Lead Application Developer

qualys; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualys, Inc. in Pune is seeking an experienced Salesforce administrator/developer to own and optimize the Salesforce environment, driving scalable solutions and ensuring code quality.

You will collaborate across Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Customer Success to deliver automation, dashboards, and integrations, while following governance and release management best practices. The role emphasizes hands-on development, CI/CD deployments, and mentoring junior engineers to strengthen our cloud

Qualifications

• BE or equivalent in engineering or relevant field.
• Salesforce Administrator Certification and Salesforce PD1 required; additional certifications are a plus.
• 7–12 years of experience in Salesforce administration/development with hands-on CI/CD deployment.
• Experience with Sales, Service, Marketing, Experience, and CPQ Clouds.
• Familiarity with Salesforce best practices, governance, and release management.
• Active involvement in the Salesforce community is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and support the organization’s Salesforce environment with configuration of objects, fields, page layouts, validation rules, workflows, sharing rules, and permission sets.
• Manage user access, roles, profiles, and data governance to maintain system integrity.
• Ensure data accuracy and cleanliness through validation rules, deduplication, imports/exports, audits, and backups.
• Tailor Salesforce to business requirements by configuring interfaces, metadata, objects, and layouts.
• Design declarative automation using Flows and approvals to streamline operations.
• Build and maintain reports and dashboards for actionable insights across business units.
• Coordinate weekly deployments using CI/CD tools, with data loads and configuration validation.
• Support integration of Salesforce with third‑party tools for smooth data flow.
• Identify and remediate technical debt for long-term scalability.
• Investigate and resolve production issues and cross‑functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Customer Success.
• Mentor junior team members in daily activities and troubleshooting.

Skills

Salesforce administration

Salesforce development

CI/CD experience

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

BE or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Service Cloud

Salesforce CPQ Cloud

Salesforce Experience Cloud

Job description

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world!

Job Description

Qualys, Inc is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security, and compliance solutions with over 10,000 active customers in more than 130 countries, including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and consolidate their security and compliance solutions in a single platform and build security into digital transformation initiatives for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings.

The ideal candidate possesses in-depth Salesforce technical knowledge and should drive remediation of technical debt and deliver scalable Salesforce solutions as an individual contributor. Ensure code quality, performance, and maintainability through hands‑on development and technical expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• System Management: Own and support the organization's Salesforce environment through comprehensive administrative functions including the configuration of custom objects, fields, record types, page layouts, validation rules, workflows, approval processes, sharing rules, and permission sets.
• User Access & Security: Manage user lifecycle including creation, roles, profiles, permission sets, and data access governance to maintain system integrity and compliance.
• Data Stewardship: Ensure data accuracy and cleanliness through validation rules, deduplication strategies, data import/export, and regular audits and backups.
• Platform Customization: Tailor Salesforce to business requirements by configuring user interfaces, custom metadata, objects, and page layouts to support operational workflows.
• Process Automation: Design and implement declarative automation using Salesforce Flows and approval processes to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
• Reporting & Analytics: Build and maintain reports and dashboards to deliver actionable insights to stakeholders; ensure availability of self-service analytics for key business units.
• System Maintenance/Deployments: Perform routine platform maintenance, apply critical patches, and manage seasonal releases to maintain stability and performance.
• Coordinate and execute weekly deployments using CI/CD tools, including manual pre- and post-deployment steps such as data loads, configuration validation, etc.
• Integration Oversight: Support the integration of Salesforce with third‑party tools, ensuring smooth data flow and consistent performance across platforms.
• Technical Debt Management: Identify areas of technical debt in the Salesforce ecosystem and remediate and optimize for long‑term scalability.
• Issue Triage & Debugging: Investigate and resolve production issues, bugs, or integration failures in a timely and structured manner.
• Cross-Functional Support: Partner with stakeholders in Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Customer Success to define enhancement needs, evaluate feasibility, and support delivery.
• Mentorship: Mentoring junior team members in day‑to‑day activities including but not limited to overall operational support, debugging, and troubleshooting tasks.

Soft Skills & Collaboration

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage cross‑functional stakeholders and end users.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.

Strong analytical mindset with a proactive approach to problem‑solving.

Qualifications

• B.E. or equivalent
• Salesforce Administrator Certification and Salesforce PD1 are required; additional Salesforce certifications preferred.
• 7-12 years of experience working in Salesforce administration/development , with hands‑on exposure to Salesforce deployment using CI/CD or changesets considered a strong plus.
• Experience with Sales, Service, Marketing, Experience, and/or CPQ Clouds .
• Familiarity with Salesforce best practices, governance standards, and release management.
• Demonstrated ability to stay current with Salesforce platform updates and innovations.
• Active involvement in the Salesforce community is a plus.

Work Location

Position is based in Pune, with in‑office presence as per company policy.