities
Salesforce Developer Type | What They Do |
|---|---|
Agentforce Platform Developer | Customizes and extends the Salesforce Platform (including Sales and Service Cloud) using low-code tools, and programming languages such as JavaScript (Lightning Web Components) and Apex, when the solution involves more complex logic or user interfaces. Builds consumer facing sites and in-house products using Salesforce Platform core technologies and web stack knowledge on Experience Cloud. Builds solutions using different open-source languages running on Salesforce Functions or Heroku. |
Agentforce Commerce Developer | Builds shopping experiences using commerce APIs and their web framework of choice, such as React, or with Experience Cloud.ย |
Agentforce Marketing Engagement Developer | Automates marketing business use cases using REST APIs, SDKs (for different languages, iOS and Android), and AMPScript. |
Agentforce Slack Developer | Extends Slack functionality by creating apps in Java, JavaScript, or Python, using Bolt. When Slack apps integrate with Salesforce, they are created using the Apex SDK for Slack. |
Agentforce MuleSoft Developer | Leads the design, test, implementation, and deployment of APIs and integration projects. They cover these API lifecycle steps by using different tools, including low-code tools and code tools like DataWeave or Java. |
Agentforce Tableau Developer | Builds workflows and custom connectors to integrate any data using SDKs and APIs. Integrates Tableau into other apps using JavaScript, or with advanced models in R, Python, MATLAB, and more. |
Find the Right Developer Role for You
Ready to make the most of a career as a Salesforce developer? Check out the different developer roles on the Salesforce Developer Career Path where you can find learning content ย for every role. Then, join the Salesforce Developer group on the Trailblazer Community and become a Salesforce developer rockstar.
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