Senior Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer - Remote - CG

Senior Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer - Remote - CG

Posted 1 week ago by 1753347031

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: The Senior Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer role is focused on hands-on development, platform administration, and data management within a digital retail environment. The position requires expertise in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) to build customer journeys, manage data models, and ensure high-quality campaign execution. Collaboration across teams is essential to deliver personalized, scalable, and compliant marketing solutions. This is a remote position with a contract duration of over 12 months.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Build journeys, automations, dynamic content, and transactional sends using Journey Builder, Automation Studio, AMPscript, SQL, and HTML/CSS
  • Create and maintain reusable email templates, content blocks, and logic frameworks
  • Ensure proper QA/testing, rendering, and tracking across devices and use cases
  • Design and manage Data Extensions, Contact Builder data relationships, and segmentation strategies
  • Enforce data retention policies, hygiene standards, and schema consistency
  • Troubleshoot audience misfires, segmentation gaps, and syncing issues
  • Administer SFMC business units, user roles, configurations, and platform settings
  • Maintain integration settings and troubleshoot connection issues (FTP, APIs, data feeds)
  • Monitor platform performance and health across journeys, automations, and triggered sends
  • Support or co-manage data feeds and external integrations (e.g., Salesforce Core, Commerce Cloud, CDPs, product data)
  • Use REST/SOAP APIs or automation activities to facilitate syncing and triggered campaigns
  • Work with dev teams to ensure data flows align with campaign needs
  • Contribute to development or optimization of a preference center or consent mechanism using CloudPages or external data sources
  • Ensure opt-in/opt-out preferences sync across systems and support regulatory compliance (CAN-SPAM, GDPR, CCPA)
  • Document technical implementations, logic frameworks, and naming conventions
  • Contribute to process improvements, reusability efforts, and scalable development patterns
  • Assist in mentoring junior team members or offshore developers when needed

Key Skills:

  • 6+ years hands-on Salesforce Marketing Cloud experience
  • Strong expertise in AMPscript, SQL, and SFMC modules: Journey Builder, Email Studio, Automation Studio
  • Proven experience managing Data Extensions, relational data models, and contact schemas
  • Comfortable acting as SFMC platform administrator, managing permissions, BUs, and configuration
  • Familiar with APIs, external data feeds, FTPs, and SFMC integration flows
  • Strong attention to detail, QA process, and documentation
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and marketing stakeholders
  • Exposure to Salesforce Core (Sales/Service Cloud) or Salesforce Commerce Cloud (preferred)
  • Familiarity with preference center setup or consent compliance workflows (preferred)
  • Salesforce certifications (Developer, Consultant, or Email Specialist) (preferred)
  • Experience working in retail, ecommerce, or high-volume B2C environments (preferred)

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role: Senior Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer

Locations: 100% Remote (Client is in EST)

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Job Description:

  • We're seeking a Senior Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) Developer who is ready to own hands-on development, platform administration, and data management in a dynamic digital retail environment. This is a technical execution role, ideal for someone who is fluent in SFMC capabilities.
  • In this role, you'll build customer journeys, manage critical data models and integrations, and act as the system admin for our SFMC platform. You'll collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality, personalized campaigns that are scalable, compliant, and data-driven.

Key Responsibilities:

SFMC Campaign Development

  • Build journeys, automations, dynamic content, and transactional sends using Journey Builder, Automation Studio, AMPscript, SQL, and HTML/CSS
  • Create and maintain reusable email templates, content blocks, and logic frameworks
  • Ensure proper QA/testing, rendering, and tracking across devices and use cases

Data Modeling & Data Extension Management

  • Design and manage Data Extensions, Contact Builder data relationships, and segmentation strategies
  • Enforce data retention policies, hygiene standards, and schema consistency
  • Troubleshoot audience misfires, segmentation gaps, and syncing issues

System Administration

  • Administer SFMC business units, user roles, configurations, and platform settings
  • Maintain integration settings and troubleshoot connection issues (FTP, APIs, data feeds)
  • Monitor platform performance and health across journeys, automations, and triggered sends

Integration & API Collaboration

  • Support or co-manage data feeds and external integrations (e.g., Salesforce Core, Commerce Cloud, CDPs, product data)
  • Use REST/SOAP APIs or automation activities to facilitate syncing and triggered campaigns
  • Work with dev teams to ensure data flows align with campaign needs

Consent & Preference Management

  • Contribute to development or optimization of a preference center or consent mechanism using CloudPages or external data sources
  • Ensure opt-in/opt-out preferences sync across systems and support regulatory compliance (CAN-SPAM, GDPR, CCPA)

Platform Enablement & Best Practices

  • Document technical implementations, logic frameworks, and naming conventions
  • Contribute to process improvements, reusability efforts, and scalable development patterns
  • Assist in mentoring junior team members or offshore developers when needed

Required:

  • 6+ years hands-on Salesforce Marketing Cloud experience
  • Strong expertise in AMPscript, SQL, and SFMC modules: Journey Builder, Email Studio, Automation Studio
  • Proven experience managing Data Extensions, relational data models, and contact schemas
  • Comfortable acting as SFMC platform administrator, managing permissions, BUs, and configuration
  • Familiar with APIs, external data feeds, FTPs, and SFMC integration flows
  • Strong attention to detail, QA process, and documentation
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and marketing stakeholders

Preferred:

  • Exposure to Salesforce Core (Sales/Service Cloud) or Salesforce Commerce Cloud
  • Familiarity with preference center setup or consent compliance workflows
  • Salesforce certifications (Developer, Consultant, or Email Specialist)
  • Experience working in retail, ecommerce, or high-volume B2C environments.