Who we are: Magna Marketing is a digital transformation consultancy helping our clients with advisory and implementation of their most critical technology systems. Our mission is to create the most entrepreneurial technology services and advisory company in the world, giving our teammates the best possible opportunities in the market to grow their own part of the business and to grow as people.
Summary: Magna is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Developer 1 to join our Delivery Team. This delivery Developer role is ideal for individuals who are still early in their Salesforce development career and demonstrate a strong aptitude for problem-solving, clean coding, and both client and internal team collaboration. Developer 1s are responsible for implementing well-designed platform builds, contributing to internal documentation, and participating in day-to-day delivery while growing into client-facing contributions and platform-level expertise.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver assigned development tasks within expected timelines and platform standards, maintaining a consistent billable workload of 6+ hours per day.
- Participate in technical discovery/solutioning sessions with clients, architects and other developers to translate business requirements into development specifications.
- Implement both code-based and declarative solutions, test/QA work independently and document builds (including test script creation) on 1-2 primary Salesforce platforms. Emphasis on following platform and client-specific coding guidelines, naming conventions, deployment practices, etc.
- Collaborate with project managers and solution architects to ensure development aligns with client requirements and timelines.
- Participate actively in delivery team ceremonies such as project syncs, backlog reviews, and build plan discussions.
- Communicate status updates clearly, flag blockers early, and support internal documentation for future reference.
- Attend client meetings as appropriate, supporting/contributing when presenting development status or gathering clarification on use cases.
- Apply best practices in Apex, Visualforce, AMPscript, SSJS, or similar based on platform scope and manager guidance.
- Maintain clean, well-commented, reusable code and demonstrate familiarity and adherence to QA and UAT processes.
- Demonstrate eagerness to contribute beyond directly assigned work, volunteering to support peers, contributing to internal documentation or delivery/development process improvements.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrates foundational understanding of Salesforce development principles, including one or more of the following: Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, AMPscript, SSJS, SQL.
- Able to follow naming conventions, logical design patterns, and contribute to build execution using defined technical specs.
- Strong attention to detail, willingness to ask clarifying questions, and proactive attitude toward learning and improvement.
- Comfortable working within task systems (e.g. Asana, Jira, etc.) and communicating daily progress and blockers.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with growing confidence in client interactions.
- Positive attitude, openness to feedback, and commitment to team delivery momentum and quality.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Holds at least 2 Salesforce platform certifications, emphasis on developer-level certifications (e.g., Salesforce Administrator, Marketing Cloud Developer, Platform Developer I, etc.)
- Mulesoft / Salesforce Integration experience
Who you are: We are looking for highly motivated individuals who would like to be a part of something new. You should enjoy creating things from scratch & problem solving in general. As a member of our team, you will be on a fast track to taking on major responsibilities and learning how to build a business. This career track is meant to quickly guide new teammates to become senior leaders, either growing mastery over certain critical business functions or managing a team.
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