Client Photon
Position: Salesforce Integration Lead
Location: Newark, DE (Onsite)
Duration: Contract & Full time
Description for Internal Candidates
Key Responsibilities
Lead a team of Salesforce integration developers in end-to-end delivery of integration solutions across enterprise applications and platforms.
Own sprint-level delivery of Salesforce integration workstreams planning, execution, quality, and release aligned to the integration architecture.
Collaborate with solution architects and business analysts to translate integration requirements into technical designs and implementation tasks.
Build and maintain APIs, middleware integrations, event-driven solutions, and data synchronization flows using Salesforce platform capabilities and integration tools.
Lead hands-on development using REST/SOAP APIs, MuleSoft, Boomi, Informatica, or other enterprise integration platforms; set implementation standards for the team.
Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and ensure integration solutions meet performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements.
Analyze the existing integration landscape (connectors, middleware, data flows, and SLAs) and propose modernization approaches API-first, event-driven, middleware consolidation, or cloud-native patterns with migration impact and roll-out plans.
Troubleshoot complex integration issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
Mentor and guide developers on Salesforce integration patterns, platform best practices, and coding standards.
Produce and maintain implementation-level documentation including integration flow diagrams, API mappings, runbooks, and test plans.
Coordinate with QA, DevOps, and release management teams to support testing, deployment, and production support activities.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in Salesforce development and integration, with at least 3 years in a technical lead capacity.
Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Salesforce Platform capabilities.
Proficiency in Salesforce APIs, Apex, Lightning Components, and integration frameworks.
Experience building and delivering integrations using middleware platforms such as MuleSoft, Boomi, Informatica, or similar.
Solid understanding of REST APIs, SOAP services, ETL processes, and data integration patterns.
Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Experience working in Agile delivery environments; able to manage team workload across sprints.
Preferred Skills
Salesforce Platform Developer or Administrator certification.
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform implementation experience.
Event-driven architecture implementation (Kafka, Pub/Sub).
API management and gateway configuration experience.
OAuth, SAML, JWT, and security protocol implementation experience.
CI/CD and DevOps practices for integration pipelines.
Salesforce Integration Architect or Application Architect certification (desirable, not required).
Experience
8 12+ years of overall IT experience.
3+ years leading Salesforce integration delivery teams in enterprise programmes.