Senior Salesforce Engineer

Senior Salesforce Engineer

100% Remote

3 Months Contract-to-hire

Work Environment: Fully remote team, not Time-Zone sensitive
Interview Process: 1st round: Initial intake interview with Manager
2nd and 3rd Rounds: Technical interview rounds including:

• Coding exercise. All candidates must complete Coderbyte assessment prior to submission.

• Architecture and design exercise
• Front end assessment (LWC)
• Database and data focused questions
• Potential additional interview with the Product Owner and Business Analyst depending on final process design

References: Verified

Must Have (Non-Negotiable)

1. Strong computer science fundamentals
• Data structures: Lists, Maps, Sets
• Sorting, grouping, collections manipulation
• Basic algorithmic reasoning
• Ability to identify inefficient logic
2. Object Oriented Programming depth
• Class design
• Encapsulation
• Separation of concerns
• Clean abstraction
3. Real coding experience
• Majority of career spent writing code, not configuring
• Apex heavy role with meaningful logic
• Demonstrable problem solving
4. Strong communication during technical work
• Explains thinking clearly
• Engages during live coding
• Can reason through strategy out loud
5. Senior level problem translation
• Can convert vague business problems into structured technical approaches

Strongly Preferred

• Candidates with hands on REST API integration experience
• Developers who build integrations programmatically
• Experience designing and consuming APIs
• Background in Salesforce development rather than just administration
• Comfort working with code-based integrations and backend services
• Experience integrating systems directly through APIs instead of connectors
• Senior/architect/developer level. Must bring a strong software programming background and not just be a pure Salesforce Developer for entire career.
• Fundamental computer science skills are more important than platform familiarity. Data structures, algorithms, and OOP are considered non-negotiable.
• Candidates who began as traditional software engineers and moved into Salesforce
• Background in Java, C#, or similar prior to Salesforce
• Experience with integration patterns
• Exposure to architecture conversations
• High volume data handling experience
• CI/CD familiarity
• Financial Services Cloud or Sales Cloud, Service Cloud
• Financial Services Cloud (FSC) is helpful but not mandatory. Sales Cloud and Service Cloud combined experience are considered equivalent foundations.
• A strong software engineer who happens to work in Salesforce. Recruiting screens for engineering fundamentals first and platform exposure second, should improve submission quality paired with additional Coderbyte screening.
• Need real engineers with coding background, not configuration focused developers.
• Clients wants someone who can grow into a Staff Engineer and thinks at architecture level. Has potential for high level system thinking. Can analyze and translate business problems into code.

Overview
Client is seeking a Senior Salesforce Engineer to join the Retirement Division pod, supporting Sales Effectiveness and the sales teams responsible for annuity products. The Retirement Division supports a steady mix of new feature work, integrations, and ongoing platform enhancements.

The team operates in a product aligned model with project and product management support, including a Product Owner, Business Analyst support for requirements and mockups, and a technical team made up of engineering and admin resources. This hire is expected to take ownership of complex stories with minimal hand holding, contribute to design discussions, and help drive reliable delivery from refinement through deployment.
Top Required Skills

• Apex Development Depth: Strong experience building and maintaining Apex solutions, including legacy triggers, automations, and Apex jobs.
• Salesforce Engineering Across Front and Back End: Experience with both backend development and front-end implementation using Lightning Web Components.
• Integration and API Experience: Ability to support integrations and data movement into Salesforce, including working with upstream analytics or external platforms.
• DevOps and Deployment Ownership: Comfort using Salesforce deployment tools such as Gearset (or similar tools like Copado or Flosum), with an understanding of metadata API limitations and deployment processes.
• Senior Level Execution and Independence: Ability to take a story, ask the right questions, navigate ambiguity, and drive progress without significant oversight.

Preferred Skills

• Data Management: Experience with data cleansing, deduping, archival processes, and data quality initiatives.
• Salesforce Certifications: Preferred but not required, including Developer certifications and LWC related badges or superbadges