Lead Engineer Salesforce

About FergusonFerguson is the largest value-added distributor serving the specialized professional in the residential and non-residential North American construction market We help make our customers complex projects simple successful and sustainable by providing expertise and a wide range of products and services from plumbing HVAC appliances and lighting solutions to pipe valves and fittings water and wastewater solutions and more Headquartered in Newport News Virginia Ferguson has sales of 29 6 billion fiscal year 24 and approximately 35 000 associates in nearly 1 800 locations ANSR is the market leader in enabling organizations to build manage and scale global teams through Global Capability Centers GCCs ANSRs full-stack GCC platform comprising end-to-end Al- enabled products and services is trusted by the worlds best companies to help them set up manage and run their high-impact technology centers Since its inception ANSR has established over 125 GCCs aggregating to over 125k enterprise talent with over 2B in investment and using over 12M sq ft of workspace Visit ansr com for more information Duties and Responsibilities Work with product teams to implement solutions in the SFCC platform in an agile environment Build and maintain features in Salesforce Commerce Cloud Design code unit test and review iterative improvements in SFCC Integrate Commerce Cloud with 3rd party back-end systems Manage code deployment and version control Perform code reviews and unit tests Perform proof of concept tasks in partnership with the Technical Architect Provide development support from design through testing and deployment Analyze and improve site speed and stability Qualifications and Requirements Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology or a related field Equivalent practical experience may be considered in place of a degree 3-4 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce Commerce Cloud SFCC Demandware development with a consistent track record of delivering complex e-commerce solutions 4-5 years of experience with front-end technologies such as JavaScript JSON jQuery AJAX HTML5 SHTML CSS SASS with a focus on building responsive and mobile-first designs Proficient in developing server-side scripts using SFCCs platform capabilities ISML templates pipelines controllers and scripts Strong knowledge of SFRA Storefront Reference Architecture and its customization principles Expertise in RESTful API integrations and connecting SFCC with third-party systems such as payment gateways inventory systems or customer data platforms Experience with version control systems like Git ensuring proper branching and release management Familiarity with CI CD pipelines and deployment best practices within the Salesforce Commerce Cloud ecosystem Hands-on experience in performance optimization techniques including caching lazy loading and reducing time-to-first-byte TTFB Knowledge of Salesforce B2C Commerce operational tasks like job scheduling site configuration and promotion setup Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving performance or functionality issues Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams including product managers architects QA and business collaborators Ability to communicate sophisticated technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences Experience with headless commerce architecture and integration with CMS or front-end frameworks like React or Angular Familiarity with Salesforce Service Cloud Marketing Cloud or other Salesforce products for comprehensive customer experiences Experience with performance monitoring tools like New Relic or Dynatrace Understanding of SEO standard processes and their impact on e-commerce performance