Job Description – Salesforce Senior Developer

Overview

• Leading and mentoring developers.
• Driving technical design, code quality, and adherence to Salesforce best practices.
• Building robust integrations, automations, and UI components.
• Working cross-functionally in an agile delivery model to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Experience Requirements

• 5+ years of Salesforce development and support experience.
• Strong overall IT and application development background.
• Demonstrated experience building enterprise-grade Salesforce solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable solutions using Apex, Salesforce Flows (Record-Triggered, Screen, Scheduled), LWC, Aura, Visualforce, and other platform components.
• Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and mentor junior developers.
• Develop and maintain integrations using REST, SOAP, Bulk API, Streaming API, middleware, and platform events.
• Implement inbound/outbound web service calls for system interoperability.
• Perform data modeling, security design (profiles, roles, permission sets), and declarative configuration.
• Build custom UI and reusable components using JavaScript, HTML, and LWC frameworks.
• Create reports, dashboards, and analytics features.
• Troubleshoot defects, performance issues, and integration failures using Salesforce debugging tools.
• Ensure compliance with governor limits, coding best practices, and secure development guidelines.
• Write high-quality test classes with strong code coverage and meaningful test logic.
• Work with product owners and architects to convert business requirements into technical specifications.
• Participate in agile ceremonies—planning, grooming, demos, retrospectives.
• Support mobile-first experiences via Salesforce Mobile App.
• Contribute to DevOps processes (Git-based branching, CI/CD pipelines, version control best practices).

Must-Have Skills

Core Platform Development

• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
• Advanced expertise in:
  • Apex development (triggers, classes, batch, queueable, schedulable, future methods)
  • Salesforce Flows (record-triggered, screen flows, orchestrations)
  • Lightning Web Components (LWC) and Aura
• Hands-on skills in JavaScript, HTML, CSS for UI and UX development.

Integration & APIs

• Deep experience with:
  • REST, SOAP, Bulk, and Streaming APIs
  • Authentication frameworks (OAuth 2.0, Connected Apps)
  • Platform Events and Change Data Capture
• Experience hosting and consuming web services for system-to-system data sync.
• Ability to integrate with 3rd-party tools and AppExchange apps.

Platform Configuration & Architecture

• Strong experience in:
  • Declarative automation & process design
  • Object/data model design, schema optimization
  • Security & access control (FLS, sharing, permission sets)
• Understanding of Salesforce multi-tenant architecture and governor limits.

Quality & Delivery

• Expertise in writing effective, maintainable test classes.
• Strong debugging skills using Developer Console, Debug Logs, Lightning Inspector.
• Ability to deliver in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Certifications

• Salesforce Platform Developer I

• Salesforce Administrator (ADM 201)
• Sales Cloud Consultant
• Service Cloud Consultant
• Salesforce App Builder
• Platform Developer II
• JavaScript Developer I

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with AppExchange tools such as Conga, drawloop, or document generation apps.
• Experience with InvestorFlow AppExchange application.
• Familiarity with Salesforce DevOps tools: Copado, Gearset, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, etc.
• Experience with Salesforce Orchestrator, External Services, or MuleSoft integrations.