General Summary:
The Senior Salesforce Developer is a technical leader responsible developing, and delivering robust, scalable solutions on the Salesforce platform. This role partners with cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into secure, high-quality technical solutions, and drives best practices in development, integration, and DevOps. The ideal candidate is a hands-on expert in Apex, Lightning Web Components, and Salesforce architecture, with a passion for mentoring others and advancing the organization's Salesforce maturity.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and implement scalable solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, and other Salesforce technologies
- Lead the technical design of integrations with external systems (REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, Platform Events).
- Ensure solutions are bulk-safe, limit-aware, and follow Salesforce governor limits and best practices
- Own technical delivery from requirements through deployment, including code reviews and release management
- Develop and maintain automated unit tests (Apex, Jest for LWC) and static analysis
- Enforce security best practices (CRUD/FLS, sharing rules, Shield, compliance frameworks such as GDPR as applicable)
- Mentor and coach junior developers, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous improvement
- Works with Change Management to communicate and define release process, identifying roll backs and pinpointing potential issues that could occur
- Works with business owners to translate functional requirements into technical requirements
- Identifies and resolves bugs in a timely manner, performing reviews after to ensure the underlying is sues are fixed
- Serve as an escalation point for complex technical issues and drive root cause analysis and resolution.
- Oversees completion of deliverables including analysis, design/ approach, and implementation using salesforce best practices, execution best practices, communication, and documentation
- Stay current with Salesforce releases, emerging technologies, and industry trends
- Transforms business needs into technical design solution options and develops demos / proof of concepts
- Authors, trains, and provides governance on all configuration projects and adherence to best practices
Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required:
- Ability to manage large projects and processes independently with limited supervision
- Recognized subject matter expert of applicable work area
- Strong data modeling, performance optimization, and security enforcement (CRUD/FLS, sharing)
- Ability to adapt and understand new technology/processes as per business requirements
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and produce clear documentation
- Thorough understanding of the Salesforce meta-data API
- Strong knowledge of Salesforce administration
- Organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
- Strong development skills
- Analytical with the ability to derive solutions quickly and proficiently
- Strong understanding of the core systems being supported
- Preferred: Developmental skills in APEX, JAVA, SOQL, SQL, and/or C++
Educational/Vocational/Previous Experience Recommendations:
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent business experience
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Extensive experience with Salesforce configuration and creation of robust workflows and automation
- Various Salesforce certifications including Salesforce Platform Developer I & II, App Builder, Admin, and Cloud Certifications
- Experience with compliance frameworks (GDPR/PCI) and Salesforce Shield.
Working Conditions:
- Pune / Mumbai / Bangalore (Hybrid / Remote)
- 0-10% travel may be required
