Salesforce Development Lead

This is a remote position.

Location: Currently remote; may transition to onsite in the future We are looking for an experienced Salesforce Development Lead who will be responsible for leading Salesforce design and development activities, managing a team of developers, ensuring best practices, and delivering scalable Salesforce solutions aligned with business needs.Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Salesforce development across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud (as applicable)
• Own solution design and provide technical direction to the team.

​Develop and review Salesforce components including:

• Apex Classes, Triggers
• Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura
• Visualforce pages (if needed)
• SOQL/SOSL queries

Implement integrations using:

• REST/SOAP APIs

Ensure code quality through:

• Code reviews
• Best practices enforcement
• Unit testing (minimum 75% coverage)

Manage deployments using tools like:

• Change Sets, SFDX, Git, CI/CD pipelines
• Support release planning, sprint execution, and delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Architects, QA, and Product Owners.
• Guide team members and mentor junior developers.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide root cause analysis.
• Ensure security and compliance standards are followed.

Requirements

6+ years overall IT experience with 4+ years in Salesforce development Strong hands-on in:

• Apex, Triggers, Batch, Queueable, Schedulers
• Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• Salesforce Data Model and Security model

Experience in Salesforce configuration:

• Flows, Validation rules, Workflow rules
• Profiles, Permission sets, Sharing rules

Strong knowledge of:

• Governor limits and performance tuning
• Integration patterns and error handling
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology

Good to Have​Salesforce Certifications like:

• Platform Developer I / II
• Salesforce Administrator
• Application Architect / System Architect (preferred)

Experience with DevOps tools:

• Copado / Gearset / Jenkins pipelines
• Experience in domain like Banking, Insurance, Retail, Telecom (if applicable)

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Team leadership and mentoring ability
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ownership mindset and ability to work independently

Originally posted on Himalayas