Senior Salesforce Tech Lead & Architect (Hands-on)

Canada Life; Toronto; On-site; CAD 114,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education reimbursement

Health benefits

Volunteer day

Pension plan

Share ownership

Employee discounts

Mentorship programs

Job summary

Canada Life is hiring a Senior Salesforce Technical Lead to drive the architecture and end-to-end lifecycle of our Salesforce-based product. You will lead a cross-functional team, contribute hands-on development in Apex and LWC, and guide best practices across integration and security.

This role requires 8+ years in software/ platform engineering and Salesforce expertise. The position offers a permanent full-time arrangement with Canada Life and a focus on modernization and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years' experience delivering software, integration or platform engineering solutions following a SDLC.
• Expert-level proficiency in Salesforce development including Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, Platform Events, Integration Patterns, REST APIs, and enterprise-scale solution design.
• Solid understanding of Salesforce Sales, Marketing and Service Clouds.
• Salesforce Platform Developer II and/or Salesforce Architect certifications
• Agile delivery experience
• Proficiency with software development techniques such as Unit Testing, Continuous Integration, Test-Driven Development and Automated Testing
• Be a technical thought leader, overseeing development and quality standards, including code reviews, code management, documentation, testing and product/platform-based monitoring and alerting
• Strong understanding of industry best practices
• Proven ability to develop and maintain collaborative business relationships
• Able to pivot and quickly change direction in response to changing priorities
• Experience coaching and mentoring software developers on requirements analysis, design patterns and development best practices
• Ability to communicate, verbally and in writing, complex concepts to a non-technical audience
• Experience working in financial services industry as an asset
• Reliability Status Security Clearance – this can only be completed with candidates who receive an offer of employment. This is a personal security status that is required as a condition of employment before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada website. The cost of submitting these checks will be covered by Canada Life.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team to develop, modify, configure and integrate solutions to meet business requirements and engineering specifications
• Collaborate with the business PO to plan product work, prioritizing tech debt and other technical vitalization items
• Deliver solution architecture artifacts that define non-functional requirements and implementations as well as end-to-end system and business impacts in collaboration with architects and other teams
• Remain hands-on with development activities including Apex, LWC, integrations, troubleshooting, proof-of-concepts, and code reviews to provide effective technical leadership and mentorship
• Maintain and enforce technology best practices, policies and procedures regarding coding standards, versioning, quality and configuration
• Drive product improvements that will accelerate delivery, increase quality, and reduce maintenance
• Collaborate closely with multiple teams to deliver solutions
• Build strong and trusted relationships with internal and external partners
• Focus on continuous learning and professional development
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to other team members
• Drive an agile mindset within the product stack that measures progress over perfection
• Hold yourself and your team accountable to contribute to the overall digital modernization of the organization
• Ensure solutions are enhanced, secured, and upgraded to evolve the roadmap

Skills

Salesforce development

Apex

Lightning Web Components

Flows

Platform Events

REST APIs

Integration patterns

Enterprise-scale design

Agile delivery

CI/CD

Unit testing

Code reviews

Mentoring

Communication

Jira

Confluence

GIT

Education

Post-secondary degree/diploma in business or computer science

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GIT

Job description

Canada Life is hiring a Senior Salesforce Technical Lead to drive the architecture and end-to-end lifecycle of our Salesforce-based product. You will lead a cross-functional team, contribute hands-on development in Apex and LWC, and guide best practices across integration and security.

This role requires 8+ years in software/ platform engineering and Salesforce expertise. The position offers a permanent full-time arrangement with Canada Life and a focus on modernization and collaboration with