Lead Salesforce Engineer

Safelite; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading vehicle repair company in Columbus, Ohio, is seeking a Lead Salesforce Engineer to provide technical leadership, manage engineering activities, and drive project design. Candidates should have 7–9 years of experience with Salesforce integrations, excellent analytical and communication skills, and a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. This full-time role offers opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years of experience with Salesforce integrations and third‑party tools.
• Prior experience in configuration management and release coordination.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to program and project teams for Salesforce.
• Lead team engineering activities through direction and delegation.
• Collaborate with IT Leadership and other engineers to improve architecture.

Skills

Salesforce integrations

APIs

Data migration

System integration

Jira

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

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A Brief Overview

The Lead Salesforce Engineer at Safelite works on an agile technology team and focuses on building and operating digital experiences (websites and/or mobile apps) for Safelite clients and consumers. They possess deep technical knowledge of Salesforce and its integrations; they lead teams and supervise work on large projects across multiple teams; and accomplish work through direction, delegation, and influence. They help set and maintain standards for the entire organization.

The Lead Salesforce Engineer successfully manages cross‑team commitments and work completion, improves productivity of teammates across multiple teams, collaborates on major projects within and between teams, and is consulted for large projects and called in to solve tricky problems.

What You Will Do

• Provide technical leadership to program, project, or development team for Salesforce.
• Lead team engineering activities through direction, influence, and delegation.
• Drive overall project design and estimates that meet both business and technology strategy needs during project scoping phases; collaborate with other IT teams to design integrations between applications.
• Read specs and write code according to specification using patterns and languages approved by Technical Lead and Architect; adhere to best practices and end‑user requirements.
• Lead the design process that generates application functional and technical specifications (JAD, Three Amigos).
• Collaborate with Product Owner, UX, IT Leadership, and business stakeholders to plan changes to a product for enhancements and new features; demonstrate business knowledge by actively participating and providing relevant suggestions and insight.
• Collaborate with IT Leadership and other Lead and Senior Engineers to improve overall architecture, design, and processes within the Digital organization.
• Coach and train members of the engineering team on code structure, patterns; review and approve pull requests, and provide feedback on overall code quality.
• Ensure security guidelines, compliance, and other business standards are followed to support the application.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 7–9 years of experience with Salesforce integrations and third‑party tools, including knowledge of APIs, data migration, and system integration across Salesforce clouds (preferred).
• Prior experience in configuration management, and release coordination (required).
• Familiarity with managing or supporting licensing and permission management in Salesforce Service Cloud and other platforms (required).
• Previous experience working across solutions or coordinating across different product areas; cross‑cloud Salesforce experience a plus.
• Salesforce Service Cloud Knowledge.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving abilities, with a data‑driven mindset.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience with Jira.

Additional Information

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Information Technology
• Industry: Vehicle Repair and Maintenance