Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer (Contract Talent)

Robert Half•San Ramon, CA

4d•$52 - $79•Remote

About The Position

Robert Half is hiring an experienced Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer (Contract Talent) to join their Marketing department. This role requires 6-8 years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing marketing automation solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise across Salesforce Marketing Cloud modules, strong technical development skills, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, data-driven marketing solutions.

Requirements

6-8 years of experience in Salesforce Marketing Cloud implementation and development.
Strong expertise across Salesforce Marketing Cloud modules and capabilities.
Expert-level proficiency in: HTML/CSS, Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS), AMPscript, SQL.
Hands-on experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud APIs (REST and SOAP).
Strong understanding of customer journeys, segmentation, personalization, and marketing automation best practices.
Experience with version control, deployment processes, and environment management.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Consultant and/or Developer certifications.

Nice To Haves

Quality Assurance (QA) and testing experience is a strong advantage.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
Knowledge of Salesforce CRM, Sales Cloud, and Service Cloud integrations.
Familiarity with marketing analytics and reporting platforms.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, implement, and support end-to-end Salesforce Marketing Cloud solutions.
Build and manage customer journeys, email campaigns, audience segmentation, and automation processes.
Develop responsive email templates and landing pages using HTML, CSS, AMPscript, and SSJS (Server-Side JavaScript).
Create and optimize SQL queries for audience creation, data management, reporting, and campaign execution.
Integrate Salesforce Marketing Cloud with enterprise platforms using APIs and data connectors.
Configure and manage Marketing Cloud modules including: Email Studio, Journey Builder, Automation Studio, Mobile Studio, Contact Builder, Advertising Studio, CloudPages, Intelligence Reports and Analytics.
Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
Perform troubleshooting, debugging, and root cause analysis for campaign and data issues.
Ensure solutions follow Salesforce best practices, security standards, and governance policies.
QA every send across devices and clients and own rendering, deliverability, hygiene, and send-time troubleshooting.
Build reusable templates, code libraries, and documentation that speed up production and reduce errors.
Partner with analytics to instrument tracking and support A/B and multivariate testing.