Zohaib Shams, Developer in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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Zohaib Shams

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Salesforce and Software Developer

Location
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Toptal Member Since
February 20, 2023

Zohaib is a 4X Salesforce-certified expert and seasoned software engineer with 12 years of industry experience focused on web application development, Salesforce, and marketing cloud consultancy. His expertise includes all back-end-related requirements, such as AMPScript work on dynamic email templates, server-side JavaScript resources for cloud pages, support for all journeys, automation, and third-party integrations alongside engagement-related reporting and analytics.

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce, ASP.NET, C#.NET WinForms, JavaScript

The most amazing...

...product I've saved from extinction that is still alive and kicking after 8 years was an old, struggling, full-page postback, thin-client-based ASP.NET web app.

Work Experience

Staff Software Engineer

2021 - 2022
10Pearls
  • Managed all the third-party integrations with their marketing cloud business units and coordinated across multiple teams to provide the necessary API calls for their order management platform, along with data-related imports and export of analytics.
  • Organized and structured all the post-purchase, promotional, and campaign-related emails sent with the new folder hierarchy.
  • Set up email-based analytical reports and alert emails for the internal teams to track and assess the ongoing journeys and automation for better decision-making in upcoming campaigns.
Technologies: Salesforce Marketing Cloud, APIs

Salesforce Advisory Software Engineer

2019 - 2021
Systems limited
  • Designed and developed all the back-end related work items, including AMPScript for email templates.
  • Configured all the needed attribute group relationships in Contact Builder to utilize contact data related updates in the journeys.
  • Created all the journeys, including transactional, post-purchase, promotional, and campaign-related email sends, using REST API, data-extension, and automation-based record entries.
Technologies: Salesforce Marketing Cloud, AMPscript, REST APIs, Contact List Building

Marketing Cloud Enhancement Project: Support Module Environment

The client needed to revamp their existing Salesforce marketing cloud implementation, along with new enhancements and functionality. I was the senior marketing cloud consultant and led the team while coordinating all the requirements gathering with the client's on-shore project manager.

I designed and developed all the ‘back-end’ related work items, including AMPScript for the email templates. Configured all the needed attribute group relationships in Contact Builder to utilize contact data-related updates in the journeys. Configured automation-related activities, including SQL, import, email, filtering, and reporting. Created all the journeys, including transactional, post-purchase, promotional, and campaign-related email sends, using REST API, data extension, and automation-based record entries. Managed all the dynamic content scripting in email templates, including interactive forms and cloud pages.

Marketing Cloud Enhancement Project: Data Management Module

The client had problems handling the data management in their existing Salesforce marketing cloud implementation, along with changes to their existing journeys and data-related automation, especially the SQL query activities, which needed more fields to accommodate value updates in the journeys.

I designed and configured the data extension for the synchronized Salesforce data extensions and the data extension relationship in Contact Builder. I configured the automation for the synchronized data extension and created the journey, and used the contact data for the updated data/information in the journey. I delivered dynamic content and wrote the AMPScript to get the data for the mortgage loan office (MLO) from Salesforce and showed it in the email template.

Languages

AMPscript, JavaScript, SQL

Libraries/APIs

jQuery, REST APIs, Salesforce SOAP API

Tools

Salesforce Marketing Cloud, C#.NET WinForms

Frameworks

ASP.NET

Platforms

Salesforce

Other

Contact List Building, APIs

DECEMBER 2022 - DECEMBER 2024

Marketing Cloud Personalization Accredited Professional

Salesforce

JANUARY 2020 - PRESENT

Certified Salesforce Marketing Cloud Consultant

Salesforce

DECEMBER 2019 - PRESENT

Certified Salesforce Marketing Cloud Email Specialist

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 2019 - PRESENT

Certified Salesforce Administrator

Salesforce

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