I. Requirement:

We are currently looking for a 6 months contract to hire salesforce.com middle level developer with minimum 3 years salesforce experience and minimum 2 years Java experience. Out salesforce application has been live for many years and integrates with home grown java based middleware and other external systems like hoovers and spoke. Nature of the job will be to implement new requirements and enhancements in both Salesforce and Java platforms. Also provide daily support to end users and list development team during business hours Monday through Friday. Local to VA/MD/DC candidate is preferable, but not mandatory. Candidate must reside in US. Most of the work can be done remotely but should be able to meet once a month in VA.

II. Experience:

Apex, Visualforce, triggers, workflow rules, reports, email alerts, batch apex, scheduler, data loader, apex explorer, force.com IDE, enterprise WSDL, outbound messages, email services, partner portal, web service, force.com migration tool.

Java, Apache Ant, Struts, Servlets, Jsp, Apache Http Server, Tomcat, Google app engine

III. Role & Responsibilities:

- Work with senior developer/CEO for requirement gathering

- Provide estimates before coding

- Should be either local or fly to DC as needed. Actual development can be done remotely.

- Spend 40 hours a week

- Code in Java struts framework for batch processing related functionalities which can’t be implemented in Salesforce.

- Deploy java war application on amazon web service

- Develop end user and admin functionalities in visual force and triggers.

- Newly developed functionalities may have to function for both admin users and partner portal users.

- Configure new partner portal users

- Migrate meta data from sandbox to production using Ant migration tool

- Use good design patterns for performance improvement and scaling.

- New functionality should be scalable as we grow in terms of data volume and end users.

- Should work with technical architect to get the code reviewed before pushing to production.

- Should work with end users to answer support related questions.

- Should answer phone calls from end users for daily support.

- Should work with list development team for analysis and any other queries.

- Should monitor email for any support related queries from all related team members.

- Write good documentation with in the code as you code.

- Proficient in English

- Should be available through skype or any other communication media during business hours.

IV. Education:

Bachelor or University Degree required. Preferably in Computer Science.

V. Compensation:

This position is a 6 months contract to hire position.

VI. Company Background:

Change the way B2B companies fill their top-of-the-sales-funnel with PALs ® (Powerful Actionable Leads ®) by Vendisys ® (www.vendisys.com), the pioneer and leader in the Smart Email Prospecting (SEP) space. Vendisys leverages search and crawl technologies, multiple data streams, and compelling messaging design that yield 5-30x the response rates and performance compared to traditional direct marketing methods.

For start-ups backed by Venrock, Greylock, and Bessemer to Fortune 1000 companies such as Adobe, Panasonic, and Emerson, PALs have proven to:

1) Turbocharge prospecting productivity by 1.5-4x without adding headcount, management, or infrastructure expenses

2) Shrink lead and deal cycles and boost conversions by 1.2-3x

3) Yield 10-50x the ROI with a predictable, measurable, and low-risk pay-per-lead model