Senior Salesforce Developer / Salesforce Technical Lead

Job Title: Senior Salesforce Developer / Salesforce Technical Lead

Location: United States

Preferred Candidate Locations: California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
Job Type: Contract / Long-Term Contract
Experience: 6+ Years
Industry: Enterprise Technology / Digital Transformation

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Salesforce Developer / Salesforce Technical Lead to design, develop, integrate, and support enterprise Salesforce solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with the Salesforce platform, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce Flows, SOQL, integrations, data modeling, security, and Salesforce Cloud implementations.

The candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, Salesforce Architects, Product Owners, Business Analysts, integration teams, and distributed development teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing Salesforce solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, customize, test, and deploy enterprise Salesforce applications.

• Develop scalable solutions using Apex, Triggers, Classes, Batch Apex, Queueable Apex, SOQL and SOSL.

• Build modern user interfaces using Lightning Web Components (LWC) and Lightning Experience.

• Configure and develop Salesforce Flows, validation rules, approval processes, record types, page layouts, permissions, and other declarative capabilities.

• Design and implement Salesforce data models, relationships, sharing models, profiles, permission sets, and security controls.

• Develop and maintain integrations between Salesforce and external enterprise applications.

• Work with REST APIs, SOAP APIs, Bulk API, Platform Events, Change Data Capture and Salesforce Connect.

• Collaborate with integration teams using MuleSoft or other middleware/API platforms.

• Support Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud and other Salesforce products based on project requirements.

• Participate in Salesforce data migration, transformation, cleansing, mapping, validation, and reconciliation activities.

• Troubleshoot complex Salesforce application, integration, performance, and production issues.

• Participate in architecture and design discussions and provide technical recommendations.

• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to Salesforce development standards and best practices.

• Develop scalable and bulkified Apex code while following Salesforce governor-limit best practices.

• Participate in unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, and production support.

• Work with source control and DevOps processes using Git, Salesforce DX, CI/CD and related deployment tools.

• Collaborate with geographically distributed Agile teams.

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Prepare technical documentation, solution designs, deployment documentation, and support runbooks.

• Mentor junior Salesforce developers and contribute to development standards and reusable frameworks.

• Stay current with Salesforce platform releases, new capabilities, Data Cloud, Agentforce, AI, automation, and integration technologies.

Required Technical Skills

Salesforce Development

• 6+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience.

• Strong Apex development experience.

• Apex Classes and Triggers.

• Batch Apex / Queueable Apex / asynchronous processing.

• SOQL and SOSL.

• Lightning Web Components (LWC).

• Lightning Experience.

• Salesforce Flows.

• Salesforce configuration and customization.

• Salesforce data modeling.

• Salesforce security and sharing model.

Salesforce Clouds

• Salesforce Sales Cloud.

• Salesforce Service Cloud.

• Experience Cloud.

• Exposure to Health Cloud, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud or other Salesforce Clouds is highly desirable.

Integration

• REST APIs.

• SOAP APIs.

• Salesforce APIs.

• Bulk API.

• Platform Events.

• Change Data Capture.

• Salesforce Connect.

• MuleSoft or another enterprise integration platform is highly desirable.

DevOps / Engineering

• Git / GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket.

• Salesforce DX.

• CI/CD.

• Deployment and release management.

• Automated testing and quality practices.

• Agile/Scrum methodology.

Preferred Skills

• Salesforce Data Cloud.

• Agentforce.

• Salesforce AI / Einstein capabilities.

• OmniStudio.

• FlexCards.

• DataRaptors.

• Integration Procedures.

• Salesforce CPQ / Revenue Cloud.

• MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.

• Salesforce Marketing Cloud.

• Salesforce Health Cloud.

• Tableau / CRM Analytics.

• AWS, Azure or Google Cloud integration experience.

• Experience with enterprise data platforms and middleware.

Certifications

Preferred Salesforce certifications include:

• Salesforce Platform Developer I.

• Salesforce Platform Developer II.

• Salesforce Administrator.

• Salesforce Platform App Builder.

• Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant.

• Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant.

• Salesforce Integration Architect.

• Salesforce Application Architect.

• Salesforce System Architect.

Experience

• 6+ years of Salesforce development experience.

• Experience delivering enterprise-scale Salesforce implementations.

• Strong understanding of Salesforce development lifecycle and deployment processes.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

• Experience working with distributed/onshore-offshore delivery teams.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field is preferred.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Salesforce professional who combines strong development skills with enterprise implementation experience. Candidates with experience across Apex + LWC + Flows + Integrations + Sales/Service Cloud are strongly preferred.

Candidates with additional expertise in MuleSoft, Health Cloud, Data Cloud, OmniStudio, Agentforce, Revenue Cloud or Salesforce Architecture will be especially valuable for upcoming enterprise Salesforce initiatives.