Become a certified Salesforce Developer
Become a fully-certified Salesforce Developer and progress onto a job placement, with some of the biggest names in the Salesforce ecosystem
Welcome to Revolent
We’ll help you launch an incredible career in the cloud.
Our fully-funded two-year cross-training program will ensure you’re trained, Salesforce certified, and have experience working with one or more of our clients including market-leading companies, tech giants, and Salesforce end-users.
Become a certified Salesforce Developer
Rated as one of the best jobs in the world, Salesforce Developers are the key to every great Salesforce project. They’re the go-to tech specialists for coding and tailoring the Salesforce platform to an organization’s needs, and making great ideas a reality.
And with IDC predicting that a staggering 4.2 million new jobs will be created in the Salesforce ecosystem by 2024, why not get ahead and launch a new career as one of the most in-demand cloud professionals on the market?
Why train as a Salesforce Developer with Revolent
You don’t need any prior experience with Salesforce to cross-train with us. Our two-year career program will equip you with the technical skills and consulting know-how you’ll need to start a fantastic new career as an Salesforce Developer. Which includes:
- An initial training course led by our expert Salesforce training team
- Further support to earn extra certifications during your two years with us
- Hands-on labs to cover all aspects of development with Salesforce that will also give you great real-world experience with the platform
- Extensive consultancy training, so you’re ready for your deployment with a client from day one
- Paid work experience as an Salesforce Developer with one (or more) of our global clients
- Access to our world-class support and development suite
We currently offer three Salesforce Developer specialist tracks at Revolent, check them out below:
The Salesforce Developer specialist track
During your first weeks with us, you’ll learn the basics of Salesforce, and how to utilize the platform for different user needs. After this time, you’ll be able to explain Salesforce architecture to core stakeholders, use the Application Development Lifecycle to define the process of an app’s development, build custom applications to meet business requirements, and more.
As you progress in your training, you’ll begin to learn the ropes of being a Salesforce Developer. You’ll then be able to build Lightning Web Components to extend the capabilities of any Salesforce instance, write business logic customizations using Apex triggers and classes, design programmatic solutions that take advantage of declarative customizations, use Salesforce’s built in testing frameworks to test Apex and Visualforce, and much more!
Last but not least, you’ll undergo extensive consultancy skills training before you start working at our client’s site.
Role and responsibilities
As a Salesforce Developer, you’ll be the go-to tech specialist for coding and tailoring the Salesforce platform to an organization’s needs and making great ideas a reality in what is rated as one of the best jobs in the world.
- Determining CRM needs through meetings with project managers
- Testing the functionality and stability of a broad range of applications
- Designing, coding, and implementing business-critical Salesforce apps
- Creating development goals and timelines to work towards
- Developing customized, coded solutions through Salesforce
- Maintaining application software security and integrity
- Writing key documents and training employees to use their Salesforce instance
- Troubleshooting and fixing bugs on the platform
Certifications available through this pathway
The Salesforce Field Service Developer specialist track
On this track, you’ll train to become a Salesforce Field Service Developer. You’ll learn how to design and deploy new solutions through Salesforce, Salesforce’s Field Service Managed Package, and the Field Service Mobile App.
You’ll also undergo extensive consultancy skills training to make sure you’re the very best at what you do, before you start working with clients.
Role and responsibilities
The day-to-day responsibilities of a Salesforce Field Service Developer can include any of the following:
- Setting up new, and upgrading existing, processes through Field Service
- Utilizing Salesforce Field Service and all its components, capabilities, and data models
- Utilizing Dispatcher Console to ensure best outcomes
- Asking the right questions to the right people, prior to implementing Field Service
- Supporting Field Technicians to manage service appointments using the Field Service mobile app
- Troubleshooting issues and supporting users through their set-up and configuration
Certifications available through this pathway
- Salesforce Administrator Certification
- Salesforce Platform Developer 1 Certification
- Salesforce Cloud Consultant Certification
- Salesforce Field Service Lightning Consultant Certification
- You’ll also receive support to earn further certifications during your time with us
The Salesforce Industries Developer specialist track
On this track, you’ll learn how to build exciting new features and solutions, gather requirements, and implement based on your client’s needs. You’ll also learn how to perform lookups, use results in complex calculations based on user inputs, and implement ‘pick and purchase’ packages.
You’ll also undergo extensive consultancy skills training to make sure you’re the very best at what you do, before you start working with clients.
Role and responsibilities
The day-to-day responsibilities of a Salesforce Industries Developer can include the following:
- Extracting, transforming and loading data in the Salesforce ecosystem with the different DataRaptors
- Implementing integration procedures to work with multiple data sources, including Salesforce Data and APIs
- Working closely with JSON to pass data between different components
- Designing and implement calculation matrices that work with calculation procedures to calculate data based on user inputs
- Designing and creating Lightning Web Components declaratively
- Effectively troubleshooting processes through different OmniStudio Components
- Consulting on downloading businesses processes from the Success Community and adapting them to meet clients' needs.
- Adhering to best practices when constructing and implementing new components and design solutions in OmniStudio
Certifications available through this pathway
- Salesforce Administrator Certification
- Salesforce Platform Developer 1 Certification
- Salesforce OmniStudio Developer
- You’ll also receive support to earn further certifications during your time with us
Salary expectations for Salesforce Developers
Salesforce Developers are in incredibly high demand, as many organizations seek to undergo digital transformation, or push forward with key Salesforce projects. In the US, the starting salary for a Salesforce Developer is $99,250 per year, rising to $174,500 for the most experienced Salesforce Developers.
Career progression opportunities for Salesforce Developers
There are great career progression opportunities for certified and experienced Salesforce Developers. You could look to progress as a Senior Salesforce Developer or Salesforce Technical Architect. You could also specialize in either Field Service or Salesforce Industries, if you were interested in mastering new areas of Salesforce.
Support and Development at Revolent
We’ll support you throughout your time with us, and beyond. You’ll have an assigned Development Coach who will guide you as you navigate your new career in the cloud. Whilst you’re working on a client site, we’ll conduct regular check-in sessions to make sure you’re fully supported. We’ll also help you gain extra certifications, as and when needed.
What happens after the training?
Once you’ve completed the two-year training program with us, you’ll be an experienced and sought-after Salesforce Developer. From here, the sky’s the limit.
You can:
Join the client
and take your place as a permanent employee
Stay with Revolent
and progress into a more senior role
Begin your own cloud journey
and choose your next adventure
Application criteria for this program
We’re looking for highly motivated tech professionals with experience in some of the following:
- Minimum of one year's experience in object oriented programming in a commercial setting and involvement in at least one full software development life cycle
- Experience with one of the following languages: Java, C++, C#, Python, PHP, Visual Basic, .NET, JavaScript, Ruby, Swift, and Scala OR a background in web development and experience with JavaScript, HTML, AngularJS, JSON, or CSS
- Experience with agile methodology, some experience working with a scrum team, and ideally some familiarity working with a large program as part of an agile team
- Experience in any popular CRM. For example Siebel, MS Dynamics, SAP CRM, or Oracle CRM
- Experience and/or understanding of hosted version control vendors, for example Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Assembla, or SourceForg
- Experience in one or more of the preferred industries; FinTech, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Utilities, Ecommerce, Media, or Retail
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