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Riyaz Yoonus

Verified Expert in Engineering

Salesforce Developer

Location

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Toptal Member Since

September 6, 2022

Riyaz is an experienced programmer who started his career with mainframe languages such as JCL, COBOL, and REXX on monochrome screens. Following his interest in best practices, design patterns, and data standards, he moved from mainframes to Unix, which led to his TOGAF certification. Salesforce's quick actions and marketing features kept his decade-long journey interesting, resulting in him co-founding the Intellisense Academy for programming fundamentals, Salesforce, and web technologies.

Salesforce Lightning Apex Salesforce API Integration Salesforce Reports JavaScript Visualforce Pages Visualforce SQL Java Salesforce REST API Process Builder Salesforce Marketing Cloud ETL Algorithms TOGAF

Portfolio

Toptal

Salesforce, Salesforce Apex

Ranger Technologies

Angular, Salesforce, APIs, Mobile Apps, Amazon Web Services (AWS)...

Accenture

Salesforce, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Apex, Integration, Algorithms...

Experience

Salesforce Apex - 10 years JavaScript - 10 years TOGAF - 10 years Salesforce - 10 years Lightning Components - 5 years Java - 5 years Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 5 years APIs - 5 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Salesforce

The most amazing...

...policy administration system I've built on the Force.com platform won the best UX application award at the Insurance Innovation Forum.

Work Experience

Salesforce Architect

2022 - PRESENT

Toptal

Developed an app to schedule appointments of the "contact" with guest users, integrating Google Calendar using OAuth 2.0.
Integrated Google APIs with Salesforce Apex. Improved code coverage to 90%.
Coordinated with business users to process documentation. Designed the UI/UX and developed and validated the application.

Technologies: Salesforce, Salesforce Apex

Cloud Consultant

2016 - 2022

Ranger Technologies

Developed a Salesforce CRM application for a travel agency integrated with third-party applications like Zapier, Acuity Scheduling, TYPO3, WordPress, Gravity Forms, SignRequest, Stripe, Saferpay, and Refund Protect.
Created a community application and policy administration system on the Force.com platform for an insurance startup.
Built a Salesforce CRM and mobile apps for an equipment rental company based in Switzerland. Integrated it with AWS, SwissPass, SKIDATA, Firebase, and Stripe.
Designed and developed a Salesforce CRM and property management application for a commercial real estate company based in Singapore. Integrated it with AWS, OneMap, and Google Maps.
Architected and built the external storage interface on an employee engagement AppExchange-managed product. Integrated it with Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox, and SharePoint.
Devised and developed a Salesforce CRM and mobile apps for a sales agency based in Dubai.
Conceived and built a real-time ride-sharing mobile app for office-goers.

Technologies: Angular, Salesforce, APIs, Mobile Apps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Lightning Components, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Apex, Integration, Zapier, Algorithms, Apex Classes, Process Builder, APEX Code, JSON API, Salesforce API, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, SQL, REST APIs, ETL, Salesforce Lightning, JavaScript, Payment Gateways, Card Payments, Salesforce Reports

Salesforce Lead

2014 - 2016

Accenture

Implemented a global complaint handling project with Salesforce.com and executed the rollout as planned.
Helped the team evaluate and decide on deployment tools for release management.
Earned the recognition of the best performer for delivering the project without delay and with high quality.

Technologies: Salesforce, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Apex, Integration, Algorithms, Apex Classes, APEX Code, SQL, JavaScript, Payment APIs, Salesforce Reports

Technical Architect

2005 - 2014

Tata Consultancy Services

Developed a tool called Call Tree in the mainframe system to save time on the impact analysis of the program changes during development. Recognized as a value creator by the insurance domain.
Migrated business applications from mainframes to Unix operating system using Micro Focus technologies. Supported the Micro Focus team in building the tools for data migration between big-endian and little-endian.
Led a team of over ten developers on multiple application migrations from mainframes to Linux. Introduced numerous icebreaking activities such as each one teach one, quiz the masters, team outings, and hackathons.
Organized and executed the entire masking project plan from analysis to implementation as part of the data security compliance, where sensitive data on over 100 lower environments applications needed to be masked using the company's proprietary tool.
Built an agency management application using Salesforce and integrated its data with the internal DB for data backup.

Technologies: Mainframe Systems, Salesforce, TOGAF, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Apex, Algorithms, Apex Classes, APEX Code, SQL, Java, JavaScript, Salesforce Reports

Experience

Alpinist

https://48peaks.ch

Alpinist is a mobile app for a better ski experience, built for planning ski trips, and covers equipment rental, ski tickets, and car parking purchases. It has been integrated with SwissPass, Stripe, SKIDATA, and Firebase for various business process needs.

LINGS

https://www.lings.ch

An object insurance company based out of Europe. They offered different types of insurance to a variety of categories. The products are imported from an external database. The pricing of the premium was defined based on the type of insurance and duration.

MiGFlug

https://www.migflug.com

CRM for a flight arrangement company based out of Europe. Transferred Gravity Form entries as Salesforce contacts via Zapier. Integration with Refund Protect, Saferpay, Acuity Scheduling, Sign Request, and Stripe. Complete flight booking process and campaign managements are done from Salesforce.

Skills

Languages

Apex, APEX Code, Java, JavaScript, SQL

Frameworks

Lightning Components, Visualforce, Angular, TOGAF

Libraries/APIs

Salesforce API, Salesforce REST API, JSON API, REST APIs

Tools

Salesforce Sales Cloud, Process Builder, Flow, Visualforce Pages, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Zapier, Batch Apex, Lightning Communities

Platforms

Salesforce, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Other

Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Lightning, Integration, Apex Classes, Salesforce Service Cloud, Payment APIs, Card Payments, Salesforce Reports, Mainframe Systems, APIs, Programming, Operating Systems, Mobile Apps, Algorithms, User Experience (UX), Saferpay, Payment Gateways

Paradigms

ETL

Education

2001 - 2005

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering

Anna University - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Certifications

APRIL 2017 - PRESENT

Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder

Salesforce

APRIL 2017 - PRESENT

Salesforce Certified Administrator

Salesforce

APRIL 2017 - PRESENT

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer

Salesforce

OCTOBER 2011 - PRESENT

TOGAF Foundation Certification

TOGAF

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