Founded in 2009, Amazon Publishing is a leading publisher of trade fiction and nonfiction print, Kindle eBooks, and audiobooks. With offices in Seattle, New York, Grand Haven, London, Luxembourg, and Munich, our critically-acclaimed and bestselling authors come from around the world.
Amazon Publishing is looking for an experienced Salesforce Developer to drive innovative new features and improvements across our global toolkit, creatively powering the art of publishing content in any language and format. A successful candidate will have experience in building complex, scalable, and high-performance software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers. In this role they will develop new applications, drive automation of processes, and manage the integrations to our various business systems for our Salesforce.com environment. This includes technical design, development, configuration, maintenance, administration, and integration with other Amazon databases/systems. They will have superb written and verbal communication skills to not only help develop new solutions with various team leaders and Product Management, but to assist with training and driving adoption of these features.
This role is based in Seattle.
Key job responsibilities
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or related experience.
• 3~5 years of Salesforce development experience using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning component frameworks, triggers, batch apex and Salesforce APIs, including custom-built solutions.
• 3~5 years of Salesforce experience in point and click configuration using workflows, flows, validation rules, sales process setup, roles & profiles, reports and dashboards
• Development experience in front end languages such as: HTML, CSS, Javascript
About the team
As a team we believe in
Diversity - We do not have all the answers and only diversity perspective can build a more robust solution.
Inclusion - We strive to include the voice of the less spoken into our product. It includes our customers, our authors, our publishers, our employees.
Work-life - Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here.
Career growth - We identify the career gaps. We learn new skills and deliver on those. This eventually leads to our career growth.- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or related experience. • 3~5 years of Salesforce development experience using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning component frameworks, triggers, batch apex and Salesforce APIs, including custom-built solutions. • 3~5 years of experience in Salesforce point and click configuration using workflows, flows, validation rules, sales process setup, roles & profiles, reports and dashboards • Development experience in front end languages such as: HTML, CSS, Javascript- Salesforce Administrator Certification • Salesforce Platform Developer Certification • Experience with security concepts (authentication, authorization, encryption, digital signature, SSL, web service proxies, firewall, SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0). • Experience integrating with and configuring AppExchange products. • Experience integrating Salesforce with other applications using REST and Other APIs • Experience working with AWS Services and Python. • Experience in writing business requirement documents. • Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment. • Ability to work on a diverse team or with a diverse range of coworkers located worldwide.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
