Salesforce Lead Developer

Job Title: Lead Salesforce Developer

Location:

New York, NY (Onsite- Locals highly preferred) Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, or GC EAD preferred W2 Only No C2C, 1099, or third-party profiles accepted.

Job Description

Our Client is looking for experienced Senior Salesforce Developer / Lead to design, develop, and optimize secure, scalable Salesforce solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Triggers, along with experience managing large data volumes, optimizing platform performance, and providing technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable Salesforce solutions.
• Develop secure, high-quality production code using Apex, LWC, and Triggers.
• Review, debug, and optimize code written by other developers.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and improve application performance, particularly when handling large datasets.
• Identify recurring operational issues and automate remediation to improve system stability.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to evaluate architectural designs, technical fit, and system integrations.
• Lead technical discussions and share engineering best practices.
• Coach and mentor engineers and support continuous improvement.
• Promote a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful engineering culture.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience.
• Strong expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Triggers.
• Proven experience managing large data volumes and optimizing Salesforce platform performance.
• Strong understanding of secure, scalable application development.
• Experience with code reviews, debugging, and technical troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical solutions and architecture to technical and executive stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services industry experience.
• Experience with cloud-native applications.
• Experience integrating APIs and web services.
• Java development experience.
• Familiarity with Jira, Bitbucket, and source control systems.