The role of a developer at a company providing SharePoint development services goes beyond customization according to customer needs. At minimum they should have the ability to predict the business value. There are other skills he or she should posess and let us delve deeper in to it.

Roles and Responsibilities of SharePoint Developers

SharePoint the Microsoft Technology service is a web-based collaborative platform. The chief character that makes it different is that it is highly customizable. But when a client requests a service the task of the developer is not restricted to just out of the box customizing or regressive coding. This is because SharePoint development is multi-dimensional. Some of them includes being adept in ASP.Net development services, possessing business analytical skills, intranet portal designing, information architecture designing etc. 

Here are some of the skills that should be possesses by a SharePoint Developer:

1. Communication Skills: Although communication skill is a pre-requisite to any job it requires more relevance in SharePoint development services. These skills helps build a strong understanding of customer needs and scenarios as well as a friendly relationship. 
2. Programming Skills: SharePoint is developed on .NET framework and the majority of the customization and development scope involves using various languages like .Net, HTML, JavaScript, Jquery, etc. Besides, a SharePoint developer should posess relevant technical knowledge of admin and servers associated with SharePoint like SQL Server administration, Windows server administration, active directory control etc. 
   
3. Awareness of Industry Specific Processes: The idea behind adoption of SharePoint is to make the workforce more productive by providing collaborative tools that can improve their day to day efficiency. Hence knowing how the features of SharePoint can help end users can manage their task efficiently is also critical. 
   
4. Microsoft Certification helps to an extent: Being Microsoft Technology Service, to sharpen SharePoint skills Microsoft has rolled out several certification courses in order to better customize SharePoint according to end users and business requirements.