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Chakshu Malhotra

Chakshu Malhotra

Senior Member of Technical Staff
Bengaluru

Summary

Strategic Salesforce Technical Architect / Lead Salesforce Developer with 10+ years of IT experience, including 8+ years in Salesforce Development and 4+ years leading solution design & architecture. Specializes in enterprise-scale implementations across Service Cloud and Experience Cloud, with deep expertise in custom Salesforce app development and advanced API integrations. Spearheads M&A technology initiatives at Salesforce, driving DocuSign CLM solutions, automation frameworks, and large-scale integrations. Previously transformed global supply chain workflows at Maersk, delivering high-performance case management and process automation solutions that drive operational excellence.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
3
3
Languages

Skills

  • Salesforce Development: Advanced Apex Programming (Triggers, Batch, Queueable, Schedulable), SOQL, SOSL, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SLDS
  • API & Integrations: Apex REST/SOAP, Salesforce REST APIs, OAuth 2.0 JWT, SAML SSO, OpenAPI Specs, Named Credentials, Connected Apps, Mulesoft, Workday, Apigee
  • Cloud Platforms: Service Cloud (Case Management, Live Chat, Omni-Channel, Knowledge) | Experience Cloud (Community User Management, SSO, Content Management, Custom LWC/Aura)
  • CLM & DocGen: DocuSign CLM, eSignature, Conga Composer/Trigger, Ironclad CLM, Omnistudio Server-Side DocGen
  • Automation & Analytics: Einstein Bots, Tableau CRM / CRM Analytics, SAQL, Lightning Flows
  • Security & Access Control: OWD, Sharing Rules, Restriction Rules, Role Hierarchy, Profiles, Permission Sets, Field-Level Security, Apex Managed Sharing
  • DevOps & Tools: VS Code, Salesforce CLI, GitHub, Gerrit, Jenkins, Gearset, Dataloader, Checkmarx, SonarQube

Work History

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Salesforce
10.2021 - Current

M&A – Next-Gen Offer Package Management & Audit Automation

  • Led strategic CLM & DocGen evaluation, analyzing multiple tools (DocuSign CLM, Ironclad, Conga, OmniStudio, Quip) and steered the organization towards DocuSign CLM, eliminating inefficiencies and costly misallocations.
  • Architected & implemented a DocuSign CLM solution, replacing Conga, streamlining 300+ templates, and reducing onboarding delays by 70%.
  • Built a scalable Rule Engine using Apex & LWC, automating audit document selection, eliminating 90% of manual effort, and ensuring 100% compliance.
  • Developed a dynamic Template Management system in Salesforce, cutting setup time from 2-3 weeks to under 2 hours with 100% template reusability.
  • Optimized bulk document processing with an Apex API Callout Framework, handling 10K+ employment documents per acquisition via DocuSign CLM & e-Signature integrations.
  • Designed sequence diagrams for Mulesoft integration, enabling automated Workday uploads and eliminating manual intervention.
  • Enabled real-time stakeholder updates using Salesforce Custom Notifications, improving visibility into process progress.
  • Drove stakeholder alignment, leading requirement gathering, live demos, QA sessions, and UAT training for smooth adoption.
  • Implemented security best practices, enforcing OAuth 2.0 JWT authentication, x.509 CA-signed certificates, and restricting DocuSign API user access.
  • Conducted a Threat Modeling assessment and secured Enterprise Architecture Review Board (EARB) approval, ensuring security & compliance.
  • Led a year-long enterprise transformation, delivering an end-to-end M&A automation solution as Solution Architect & Lead Developer, impacting thousands of acquired employees annually.


Employee Preboarding – Smart Automation for Compliance Forms

  • Designed & implemented a DocuSign-integrated Preboarding solution on Experience Cloud (LWR), automating Form F & Form I submission and eliminating manual verification efforts by 90%.
  • Led technical architecture discussions with Mulesoft & Workday teams, defining a scalable document extraction & upload strategy.
  • Developed a custom LWC UI with Apex controllers, enabling embedded signing via DocuSign e-Signature API, enhancing compliance and user experience.
  • Architected Mulesoft API integrations, creating sequence diagrams for document extraction from DocuSign and automated Workday uploads.
    Implemented Apex-based API callouts for DocuSign envelope creation, embedded signing, and real-time status tracking.
  • Integrated Salesforce, DocuSign, Mulesoft & Workday using OAuth 2.0 JWT authentication & x.509 CA-signed certificates, ensuring secure document transfer.
  • Performed security & access control assessment, restricting Mulesoft API user access to Form F & Form I tasks.
  • Configured validation-driven DocuSign templates, enforcing 100% accuracy in nominee allocations via formula fields & custom error handling.
    Automated Workday uploads, eliminating errors and reducing processing time from days to minutes.


M&A – Preboarding App & Wayfinder Experience

  • Built an Auto-Enrolment Framework using Apex Platform Events & Queueable Jobs, automating real-time assignment of Acquisition Tasks, Community Events, and Knowledge Articles, eliminating manual tracking.
  • Designed a scalable Messaging Framework with Apex & Custom Metadata, automating Email & Bell Icon notifications for 10+ M&A processes, enhancing communication.
  • Implemented Just-in-Time (JIT) SAML SSO User Provisioning via Apex SamlJitHandler, enabling dynamic user creation at first login and real-time content access.
  • Optimized Conga Composer based Offer Package Automation, reducing Workday upload time from hours to minutes, and integrated DocuSign Tags for automated employee responses, before migrating to DocuSign CLM.
  • Customized Knowledge Article Publishing, leveraging Apex & Dynamic Quick Actions, ensuring real-time notifications to subscribed users, increasing adoption and engagement.

Senior Salesforce Engineer

Maersk Global Service Centre
09.2019 - 09.2021

Case Management Transformation

  • Redesigned Web-to-Case API integration using Apigee proxies & Salesforce Composite REST APIs, optimizing API efficiency and reducing costs.
  • Led API transformation, remodeling endpoints and delivering OpenAPI (Swagger) specs for seamless Maersk Portal integration.
  • Optimized customer licensing strategy, enabling API-based case management and eliminating costly Customer Community licenses, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  • Implemented Einstein Bots for Web & WhatsApp, automating case resolution & agent handoffs, improving response times & CSAT scores.
  • Developed Einstein Analytics dashboards, tracking bot resolution rates, agent handoffs, and NLP accuracy, enhancing bot training and customer interactions.


Maersk SCM - Connective Task Management

  • Architected and delivered Connective Task Management (CTM), a mission-critical workflow system that streamlined global supply chain operations, reducing revenue leakages by $1.8M annually and ensuring timely cargo delivery.
  • Designed scalable integration patterns processing 100K+ daily transactions across Salesforce, SAP, ESB, and Apigee platforms, achieving 99.9% reliability through robust error handling and retry mechanisms.
  • Engineered an intelligent task routing engine with configurable business rules for automated task creation and ownership assignment, optimizing workflow efficiency across global SCM teams.
  • Implemented high-performance Salesforce solution using Apex triggers, queueable apex, custom metadata types, and Lightning flows to handle complex supply chain logic and real-time task management.
  • Developed comprehensive error logging and monitoring capabilities with 100% test coverage, ensuring seamless operations of critical supply chain processes.

Senior Software Engineer

ET Marlabs
03.2019 - 09.2019
  • Provided technical leadership across multiple project teams, defining Salesforce best practices, coding standards, and scalable solution designs, improving code quality and system performance.
  • Collaborated with Pre-Sales for Merck (Pharma), analyzing a highly customized Salesforce org and providing high-level estimates for a classic-to-lightning migration, helping secure a major contract.
  • Developed Lightning PoCs to showcase capabilities to Merck, reducing proposal turnaround time by 40% and accelerating contract approval.
  • Provided expert-level technical assistance across teams, developing custom solutions & reusable Aura components, reducing redundant coding by 30%.
  • Led hands-on training sessions for junior & senior developers on Lightning Aura Components, enhancing team competency and increasing client interview success rates by ~60%.

Software Engineer

Tredence Analytics
09.2018 - 02.2019

United Rentals, USA

  • Developed & integrated SpringCM (now DocuSign CLM) with Salesforce, automating deal agreement generation, approval, and storage for United Rentals, reducing manual contract processing time by 70%.
  • Built Lightning UI components using Aura, JavaScript & Apex Controllers, enhancing user experience and efficiency for managing 1K+ equipment deal agreements.
  • Designed reusable Lightning Aura components, accelerating development across multiple projects and reducing redundant coding efforts by 40%.
    Implemented Apex triggers, batches, and custom workflows, improving data accuracy and process automation, reducing manual interventions in deal closure by 50%.
  • Collaborated with BAs & clients in daily scrums, analyzing requirements and translating them into scalable Salesforce solutions.

Application Developer

IBM
07.2014 - 08.2018

Coca Cola, USA

  • Developed a Learning Management System (LMS) Lightning Community for Coca-Cola USA, enabling education & collaboration among bottlers, associates, and franchises to drive digital initiatives.
  • Implemented an Integrated Helpdesk Lightning Community for Coca-Cola USA, building complex Aura components that integrated Salesforce Knowledge, Chatter APIs, and Custom Objects, improving support efficiency.


Monitise LLC, UK (acquired by Fiserv in 2017)

  • Worked as an iOS App Developer on a Smart Mobile Banking App for Virgin Money, UK, rapidly ramping up on the project and seamlessly transitioning product ownership from a senior team, ensuring continuity and quality.
  • Developed & integrated Adobe Test & Targeted Mobile Marketing SDK as an iOS App Developer for a Co-op & Smile Bank UK app, enabling real-time customer engagement through personalized marketing campaigns.

Certification

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I

Timeline

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Salesforce
10.2021 - Current

Senior Salesforce Engineer

Maersk Global Service Centre
09.2019 - 09.2021

Senior Software Engineer

ET Marlabs
03.2019 - 09.2019

Software Engineer

Tredence Analytics
09.2018 - 02.2019

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I

06-2018

Salesforce Certified Administrator

06-2018

Application Developer

IBM
07.2014 - 08.2018

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Punjab Technical University
07.2009 - 06.2013

Accomplishments

  • Spot Bonus Award for developing the Next-Gen Offer Package Management for M&A in Salesforce.
  • Star Performer Award for exceptional delivery and strong stakeholder collaboration in the successful CTM implementation for Maersk SCM.
  • Going the Extra Mile Award for creating and implementing an algorithm to resolve loan reimbursement issues in the Maersk Trade Finance app.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Punjab Technical University
Kapurthala Town, India
07.2009 - 06.2013

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Punjabi
Advanced (C1)
Chakshu MalhotraSenior Member of Technical Staff