Senior Salesforce Developer

Employment Type: Independent Contractor

Seniority Level: Mid–Senior Level

Location: Remote

Experience Required: 4–7 years of hands-on Salesforce Development experience

Client: Sri Lankan-based Technology Company

 

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a highly capable Senior Salesforce Developer with strong expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Salesforce Administration, Experience Cloud, packaging, and enterprise-level development patterns. This role suits a strong individual contributor who can grow into a Team Lead based on performance, ownership, and leadership qualities. The ideal candidate brings a product mindset, thrives in an AppExchange environment, and can operate independently with minimal supervision.

We are hiring on behalf of a Sri Lankan-based technology company.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Salesforce Development

• Build and enhance applications using Apex, LWC, Visualforce, SOQL, SOSL, and Flows.
  
  
• Develop reusable, modular, and scalable LWC components.
  
  
• Configure and customize Experience Cloud portals.

• Write maintainable, scalable code aligned with DRY, SOLID, and Apex Enterprise Patterns.
  
  
• Optimize performance with strong knowledge of governor limits, bulkification, and platform best practices.
  
  
• Write robust unit tests ensuring meaningful coverage.
  
  

Architecture & Solution Design

• Translate functional user stories into technical stories, estimates, and solution designs.
  
  
• Prepare technical design documentation, including sequence diagrams, approach documents, and POCs.
  
  
• Analyze system architecture, identify gaps, and propose scalable solutions aligned with ISV/AppExchange standards.
  
  

Collaboration, Client Interaction & Ownership

• Communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
  
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Clients, QA teams, and Developers to ensure project success.
  
  
• Take full ownership of assigned modules, delivering with minimal guidance.
  
  
• Support requirement discussions, demos, UAT, and escalations.
  
  

Release & Deployment Management

• Manage deployments using Change Sets, Git, GitHub, and CI/CD pipelines (SFDX, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
  
  
• Ensure smooth deployments across QA, UAT, and Production.

Integration Competency

• Strong understanding of Salesforce integration patterns: REST, SOAP, Platform Events, External Services.
  
  
• Ability to consume/orchestrate APIs and collaborate with middleware teams.
  
  

Team Lead Potential

• Mentor junior developers and enforce best coding practices.
  
  
• Conduct code reviews ensuring quality and scalability.
  
  
• Step up during critical releases and high-pressure timelines.
  
  
• Demonstrate leadership maturity suitable for future Team Lead transition.
  
  

Agile & Process Skills

• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments: grooming, sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives.
  
  
• Ability to document best practices, processes, and internal knowledge bases.
  
  

Continuous Learning

• Quickly learn complex systems and become an SME.
  
  
• Stay updated with Salesforce releases, AppExchange requirements, and platform enhancements.
  
  
• Contribute improvements to development and release processes.
  
  

CERTIFICATIONS

Mandatory:

• Salesforce Platform Developer I (PD1)
  
  

Highly Preferred:

• Salesforce JavaScript Developer I
  
  
• Salesforce Experience Cloud Consultant
  
  
• Salesforce Administrator
  
  
• Salesforce Platform Developer II (PD2)
  
  

Highly Favorable Skills (Strong Advantage)

AppExchange & Packaging Expertise

• Experience with Managed & Unlocked Packages.
  
  
• Prior contribution to a Salesforce AppExchange product.
  
  
• Understanding of Security Review, AppExchange submission lifecycle, namespaces, versioning strategies, and subscriber org behaviour.
  
  
• Ability to troubleshoot issues in subscriber orgs using logs and packaged components.
  
  

Client Management & Leadership Potential

• Experience managing clients or acting as primary POC.
  
  
• Ability to lead requirement discussions, demos, UAT, and escalations independently.
  
  
• Strong communication skills to simplify complex technical topics.
  
  

Ownership, Mindset & Professionalism

• Strong ownership and proactive problem-solving.
  
  
• Product mindset with a focus on long-term scalability.
  
  
• Ability to handle multi-role responsibilities (BA inputs, release coordination, code reviews, client interactions).
  
  
• High professionalism, integrity, and reliability under tight timelines.