Salesforce Technical Architect / Lead Developer

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Salesforce Technical Architect / Lead Developer to join our team for a remote opportunity. This role requires a strong technical leader with deep hands-on expertise in Salesforce Core, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Apex, and custom application development on the Salesforce platform.

The ideal candidate must have proven experience designing and building custom Salesforce applications, not just configuring standard clouds, and should be comfortable leading development teams, setting technical direction, and working closely with senior architects and stakeholders.

Mandatory: Candidates must have experience with PSS (Public Sector Solutions) and Salesforce GovCloud.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and architect scalable Salesforce solutions using LWC, Apex, and Salesforce Core
• Build and enhance custom applications on the Salesforce platform
• Lead technical design discussions and define best practices, coding standards, and reusable patterns
• Review code and mentor junior and mid-level developers
• Translate modern frontend concepts, including Angular-based patterns, into LWC-based solutions
• Optimize Salesforce data models, custom objects, relationships, and SOQL queries
• Implement secure and scalable solutions using Salesforce security models including profiles, permission sets, and sharing rules
• Develop headless or custom UI solutions on Salesforce
• Collaborate with architects, product teams, and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-grade solutions

Required Skills

Salesforce Core

• Deep hands-on experience with Lightning Web Components (LWC) — non-negotiable
• Strong expertise in Apex, including:
  • Custom logic
  • Async processing
  • Governor limits
• Strong experience with Salesforce data modeling
  • Custom objects
  • Object relationships
  • SOQL optimization
• Proven experience building custom Salesforce applications
• Strong understanding of the Salesforce security model
• Experience with headless or custom UI development on Salesforce platform

UI / Frontend

• Strong JavaScript fundamentals
• Ability to translate Angular concepts into LWC equivalents
• Strong understanding of component-driven architecture
• Experience with CSS, SLDS, and SLDS2 (Salesforce Cosmos)
• Understanding of state management patterns in LWC

Technical Leadership

• Strong code review experience
• Ability to define and enforce coding standards and development patterns
• Experience mentoring junior and mid-level developers
• Comfortable presenting solutions and collaborating with senior architects

Mandatory Experience

• Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS) experience
• Salesforce GovCloud experience
• Platform Developer II certification

Nice to Have

• Prior experience migrating or porting Angular or React applications to LWC
• Experience with Salesforce CLI, Scratch Orgs, and SFDX project structure
• Experience with custom Lightning App Builder pages and components
• Experience in enterprise-scale Salesforce architecture and modernization projects

Required Certifications

• Platform Developer II — Must Have
• Platform Developer I
• JavaScript Developer I
• Application Architect