Salesforce Developer Lead

About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior / Lead Salesforce Developer to spearhead our Salesforce initiatives. In this role, you will lead a team of developers, drive technical architecture, and be hands-on in designing and delivering robust, scalable solutions on the Salesforce platform.

You will act as the go-to technical expert for complex integrations, enterprise-grade Apex development, and external-facing Partner/Customer Communities. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in the Salesforce order of execution, asynchronous processing, and crafting highly responsive UIs with Lightning Web Components (LWC).

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead and mentor a team of developers. Enforce coding standards, conduct rigorous code reviews, and guide the team on best practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable deliverables.
• Core Salesforce Architecture & Development: Architect and build complex business logic using advanced Apex (Classes, Triggers, Controllers) and declarative automation (Flows), ensuring strict adherence to governor limits and bulkification patterns.
• System Integrations: Design, build, and maintain secure, high-volume integrations between Salesforce and third-party systems or middleware (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi) using REST/SOAP APIs, Webhooks, and custom callouts.
• Experience Cloud (Communities) Development: Architect and build pixel-perfect, highly customized Customer Communities and Partner Portals. Implement complex sharing models, Sharing Sets, and custom LWC for community pages.
• Asynchronous Processing & Optimization: Design scalable solutions for heavy data processing using Salesforces asynchronous framework (Batch Apex, Queueable, @future methods, and Schedulable Apex).
• Project Delivery & Collaboration: Partner with Solution Architects, Product Owners, and QAs to translate complex business requirements into technical blueprints and manage technical delivery within Agile sprints.

Required Qualifications & Education

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 5 to 7 years of hands-on professional experience in Salesforce development, with at least 1-2 years functioning in a Lead, Senior, or Mentorship capacity.

Core Skills & Technical Competencies

• Core SFDC & Order of Execution: Deep mastery of the Salesforce Order of Execution, transaction control, governor limits, and large data volume (LDV) management.
• Apex & Automation: Strong expertise in complex Apex Triggers, enterprise design patterns (Service/Domain layers), and advanced declarative automation using robust, bulk-safe Flows.
• Asynchronous Salesforce: Proven hands-on experience designing and troubleshooting Asynchronous Apex (Batch jobs, Queueable chains, Future methods, and Scheduled jobs) to optimize performance.
• Advanced Frontend (LWC): Extensive experience building complex, performant, and responsive custom UIs using Lightning Web Components (LWC), JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, and CSS.
• Strong Integration Skills: Deep knowledge of bi-directional API development (REST/SOAP), OAuth 2.0 flows, JSON/XML parsing, Platform Events, and API testing tools (Postman/SoapUI).
• Experience Cloud (Communities): Strong hands-on experience configuring and customizing Experience Builder. Deep understanding of Partner Portals, customer community licenses, community page building, and portal-specific security/sharing models.
• DevOps & Deployment: Solid experience with version control (Git), SFDX, CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Copado, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and sandbox environment management.

Preferred Certifications

• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I (PD I) & Platform Developer II (PD II) (Highly Preferred)
• Salesforce Certified Experience Cloud Consultant
• Salesforce Certified Integration Architect
• Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer I