Specialist Salesforce Engineer

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role the Salesforce Specialist IS Engineer for the MyAmgen Product Team will help in driving high-quality, efficient delivery for the company’s intranet. This role ensures the development team adheres to best practices and definitions of done while proactively identifying technical debt and collaborating with the Architect and Product Owner to prioritize its resolution. The engineer has expertise in the Salesforce development stack and data model and leverages AI and automation to enhance quality and speed. They take a hands-on approach to innovation, working on proofs of concept (PoCs) to validate the technical feasibility of backlog items. Additionally, the role involves designing and breaking down technical work to minimize dependencies and improve team flow during sprints. The Salesforce Development Lead also supports testing and validation to ensure reliable and impactful deliverables.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality Salesforce solutions using LWC, Apex, Flows and other Salesforce technologies.

• Ensure alignment to established best practices and definitions of done, maintaining high-quality standards in deliverables.

• Take architectural design and translate to code deliverables

• Create user stories that effectively describe business and technical needs

• Proactively identify technical debt and collaborate with the Architect and Product Owner to prioritize and address it effectively.

• Innovate and improve development workflows by leveraging AI and automation tools to increase efficiency, speed, and quality.

• Design and decompose technical tasks to minimize interdependencies and optimize the team's workflow during sprints.

• Support the testing and validation of deliverables to ensure reliability, performance, and alignment with business goals.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Salesforce professional we seek is a type of person with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR

• Diploma and 10 to 12 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience with Apex, JavaScript, and Lightning Web Components (LWC)to create scalable applications

• Experienced in using CI/CD automation to deploy Salesforce code and configurations

• Strong understanding of declarative tools like Flows and Process Builder

• Proficiency in using Salesforce tools such as SOQL, SOSL, and Data Loader to query, manipulate and export data

• Good ability to lead development teams and collaborate with Product Owners and Architects for task prioritization and execution

• Ability to train and guide junior developers in best practices

• Hands-on experience in testing, debugging, and validating deliverables for reliability and performance

• Familiarity with Agile practices such as User Story Creation and, sprint planning

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with using Copado for CI/CD automations

• Experience using AI, automation, or cutting-edge Salesforce tools.

• Proficiency in data migration, modeling, and security configurations.

• Experience in fine-tuning Salesforce org for scalability and speed.

• Familiarity with industry-specific Salesforce tools like Health Cloud or Financial Services Cloud.

• Ability to identify and resolve technical debt while designing scalable, maintainable solutions

• Experience creating proofs of concept (PoCs) to validate new ideas or backlog items.

Professional Certifications (preferred):

• Salesforce Advanced Administrator

• Salesforce Developer I and II

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Strong written and verbal communications skills (English) in translating technology content into business-language at various levels

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong time and task management skills to estimate and successfully meet project timeline with ability to bring consistency and quality assurance across various projects.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.