Job Title: Salesforce Technical Lead
Location: Windsor, CT, USA- 5 days office
Type: Contract
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Salesforce Technical Lead to join our onsite team in the United States. The ideal candidate will serve as the primary technical leader for Salesforce initiatives, working closely with business stakeholders, client teams, and offshore development units. You will be responsible for defining solution architecture, guiding technical delivery, and ensuring high-quality, scalable Salesforce implementations aligned with enterprise goals.
This is a client-facing, onsite leadership role requiring strong communication, problem-solving, and coordination skills, alongside deep expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura, and Salesforce platform features.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the onsite technical lead for Salesforce projects, partnering client teams to define, design, and deliver robust solutions.
- Collaborate with offshore Salesforce teams to ensure seamless coordination, quality, and delivery timelines.
- Own solution architecture and technical design, ensuring alignment with business objectives and Salesforce best practices.
- Conduct technical workshops, requirement walkthroughs, and code reviews with both onsite and offshore teams.
- Design and implement scalable solutions using Apex, LWC, Aura Components, Flows, and Process Builder.
- Manage DevOps and CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with platform engineering and deployment teams.
- Ensure adherence to security, performance, and compliance standards within Salesforce environments.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts and provide technical oversight for complex production issues.
- Stay updated with the Salesforce roadmap and proactively recommend innovations to enhance business value.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 10+ years of overall IT experience, with at least 7+ years in Salesforce development and architecture.
- Proven experience leading Salesforce development teams across onsite-offshore models.
- Deep technical expertise in Apex, Aura, and Lightning Web Components (LWC).
- Strong understanding of Salesforce core platform features - Flows, Triggers, Validation Rules, and Custom Metadata.
- Hands-on experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Gearset, Copado, Jenkins, or similar.
- Proficiency with Salesforce DX, Git, and multi-environment strategy.
- Strong grasp of Salesforce security, performance optimization, and scalable architecture patterns.
- Salesforce Platform Developer I & II certifications required; Application or System Architect certifications preferred.
- Excellent client communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or Experience Cloud.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Knowledge of integration tools and middleware platforms (REST/SOAP APIs, Mulesoft, etc.).
- Experience with effort estimation, sprint planning, and release management in distributed teams.
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