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Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Toptal Member Since
July 29, 2019
Jan is a senior Salesforce consultant and full-stack developer with over ten years of combined technical and business experience in the IT ecosystem. He's driven by delivering maximum business value through best-in-class, maintainable solutions that work. Jan holds all Salesforce developer certificates and has proven experience in all aspects of the Force.com platform, including 14+ Salesforce implementations.
Portfolio
BMW
Salesforce, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce CPQ...
Freelance Clients
CSS, HTML5, Salesforce Einstein, Jenkins, SOQL, Lightning Components, Git...
ENXOO
MuleSoft, SQL, JavaScript, Java, Lightning Components, Aura, Visualforce, Apex...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
JavaScript, Salesforce
The most amazing...
...project I've completed is an award-winning Salesforce CPQ sales and service implementation for a wholesale telco operator.
Work Experience
Salesforce Senior Developer
2021 - 2023
BMW
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement data governance policies, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and protecting sensitive data.
- Led the integration of Salesforce with external systems, resulting in a 25% reduction in system downtime and a 20% increase in data accuracy.
- Optimized Salesforce database performance and scalability, reducing data load times by 50% and enabling faster decision-making by the sales team.
- Developed and deployed custom Apex code for complex business logic, resulting in a 50% reduction in manual data entry.
- Conducted regular Salesforce system audits, identifying and resolving technical issues before they impacted users and ensuring system stability.
Technologies: Salesforce, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce CPQ, Visualforce Pages, Salesforce Lightning, Lightning Design System, Salesforce Community, Salesforce Apex, Software Development
Senior Salesforce Full-stack Developer
2020 - 2021
Freelance Clients
- Created a custom partner portal based on Salesforce communities. Oversaw custom development in Lightning Web Components (LWC), Apex, and a modern CI/CD process setup for Motorola Solutions in Chicago, USA.
- Helped ease the workload on the internal service team by creating an Einstein AI chatbot for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. We've leveraged Service Cloud, Einstein, and custom LWC for GE Healthcare in Cleveland, USA.
- Worked on a completely customized dialing console in Salesforce. Created a custom UI based on LWC and Apex and significantly increased the productivity of sales representatives across Premium Merchant Funding company in New York, USA.
- Collaborated with a data science team at B6 Real Estate Brokers to leverage Salesforce capabilities to enhance field broker performance. Utilized custom APIs, Aura/LWC components, and Apex.
Technologies: CSS, HTML5, Salesforce Einstein, Jenkins, SOQL, Lightning Components, Git, Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce API, Salesforce DX, Salesforce, JavaScript, Salesforce CPQ, Visualforce Pages, Salesforce Lightning, Lightning Design System, Salesforce Community, Salesforce Apex, Software Development
Salesforce Technical Team Lead
2017 - 2020
ENXOO
- Designed and implemented a fully automated CPQ system for wholesale telecom.
- Designed and implemented a sales system for Poland's largest chain of private schools.
- Designed and implemented a Salesforce solution tailored for a multinational consumer goods company.
- Introduced and led CI/CD/SFDX best practices for the whole company.
- Designed and implemented an automated REST API test framework for Salesforce based on Postman.
Technologies: MuleSoft, SQL, JavaScript, Java, Lightning Components, Aura, Visualforce, Apex, Salesforce, Salesforce CPQ, Visualforce Pages, Salesforce Lightning, Lightning Design System, Salesforce Community, Salesforce Apex, Software Development
Salesforce Developer
2016 - 2017
eBay
- Increased ad sales by refactoring ad placement algorithms.
- Rewrote a billing system to increase performance by a factor of 2.
- Updated an invoice line generation system to enable more detailed billing and increase customer visibility.
- Decreased company costs by replacing manual regression with automated scripts.
- Standardized processes from multiple organizations and migrated them into a centralized Salesforce organization for all business units.
Technologies: JavaScript, Salesforce Lightning, Visualforce, Apex, Salesforce, Visualforce Pages, Lightning Design System, Salesforce Community, Salesforce Apex, Software Development
Salesforce Developer and Consultant
2014 - 2016
ENXOO
- Implemented Sales Cloud for a well-known European FMCG brand.
- Implemented Sales Cloud for a mobile telco operator in Poland.
- Implemented native Salesforce functionality, force.com license, for a risk-analyzing company.
- Implemented Salesforce Community for a mobile telco operator.
- Implemented SAP integration successfully using MuleSoft.
Technologies: JavaScript, Java, Apex, Visualforce, Salesforce, Visualforce Pages, Lightning Design System, Salesforce Community, Salesforce Apex, Software Development
Software Developer
2013 - 2014
InnoQuant
- Refactored an existing solution from Python to Java with Play Framework and MongoDB.
- Increased file parsing performance from days, i.e., over 70 hours for 100GB files, to hours, i.e., one hour per 1TB.
- Migrated over 10TB of data from a relational database MySQL to NoSQL MongoDB.
- Added GUI using JavaScript and Angular 1.0 to include non-technical staff in data analytics.
- Implemented a forecasting module to predict energy prices based on over 100GB of time series data, changing daily.
Technologies: JavaScript, MongoDB, Java, Software Development
Software Developer
2012 - 2013
Integraph (acquired by Hexagon)
- Added a resize module to GIS application.
- Increased performance of a map generation module.
- Updated the structure of the unit test framework.
- Decreased regression time for address mapping by a factor of three.
- Updated a data integrity validation process.
Technologies: jQuery, .NET, SQL, C#, Software Development
Experience
GE Healthcare (Cleveland, USA)
Helped to ease the workload on the internal service team by creating an Einstein AI chatbot for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. We've leveraged Salesforce Service Cloud, Einstein, and custom LWC.
Motorola Solutions (Chicago, USA / Krakow, Poland)
Helped to create a custom partner portal based on Salesforce Communities. Primary responsibilities included custom development in Lightning Web Components, Apex, and setup of modern CI/CD process based on SFDX, Jenkins, Bitbucket, and SonarQ.
Nexera - Best Implementation of Cloud Services
https://www.nexera.pl/en/news/nexera-with-the-title-of-the-best-in-cloud-124.htmlLed a technical team responsible for the design and implementation of Salesforce and ESB part for a multi-cloud environment for Nexera.
Premium Merchant Funding (New York, USA)
I worked on a completely customized dialing console. We've created a custom UI based on Salesforce and Lightning Web Components and significantly increased sales representatives' productivity across the company.
Reckitt Benckiser
Salesforce solution tailored for multinational consumer goods company. Optimization of existing processes and transition to the cloud for selected areas within the enterprise - specifically regarding complex approval processes. Supported executive-level employees.
eBay/eCG (eBay Classifieds Group)
Worked on a centralized platform for media sales and subscriptions on Force.com. Offering CPQ, subscription management, billing/invoicing, revenue reporting, and support for multiple (10+) member countries within the group from 4 continents.
Virgin Mobile Poland
Mobile application delivery and Salesforce implementation for field sales and service. Included complex product and bundling structure, inventory management, GPS tracking, discounts, and invoicing. Supported over 300 sales representatives within the country.
Orangina Schweppes
Mobile application delivery for field sales and service. It included route planning and optimization, inventory management, GPS tracking, discounts, and invoicing.
EMC2 Spain
A high-performance, scalable solution for an energy sector company involving big data analytics for energy consumption. It included energy consumption forecasting, energy market bidding, time-series analytics, and mobile-friendly GUI. I created it in Java, JavaScript, and MongoDB.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, Java, Apex, C#, SQL, HTML5, CSS, SOQL
Frameworks
Visualforce, Lightning Components, .NET, AngularJS, Angular
Libraries/APIs
Salesforce REST API, Salesforce API, jQuery
Tools
Salesforce DX, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Visualforce Pages, Lightning Communities, Lightning Design System, Salesforce CPQ, Git, Jenkins, Salesforce Einstein
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Web Architecture
Platforms
Salesforce, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Android, iOS, MuleSoft
Other
Software Development, Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Community, Aura, Salesforce Service Cloud, Community, Salesforce Lightning, Certified Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Cloud Flow, Technical Leadership, Computer Science
Storage
MongoDB, Redis, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Education
2009 - 2013
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
Lodz University of Technology - Lodz, Poland
2011 - 2012
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet - Copenhagen, Denmark
Certifications
APRIL 2022 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Application Architect
Salesforce
APRIL 2022 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer
Salesforce
APRIL 2021 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Data Architecture & Management Designer
Salesforce
MARCH 2021 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant
Salesforce
DECEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Community Cloud Consultant
Salesforce
APRIL 2020 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Javascript Developer I
Salesforce
APRIL 2019 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified System Architect
Salesforce
APRIL 2019 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Identity and Access Management Designer
Salesforce
JANUARY 2019 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer
Salesforce
AUGUST 2018 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer
Salesforce
APRIL 2018 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant
Salesforce
MARCH 2018 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
Salesforce
MARCH 2018 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Administrator
Salesforce
DECEMBER 2017 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder
Salesforce
NOVEMBER 2015 - PRESENT
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
Salesforce
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