Principal Software Engineer/Lead Salesforce

Job Title: Principal Software Engineer/Lead Salesforce Job ID: 26-04259 Location: Windsor, CT Duration: 09 months ON W2 contract
Job Summary
Seeking a Principal Software Engineer / Salesforce Lead to provide technical leadership and architecture across an enterprise Salesforce environment. This role will lead multiple Salesforce teams while remaining hands-on with architecture, development, integrations, governance, and modernization.
Key Responsibilities

• Define Salesforce architecture, engineering standards, governance, and platform roadmap.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical decisions across multiple teams.
• Design scalable solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
• Develop and oversee Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flow, and Platform Events.
• Design enterprise integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, and event-driven architecture.
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, release management, and platform reliability.
• Lead modernization, technical debt reduction, and Salesforce platform improvements.
• Mentor engineers, architects, technical leads, and administrators.
• Partner with business, Product, Security, Data, and Enterprise Architecture teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• 12+ years of Salesforce development/architecture experience.
• Deep knowledge of Salesforce architecture, security, sharing, data modeling, and integrations.
• Strong experience with Apex, LWC, Flow, Salesforce APIs, and enterprise integrations.
• Experience with Salesforce DX, Git, CI/CD, and deployment tools such as Gearset, Copado, or Flosum.
• Strong leadership, communication, architecture, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

• Salesforce CTA, Application Architect, System Architect, Platform Developer II, Integration Architect, or Data Architect certifications.
• Experience in regulated industries such as insurance or financial services.
• Experience with MuleSoft, Salesforce Shield, Data Cloud, Einstein, or Agentforce.
• Enterprise CRM transformation, data migration, or org consolidation experience.