Salesforce Engineer (DevOps or Developer)

Continental's digital capabilities are growing every day. Our Data & Customer Solutions Information Technology team creates innovative technology solutions that support Continental's Global Sales and Marketing organizations, and we are looking for talented professionals to join us. Our team drives the digitalization of business-to-business processes and customer engagement through modern web technologies, data-driven solutions, and artificial intelligence. We operate Continental's global Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform, enabling our Sales and Service teams to deliver outstanding customer experiences worldwide. To support our growing Salesforce landscape, we are hiring for one of the following profiles : • Salesforce DevOps Engineer • Salesforce Developer Candidates may apply if they meet the qualifications of either role. Option 1: Salesforce DevOps Engineer Key Responsibilities • Drive the DevOps and release strategy for a global Salesforce Sales & Service implementation. • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Git, SFDX/sf CLI, automated testing, and quality gates. • Define environment, branching, and release management strategies. • Establish deployment governance, approval workflows, rollback plans, and hotfix procedures. • Troubleshoot deployment issues, metadata dependencies, test failures, and permissions-related challenges. • Continuously improve deployment reliability, speed, and platform stability. • Enforce DevOps standards, including source control, pull request policies, security, auditability, and deployment best practices. • Collaborate with developers, architects, and business stakeholders to support efficient software delivery. Option 2: Salesforce Developer Key Responsibilities Salesforce Development & Implementation • Design, develop, test, and implement Salesforce solutions to meet business requirements. • Develop customizations, integrations, and automation on the Salesforce platform. • Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, architects, and QA teams to ensure successful delivery. • Support Salesforce global rollout initiatives and enhancement projects. • Perform code reviews and promote development best practices and standards. • Mentor junior developers and share technical knowledge across the team. • Stay current with Salesforce releases and recommend innovative solutions. Salesforce Support & Operations • Provide technical support and consultancy to key users. • Analyze incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable solutions. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders, key users, and external vendors. • Support and monitor service tickets through enterprise service management tools. • Maintain project and support documentation according to Continental IT standards. Strategy & Innovation • Support the global Salesforce roadmap and future platform development. • Evaluate new technologies and recommend innovations that create business value. • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the Salesforce ecosystem. Candidates may apply for either of the following profiles: Salesforce DevOps Engineer Qualification  • Academic degree in Computer Science or comparable qualification • 3-5 years of experience in  DevOps / Release Engineering , ideally with  Salesforce delivery • Proven hands-on experience building and running  CI/CD pipelines  for Salesforce (e.g.,  Azure DevOps/Git ,  SFDX/sf CLI ) • Strong understanding of Salesforce deployment concepts (metadata, environments/sandboxes, Apex tests & coverage, dependencies, rollback/hotfix) • Solid scripting/automation skills (e.g.,  PowerShell, Bash, Python ) and experience with build tools and artifacts • Experience with quality gates and code