Skerdilaid Gjoni
Verified Expert in Engineering
Salesforce Developer
Skerdi has been a software developer since 2014. In addition to specializing in the full range of Salesforce technologies, he has worked with Java and other tech stacks. While working for IT solutions companies based in Germany, Italy, and Albania, Skerdi delivered projects across many industries and led one small development team. His hands-on experience is backed by a bachelor's and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Tirana's Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Developer Console, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse IDE, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS, Linux, Windows, API Design, APIs, Salesforce Apex
The most amazing...
...project I've led was developing a very large Salesforce community from scratch with a team of two junior developers.
Work Experience
Senior Salesforce Developer
Lufthansa Industry Solutions Sh.p.k.
- Implemented Salesforce Sales Cloud for a freight and logistics services company.
- Implemented a configurable dynamic automated live dashboards app using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWCs), and Salesforce's Metadata API.
- Worked towards App Architect Certification while also focusing on training and leadership.
Freelance Salesforce Developer
LIQID Investments
- Implemented various back-end logic and front-end components for the customer community and those used internally on Salesforce, all while following Salesforce best practices like Apex Enterprise Patterns, etc.
- Tracked, implemented, and documented user stories, bugs, etc., using Jira and Confluence.
- Took an active part in release management processes by managing the pipeline through GitHub and GearSet.
Senior Salesforce Developer
Digital Zolutions (Freelance)
- Co-developed and assisted in launching a Salesforce app package that integrates Salesforce and a business registry entity.
- Configured and coded new components in Aura and LWC to assist customers in switching to Lightning.
- Played a key role in increasing code coverage and quality by extending unit tests and modifying existing Apex classes, triggers, and Lightning Components.
- Analyzed and fixed many bugs while working part-time for various clients.
Senior Salesforce Developer
Lufthansa Industry Solutions
- Built up two Salesforce Communities (partner and customer) for one of Europe's largest retail stores, using mainly Lightning Components (Aura and LWC) and Apex. My team built the customer community from scratch.
- Led and provided technical support to a team of three other developers while also working with customers in retail, energy, travel, food, and logistics.
- Built integration applications to integrate Salesforce APIs to work with Excel, CSV, and even PowerPoint files, using Java, JavaScript, Heroku, OpenCSV, and Apache POI.
Senior Java Developer
Lufthansa Industry Solutions
- Developed new functionalities and interfaces in the admin-facing application for a well-known discount travel product.
- Tracked, tested, and fixed bugs using codeBeamer ALM.
- Built front-end to back-end functionalities using Java, Spring, and Wicket.
Java Developer
Jakala S.p.A
- Developed Spring Batch applications for mass CSV importation and exportation of reports and data.
- Built JSP XSLT pages, doing both front-end and back-end development.
- Delivered features for clients' software solutions related to marketing and loyalty programs, including eCommerce, point systems, and SSO.
Junior Salesforce and Java Developer
Enuwa Technologies Albania
- Created integrations between Salesforce and FTP servers with Excel dumps via a Java app in Heroku.
- Built Java-Selenium web scratchers to automate public transport timetable collections from websites that did not offer APIs for their data.
- Developed a custom Salesforce-to-Google Maps address lookup functionality that used a Google Maps API to check existing sObjects address fields and enrich them with data from Google if possible.
- Delivered Visualforce, JavaScript, and Apex applications and custom functionalities for customers, mainly in the Italian market.
Experience
Customer Community - Portfolio Management (Digital Wealth Manager)
Customer Community - Customer Support (International Discount Retailer)
Sales Cloud Implementation
Education
Master's Degree in Software Engineering
University of Tirana - Tirana, Albania
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Tirana - Tirana, Albania
Certifications
Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer I
Salesforce
Salesforce Certified Associate
Salesforce
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer
Salesforce
Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder
Salesforce
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Salesforce REST API, Salesforce API, MyBatis, Apache POI, EasyMock, REST APIs, Auth0 API
Tools
Lightning Communities, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce DX, Batch Apex, Visualforce Pages, Lightning Design System, Flow, Force.com Migration Tool, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ IDEA, Subversion (SVN), Apache Maven, Salesforce Knowledge Base, Git, Field Service Lightning, Jira, Gearset, Postman, Confluence, Process Builder, GitHub, Slack
Frameworks
Lightning Components, Visualforce, Spring, Apache Wicket, Selenium, Jakarta Server Pages (JSP), Spring Core, Spring Batch, iBATIS, JSF, PrimeFaces, JUnit, PowerMock, Spring MVC, Ext JS
Languages
Apex, APEX Code, Java, HTML, JavaScript, SOQL, Java 8, XSL, XSLT, SQL, Salesforce Object Search Language (SOSL), JavaScript 6, Google Apps Script, TypeScript, ECMAScript (ES6), CSS
Paradigms
Best Practices, Automation, Agile, Scrum, Unit Testing, REST
Platforms
Salesforce, Salesforce SOQL/SOSL, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Salesforce 1, Heroku, Windows, MacOS, Java EE, Force.com IDE
Storage
Databases, Relational Databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB
Other
Salesforce Apex, Salesforce Programming, Apex Classes, Salesforce Lightning, Salesforce Development Community (SFDC), Back-end, Force.com, CSV, Software Development, Software Engineering, Salesforce Cloud Flow, Salesforce Service Cloud, API Design, CI/CD Pipelines, APIs, Consulting, IT Consulting, Front-end, Leadership, Technical Leadership, Data Modeling, Architecture, Salesforce Reports, Email, Integration, Salesforce Reporting & Dashboards, Salesforce.com Administration, Salesforce.com Data Loader, ApexPages, codeBeamer ALM, Salesforce Community, AutoRABIT, Apex Triggers, Developer Console, Queueable Apex, Apex Scheduler, CRM Implementation (Salesforce), Authentication, Salesforce System Administration, Salesforce Deployment, Finance
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