Senior Software Engineer Salesforce Platform

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce Platform leads design, architecture, and custom development within a large-scale Salesforce environment using Salesforce technologies and modern web development practices, including Apex, JavaScript, Lightning Web Components, REST APIs, and GraphQL. This role partners with engineering, product, business analysis, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable, secure, high-performing platform solutions through continuous development and iterative deployments.

Required Skills:

Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent work experience

7+ years of professional software development experience, including strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and follow-through abilities

At least 6 years of experience designing, developing, testing, and implementing highly customized Salesforce applications, primarily using Lightning Web Components or Aura Components

Preferred

Experience with user behavior analysis monitoring, scripting, and alerting

Experience with DevOps process: GitHub, Harness experience is a plus

High proficiency in JavaScript, JavaScript frameworks, Python, or similar development tools

o Solid understanding of REST, GraphQL, DevOps concepts, and application observability using tools such as Dynatrace and Splunk

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Lead Salesforce platform design, architecture, and custom development using Apex, JavaScript, Lightning Web Components, REST APIs, and GraphQL

Act as a technical architect and hands-on Salesforce developer, applying deep Salesforce expertise to solve complex platform challenges

Design and oversee technical architecture solutions that integrate Salesforce with internal systems, with focus on security, authentication, scalability, and performance

Example

Make informed architectural decisions by evaluating tradeoffs, benefits, risks, and recommendations

Stay current with Salesforce releases and platform capabilities, guiding the team on relevant new features and implementation opportunities

Drive UX and design strategies that improve platform adoption, usability, and end-user experience

Identify process and system optimization opportunities to improve team efficiency, platform effectiveness, and customer outcomes

Collaborate with business analysts, product managers, and engineering teams to understand requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions

Develop and manage off-platform automation scripts using Python or similar tools

Support security efforts by reviewing Salesforce Shield event logs, alerts, and related monitoring data

Champion engineering best practices for reusable, scalable, organized, well-tested, and maintainable code

Mentor team members through pairing, code reviews, documentation, and constructive feedback that raises overall engineering quality

Customize and extend tools, processes, and delivery practices to increase team effectiveness and support iterative development