Senior Engineering leader - Salesforce

VidPro Tech & Hr Solutions Private Limited; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading human resources solutions company is seeking an Engineering Leader (Salesforce) based in Gurugram, India. The role requires 20+ years of experience in software engineering and expertise in Salesforce, including managing mid-large teams. You will lead SFDC initiatives, mentor your team, and ensure seamless collaboration among product, engineering, and business units. The ideal candidate will possess a Master’s degree in Computer Science and have a passion for building innovative solutions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 20+ years relevant work experience in software engineering.
• 5+ years managing mid-large teams.
• Extensive experience on the Salesforce platform.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to major SFDC initiatives.
• Manage design through deployment phases.
• Guide and mentor team members.

Skills

Technical leadership for SFDC initiatives

Team management and mentoring

Agile development

Salesforce platform expertise

Excellent communication skills

Education

B.Tech/B.E./Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Salesforce

Apex

Lightning Flows

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Job description

Base Pay Range

Location: Chennai

Experience: 20 - 25 Years

Job Description

As an Engineering Leader (Salesforce), you'll own the end-to-end success of your product lines, help define, implement, manage and deliver systems that help accomplish its goals. You will manage design through deployment phases of a scalable, high-performance, multi-tenant platform and interact with other engineering teams to leverage expertise and contribute back to the open source tech community.

What you’ll do

• Provide technical leadership to major SFDC initiatives, review platform architecture and work with engineers to drive business value.
• Ensure great chemistry among product, engineering, and business, and build synergies between business and engineering.
• Build and manage high-performance teams of engineers, driving the team to achieve and exceed identified goals.
• Guide and mentor the team members, acting as a coach and focusing on growth plans.
• Encourage and reward bottom-up innovation, catalyzing and creating space for people to innovate.
• Lead functional and technical workshops, demonstrating leadership skills in designing, delivering, testing, and deploying.
• Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party partners.
• Highlight and manage risk areas in the solution proactively and commit to seeing an issue through to completion.
• Document As-Is business processes, business requirements, and solution designs for the Salesforce platform.
• Own the team's output and deliverables in terms of timelines and quality.
• Create a culture of high ownership and responsiveness for production support.

What do you need to succeed

• B.Tech/B.E./Master's Degree in Computer Science or similar discipline.
• 20+ years relevant work experience in software engineering and 5+ years managing mid-large teams.
• Extensive experience working on SFDC, including 10+ years on the Salesforce platform and 6+ years in Service Cloud; Marketing Cloud experience is a plus.
• Good experience with Salesforce/Apex, Triggers, Lightning Flows, Lightning LWC, and modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web Components) and mobile technologies.
• Familiarity with SOAP/REST APIs and Microservices ecosystem.
• Salesforce Developer and/or Advanced Developer certification preferred.
• Comfortable with Agile development and Scrum process.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills; ability to produce clear, concise communications and documentation.
• Highly effective at working in cross-functional, cross-geographical organizations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with diverse cultures, and adapt to uncertainty and change.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Human Resources Services