Sr Salesforce Tech Lead

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Salesforce Senior Technical Lead to lead large-scale Salesforce implementation projects. The role requires deep expertise in Salesforce Classic Apex Triggers Visualforce and CI/CD tools such as GitLab and AutoRabit. Exposure to the banking or financial services industry is a strong advantage.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead end-to-end technical design and architecture for large Salesforce implementations
• Own solution architecture primarily built on Salesforce Classic
• Ensure scalability performance and security best practices

Salesforce Development

• Design and develop Apex Classes Apex Triggers and Visualforce Pages
• Conduct code reviews and enforce Salesforce coding standards and governor limits
• Handle complex customizations integrations and data migrations

CI/CD & DevOps

• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce deployments
• Hands-on experience with GitLab for source control and branching strategies
• Strong working knowledge of AutoRabit for deployment automation and environment management

Team & Stakeholder Management

• Lead and mentor Salesforce development teams
• Collaborate with business stakeholders architects and delivery managers
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10 years of overall IT experience with 8 years in Salesforce development
• Strong expertise in Salesforce Classic Apex Triggers Visualforce and SOQL
• Experience working on large Salesforce orgs and enterprise-scale programs
• Strong understanding of Salesforce security model and data architecture

DevOps & Tools

• GitLab repositories merge requests CI pipelines
• AutoRabit CI/CD version control deployment automation

Domain Experience (Good to Have)

• Experience in Banking or Financial Services domain
• Understanding of regulatory compliance and data security requirements

Certifications (Preferred)

• Salesforce Platform Developer I / II
• Salesforce Technical Architect (CTA) good to have

Key Responsibilities
1. Architecture & Strategy
Assess the existing Salesforce Classic org to determine technical debt custom code complexity (Apex/Visualforce) and integration dependencies.
Define the roadmap and architectural blueprint for migrating from Classic to Lightning Experience ensuring 100% user adoption and feature parity.
Establish governance models for LWC development including code standards security (LockerService) and performance optimization (lightning page performance bundle sizes).
2. Technical Execution (Classic to LWC)
Lead the refactoring strategy to replace Visualforce pages with Lightning Web Components and Lightning Pages.
Oversee the conversion of legacy Aura components to LWC utilizing the mixed architecture approach to ensure stability during the transition.
Architect solutions for unsupported Classic features in Lightning (e.g. custom JavaScript buttons inline Visualforce specific CSS hacks) by building equivalent LWC solutions.
Optimize Apex controllers to be Lightning Readyensuring they support asynchronous patterns avoid view state limitations and utilize @AuraEnabled(cacheabletrue) effectively.
3. Development & Integration
Serve as the lead developer for the most complex LWC components utilizing modern JavaScript (ES8) CSS and the Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS).
Design integration patterns (REST/MQ) ensuring that external systems continue to function seamlessly during and after the Classic migration.
Implement CI/CD pipelines (using Gearset Copado or Jenkins) specific to metadata deployment challenges associated with Lightning components.
4. User Experience & Adoption
Collaborate with UX/UI teams to redesign legacy layouts (Page Layouts) into dynamic Lightning Record Pages using Dynamic Forms and conditional visibility.
Conduct technical spike sessions to resolve Classic-only constraints ensuring that power users who relied on Classic features find equivalent or superior functionality in LWC.

Technical Expertise

• Salesforce Classic:Deep understanding of Visualforce jQuery S-Controls (legacy) and the limitations of Classic (view state synchronous transactions iframe restrictions).
• LWC Mastery:Expert proficiency in Lightning Web Components (LWC) including composition pub/sub models custom events and lifecycle hooks.
• Apex:Advanced proficiency in Apex (Triggers Batch Queueable REST Callouts) with a focus on optimizing bulk patterns for Lightning UI performance.
• JavaScript:Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6/ES8) promises async/await and web standards.
• Tools:Experience with Salesforce DX VS Code and source-driven development.

Experience

• 5 yearsof Salesforce architecture experience.
• Proven track recordof at least 2 full lifecycle migrationsfrom Salesforce Classic to Lightning Experience specifically involving the decommissioning of Visualforce in favor of LWC.
• Experience managing the Lightning Readiness assessment process and resolving the top 10 Classic compatibility issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Certified Application Architect or System Architect.
• Experience with OmniStudio(Vlocity) or Industry Clouds.
• Familiarity with performance tuning for LWC (e.g. lazy loading wire service optimization).
• Experience with Experience Cloud(Communities) migration from Classic to Lightning.