Salesforce Classic Technical Lead

Role Summary

The Salesforce Classic Technical Lead owns the hands-on technical quality of established Salesforce Classic orgs typically large heavily customised codebases with significant accumulated technical debt that are maintained and enhanced under a managed-service arrangement. The role combines deep Apex/Visualforce engineering with the discipline of objective tool-driven code-quality remediation: planning and executing severity-based remediation against the Salesforce Code Analyzer baseline enforcing deployment quality gates protecting platform stability (governor limits data storage) and maintaining a defensible evidence trail suitable for client and audit scrutiny

Code remediation & quality governance

• Plan and lead severity-based remediation of legacy Apex classes triggers and Visualforce across large Classic orgs prioritising objectively-defined critical issues (Sev 1/2) over cosmetic ones.

• Operate the Salesforce Code Analyzer (PMD and associated engines) as the authoritative quality baseline; classify findings strictly against the Salesforce severity definitions rather than subjective interpretation.

• Enforce a strict remediation discipline: genuine fixes only (no suppressions / @SuppressWarnings / NOPMD) no net increase in any severity and no functional/behavioural change during remediation.

• Author and maintain custom PMD rules (XPath-based rulesets referenced via ) to codify agreed quality patterns for consistent repeatable detection.

• Define and uphold a clear exit / completion framework (zero Sev 1/2 managed Sev 35 thresholds documented acceptance of exceptions) so remediation has an objective finite endpoint.

Engineering & delivery

• Remediate genuine production-impacting issues missing CRUD/FLS enforcement sharing violations empty catch blocks non-bulkified DML SOQL/DML in loops and XSS/escaping in error messages with evidence that behaviour is preserved.

• Lead peer review and architect-level review; ensure every change is backed by pre/post static-scan logs and test results before sign-off.

• Drive test-quality standards: meaningful assertions over coverage percentage correct use of ()/stopTest() @TestSetup and elimination of unreliable / false-positive tests; maintain coverage at or above the deployment threshold.

• Own deployment readiness through CI/CD and merge-request quality gates (e.g. AutoRabit) ensuring no code is promoted without passing the agreed static-analysis gate.

Platform stability & operations

• Monitor and manage org health against governor limits Apex code size data and file storage API consumption async/batch processing and define proactive thresholds and escalation criteria.

• Lead data-storage optimisation and archival strategy (e.g. archiving high-volume historical/closed records to an external store) in line with the clients data-retention and compliance obligations before recommending storage procurement.

• Produce regular accurate status and governance reporting (weekly status monthly governance packs KPI/RAG dashboards) suitable for client delivery and senior stakeholders.

Stakeholder & governance

• Act as the technical point of contact with client engineering and architecture stakeholders; explain tooling severity classification and remediation approach clearly and defensibly.

• Maintain rigorous evidence and documentation (classification logs exit-framework records support-case trails) appropriate to a regulated banking environment and client escalation governance.

• Coordinate with vendor support (e.g. Salesforce cases) to resolve tooling/configuration issues and to substantiate the teams quality position.

• Mentor developers on coding standards preventive quality practices and the remediation methodology to avoid reintroduction of debt.

• 812 years in IT with 5 years hands-on Salesforce development; demonstrable experience with Salesforce Classic and legacy org maintenance.

• Strong Apex Visualforce SOQL/SOSL triggers asynchronous Apex (Batch/Queueable/Future) and Salesforce data model expertise.

• Practical experience with the Salesforce Code Analyzer / PMD running scans interpreting and classifying violations by severity and ideally authoring custom XPath rules.

• Solid grasp of Salesforce security and sharing model (CRUD/FLS with/without sharing) bulkification and governor-limit management.

• Experience with CI/CD and deployment tooling (AutoRabit Gearset Copado or similar) and source control / merge-request workflows.

• Experience operating in a managed-service / enterprise support model including status reporting SLAs and client governance.

• Excellent written and verbal communication able to produce clear governance documents and explain technical positions to non-technical and senior stakeholders

Desirable / Preferred

• Financial-services or other regulated-domain delivery experience with awareness of data-retention and audit expectations.

• Salesforce certifications: Platform Developer I/II and ideally an Architect-track credential (e.g. Application Architect).

• Experience with data archival approaches (external SQL / CData / DBAmp) and large-data-volume management.

• Exposure to Lightning migration planning from Classic.

• Familiarity with quality/management reporting and RAG-based delivery governance.

Key Competencies

• Objective evidence-led decision making anchors quality judgements to defined standards not opinion.

• Disciplined and risk-aware protects production stability and avoids regressions under delivery pressure.

• Clear communicator and credible client-facing technical voice.

• Ownership and follow-through drives issues to closure and maintains a defensible audit trail.