Senior marketing cloud developer

HIKE2 is a business transformation partner, enabled by technology. We help organizations identify the right problems to solve, navigate complex change, and build the capabilities they need for what’s next.

With deep roots in complex and regulated industries, including legal, financial services, insurance, professional services, high-tech, and the public sector, we bring together business advisory, design, data, AI, technology, engineering, and change expertise as one integrated team. We help clients turn strategy and possibility into execution and measurable outcomes.

Great transformation starts with curiosity. We take the time to understand our clients, bring deep expertise and a strong point of view, and work alongside them to turn complex problems into practical action. There is no cookie-cutter approach at HIKE2. Our goal is to leave every client more capable, confident, and prepared for what’s next.

At HIKE2, Our Values Shape How We Work

• We Are One Team, All In. We collaborate across roles and disciplines, show up for one another, and share ownership for the work and the outcome.
• We Grow Together. We stay curious, seek feedback, share what we know, and invest in the growth of ourselves, our teammates, and our clients.
• We Commit to Success. We take ownership, follow through, set a high bar for quality, and stay focused on meaningful outcomes.
• We Envision What's Next. We look beyond the immediate ask, bring a point of view, challenge assumptions, and turn new possibilities into practical opportunities for transformation.

If you're curious, collaborative, energized by complex problems, and excited about helping organizations transform and build what's next, we'd love to meet you.

HIKE2 is looking for a Senior Marketing Cloud Developer to help clients build personalized, data-driven customer engagement on Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement and Data 360. You will work directly with clients as a technical advisor and hands-on developer. You will help clients shape requirements and choose an approach, then personally design, build, and troubleshoot the solution. You must stay technically current and balance delivery work with reviewing others' builds and helping less experienced developers grow. Our marketing work spans Marketing Cloud Engagement, Data 360, Salesforce CRM, and the unified customer data that supports segmentation, personalization, and AI. You should be able to make sound technical decisions on your own and help others make them too.

What You'll Do

• Lead technical design for Marketing Cloud Engagement and Data 360 engagements. Guide data models, journey architecture, integration patterns, and activation approaches, translating marketing goals into decisions that balance deliverability, data quality, maintainability, and cost.
• Build and troubleshoot solutions hands-on: Journey Builder journeys, Automation Studio processes, and AMPscript, SSJS, and SQL for dynamic content, CloudPages, and preference centers.
• Implement Data 360: configure data streams, map source data to the data model, design identity resolution, and build calculated insights and segments that activate to Marketing Cloud Engagement and other channels.
• Integrate Marketing Cloud with Salesforce CRM and external systems through Marketing Cloud Connect, REST and SOAP APIs, and middleware. Work with the team to diagnose sync failures, data mismatches, and send errors.
• Establish and reinforce engineering expectations for marketing builds: testing, data validation, rendering and deliverability checks, consent and privacy compliance, documentation, and deployment practices.
• Advise client marketing and technology leaders on personalization strategy, data readiness, and priorities for real-time and AI-driven engagement. Clarify data ownership and acceptance criteria, and work with AI colleagues to provide dependable profile data to Agentforce and other AI use cases.
• Contribute to discovery, estimates, and user stories. Make dependencies and delivery risks visible, and help clients choose an approach they can support after go-live.
• Turn lessons from engagements into maintained patterns, code snippets, and reusable assets that people can apply on their next project.

5+ years of hands-on Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement development, including Journey Builder, Automation Studio, Contact Builder, and Content Builder.

2+ years implementing Data 360 (Data Cloud), including data streams, data mapping, identity resolution, calculated insights, segmentation, and activation, with at least one implementation delivered to production.

Current hands-on proficiency in AMPscript, SSJS, and SQL. You can personally build, test, deploy, and troubleshoot solutions, as well as review others' code and designs.

Experience integrating Marketing Cloud with Salesforce CRM and external systems through Marketing Cloud Connect and REST and SOAP APIs. You can investigate a failed automation, a broken journey, or an incorrect segment count with the team.

A clear understanding of data quality, consent management, deliverability, and privacy regulations such as CAN-SPAM, GDPR, and CCPA.

Experience working directly with clients: leading requirements sessions, explaining tradeoffs to marketing and technology stakeholders, and turning the agreed approach into working builds.

Experience that would be useful

• Data 360 Ingestion API, web and mobile SDKs, data actions, or zero-copy integration with Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery.
• Marketing Cloud Personalization, Account Engagement, Mobile Studio, or Einstein features such as Engagement Scoring and Send Time Optimization.
• Consulting or professional services experience, including scoping, estimation, and partner collaboration.
• Salesforce Flow, Apex, or data preparation for Agentforce and other production AI use cases.
• Salesforce certifications such as Marketing Cloud Developer, Marketing Cloud Engagement Consultant, or Data 360 Consultant, backed by demonstrated delivery experience.

The salary range for this position is: $130-$150k+/annually. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. This range is exclusive of any bonuses or commissions. HIKE2 offers a wide range of benefits for full time employees which may include medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more.

Don’t meet every requirement? As an innovation consultancy, we recognize that talent is not always related to job history and skills come from valuable experiences that aren’t always shown on a resume. If you are excited to make a positive impact, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for our organization, whether it be this role or another.

Accommodation Statement

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs throughout the hiring process. If you require an accommodation to complete the application or participate in the interview process, please let us know.

BGC Notice

Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, conducted in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At HIKE2, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.

US Citizenship

Due to the nature of our client work, all applicants must reside in the U.S. and hold US Citizenship to be considered for employment. Hike2 cannot sponsor work authorizations or visas now or in the future.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Disclaimer: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications and may be modified at any time to meet business needs.