Salesforce Technical Lead
About The Position
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, offering strategic talent solutions worldwide. The client is a provider of digital technology and transformation, information technology, and services. The Salesforce Technical Lead will lead the design, development, integration, and delivery of scalable Salesforce solutions, providing hands-on technical leadership to the development team. The role works closely with Solution Architects, Product Owners, BSAs, QA, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions adhere to Salesforce engineering, security, integration, and release-management best practices. The position covers Salesforce solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud, including technical design, development, integrations, security, testing, deployments, and production troubleshooting. The lead will mentor developers and coordinate technical delivery while participating in Agile activities. This is a six-month temporary, onsite assignment in Chicago, Illinois.
Requirements
- 8 or more years of overall software or CRM development experience.
- 5 or more years of hands-on Salesforce development experience.
- 2 or more years in a Salesforce Technical Lead or equivalent technical leadership role.
- Strong hands-on experience with the Salesforce Lightning Platform, Apex and Apex Triggers, Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL/SOSL, Salesforce Flows, Salesforce security and sharing model, and Salesforce APIs and integrations.
- Experience with Sales Cloud and/or Service Cloud.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce asynchronous processing, including Batch Apex, Queueable Apex, Scheduled Apex, and Platform Events.
- Experience integrating Salesforce with external applications using REST/SOAP APIs and middleware or integration platforms.
- Experience with Git-based source control and Salesforce CI/CD and deployment processes.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce governor limits, performance optimization, error handling, and scalable development patterns.
- Good understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery practices.
- Ability to independently lead technical discussions and solution-design sessions.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Ability to explain complex technical solutions to technical and business stakeholders.
- Strong ownership, communication, stakeholder-management, and decision-making skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience Cloud experience.
- Experience with middleware or integration platforms such as MuleSoft.
- Salesforce Platform Developer I certification.
- Salesforce Platform Developer II certification.
- Salesforce Administrator certification.
- Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect credentials.
- Salesforce Integration Architect certification.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end technical design and development of Salesforce solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL/SOSL, Flows, and Salesforce configuration.
- Translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical designs.
- Guide developers on solution design, coding standards, reusable components, and Salesforce platform best practices.
- Conduct code reviews, troubleshoot complex technical issues, and ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Design and support integrations between Salesforce and enterprise applications using REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, and integration or middleware platforms.
- Develop solutions with consideration for Salesforce governor limits, performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Provide technical guidance on Salesforce security, including profiles, permission sets, sharing rules, roles, and data-access models.
- Collaborate with architects on solution design, integration patterns, data architecture, and platform strategy.
- Work with QA teams on unit, integration, and regression testing, and defect resolution.
- Support CI/CD, source control, deployment, release management, and production troubleshooting.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical refinement, estimation, sprint planning, and release-readiness activities.
- Mentor Salesforce developers and strengthen the team's technical capabilities.
- Lead technical discussions and solution-design sessions, and coordinate technical delivery across distributed teams.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
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