Vladimir is available for hire

Vladimir Satura

Verified Expert in Engineering

Salesforce Developer

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Toptal member since January 25, 2019

Expertise

Salesforce Development Back-end Salesforce Lightning Data Modeling Apex SOQL Automation Salesforce API Visualforce REST APIs C#Salesforce Consulting

Bio

Vladimir is a Salesforce-certified application and system architect. He specializes in heavily customized, challenging implementations pushing the Salesforce platform to the limit. His years of experience as a technical consultant gave him the skills required to understand client's needs and to design and implement solutions to satisfy them.

Portfolio

Freelance Clients

Salesforce, Apex, Salesforce Lightning, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Apex Triggers...

Groundswell Cloud Solutions

Ant Design, Salesforce Development Community (SFDC), Community Clouds, APIs...

ESET

Jira, Web API, SOAP, REST, Web Services, C#, .NET, Back-end

Experience

CRM Systems - 8 years Salesforce - 6 years APEX Code - 6 years Salesforce API - 5 years Data Modeling - 3 years Technical Diagrams - 2 years Technical Design - 2 years Architecture - 2 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on was a community implementation for a major direct selling company, including their whole distributor hierarchy.

Work Experience

Salesforce Technical Consultant (Developer and Architect)

2021 - PRESENT

Freelance Clients

Performed an org review to identify performance, scalability, and maintainability issues. Proposed proper approaches and solutions to solve the issues.
Carried out code analysis to identify possible improvements in code quality.
Revamped an existing development and deployment process to streamline the propagation of changes to higher environments, including the org and Git strategy.
Contributed to Salesforce development, including programming (APEX) and declarative (configuration) tools.

Technologies: Salesforce, Apex, Salesforce Lightning, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Apex Triggers, Salesforce API, CRM Systems, APEX Code, Salesforce SOQL/SOSL, Flow, Salesforce REST API, Salesforce System Administration, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Salesforce Platform Events, REST APIs

Salesforce Technical Consultant (Developer and Architect)

2016 - 2021

Groundswell Cloud Solutions

Communicated daily with clients (requirements gathering sessions, working sessions). Documented technical requirements based on these meetings. Presented various solutions and provided a recommended approach.
Contributed as part of a development team. Implemented customer requirements using the Salesforce platform (declarative customizations, APEX, Lightning Components, Visualforce).
Created technical design for several major project areas, e.g., the data model for hierarchical account structure.
Developed an email framework for community users leveraging parallel batch processing, the Gmail API, and multiple integrations with the client's master system.
Served as a project technical lead. Oversaw the development team and conducted code reviews to ensure high quality, focusing on best coding practices, performance, and security.
Acted as the deployment manager for multiple projects, like the lifecycle of the project, including production deployments. Designed and implemented sandbox strategy and CI/CD flow using Jenkins, Ant, and sfdx.
Took ownership of several projects, including on-time, high-quality delivery and continuous support.

Technologies: Ant Design, Salesforce Development Community (SFDC), Community Clouds, APIs, Salesforce, Lightning Components, Visualforce, SOQL, Apex, Force.com, Salesforce Lightning, Salesforce Apex, Consulting, Back-end, Salesforce API, CRM Systems, APEX Code, Data Modeling, Architecture, Technical Design, Technical Diagrams, Salesforce SOQL/SOSL, Flow, Salesforce REST API, Salesforce System Administration, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Salesforce Platform Events, REST APIs

Software Engineer

2014 - 2016

ESET

Contributed to a back-end team developing a licensing system built on .Net Framework as a web application with API for partners.
Developed part of a new web services API (REST) and maintained a legacy one (SOAP).
Oversaw changes in business logic based on requirements from partners or the internal back office team.
Provided support for partners worldwide for licensing-related issues and requests.

Technologies: Jira, Web API, SOAP, REST, Web Services, C#, .NET, Back-end

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Engineer

2014 - 2014

Accenture Technology Solutions

Worked with MS CRM 2011 and MS CRM 2013, both on-premise and online and also with RescoMobile mobile client for MS CRM.
Developed and resolved MS CRM related change requests and incidents, using JavaScript, C# and customization possibilities of MS CRM.
Contributed to the application maintenance team for MS CRM – 3 rd level support team.

Technologies: JavaScript, .NET, C#, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Back-end, CRM Systems

CRM Developer

2012 - 2014

Accenture Technology Solutions

Developed and configured Siebel application for major telecommunication provider.
Analyzed and created solution proposals based on client’s requirements.
Prepared and executed unit and integration tests.
Customized Siebel desktop application with multilingual deployments for different countries.

Technologies: SQL, Siebel, Siebel CRM, CRM Systems

Experience

Distributor CRM System

For a major health and skincare direct selling company, I developed a CRM system on Salesforce for their distributors to manage leads and prospects, track activities, and product reorders. Implementation included adding contacts to marketing journeys, Gmail and Google calendar integration as well as integration with Facebook and Facebook Messenger.

Distributor Back Office System

Shaklee is a leading direct selling nutrition and beauty provider.

I developed back office system for distributors to manage and grow their business. It is built on the Salesforce platform as a Lightning Community with multiple systems and 3rd party apps integrations.

Internal Licensing System

ESET is a tech company, engaged in information security and antivirus protection (NOD32 antivirus). Currently among the top 5 security vendors in the world.

I developed backend licensing system on .Net framework used by partners worldwide. System was used to provision and verify licenses for more than 100 million installed antivirus clients.

Siebel CRM Implementation

As a member of the development team, I developed a customer relationship management application on the Siebel platform for major telecommunication provider. Main features including sales automation and provisioning of new services for new customers.

Education

2013 - 2015

Master's Degree in Management of Information Systems

Comenius University - Slovakia

2007 - 2010

Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Informatics

Comenius University - Slovakia

Tools

Flow, Salesforce Dataloader, Visualforce Pages, Salesforce Platform Events, Siebel CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Jira, Lightning Design System, Salesforce CPQ, Salesforce Sales Cloud

Languages

APEX Code, Apex, SOQL, C#, JavaScript, SQL

Frameworks

Visualforce, Lightning Components, Ant Design, .NET, OAuth 2

Paradigms

Automation, REST, Agile Software Development, Unit Testing

Platforms

Salesforce, Salesforce SOQL/SOSL, Salesforce Experience Cloud

Storage

JSON

Other

SFDC Customization, SFDC Configuration, Salesforce Lightning, Salesforce Community, CRM Systems, Force.com, Salesforce Apex, Data Modeling, Consulting, Back-end, Salesforce Development, Salesforce System Administration, Web Services, Architecture, Technical Design, Technical Diagrams, Siebel, SOAP, APIs, Community Clouds, Salesforce Development Community (SFDC), Apex Triggers

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