Salesforce Developer

Mindlance; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 103,320 - 110,208; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm in Virginia seeks an experienced Salesforce Developer to design and implement applications supporting business requirements. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of Salesforce development experience, proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, and LWC, and strong problem-solving skills. This mid-senior level contract position offers a competitive pay range of $75-$80 per hour and the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with potential extensions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience.
• Experience with Salesforce APIs, OAuth, and integration patterns.
• Deep understanding of Salesforce architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement Salesforce applications.
• Resolve defects during testing cycles.
• Analyze complex business requirements to generate technical specifications.

Skills

Salesforce development experience

Apex proficiency

Visualforce proficiency

Lightning Web Components (LWC)

SOQL/SOSL proficiency

Salesforce APIs knowledge

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Problem-solving skills

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Salesforce

Git

Job description

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Base pay range

$75.00/hr - $80.00/hr

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Duration: 09+ Months (possible extensions)

Job Description:

The client is seeking a Salesforce Developer to design, develop, and implement applications using Salesforce to support business requirements. Developer V performs high complexity (i.e. system level applications) analysis, design, development and unit testing of software applications from user requirements and design documents. The candidate also resolves defects encountered during various testing cycles.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience.
• Proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and SOQL/SOSL.
• Experience with Salesforce APIs (REST/SOAP), OAuth, and integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, including governor limits and security.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Salesforce DX).
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Certifications (Highly Preferred):

• Salesforce Platform Developer I & II
• Salesforce Application Architect or System Architect

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead projects and work independently.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications.
• Act as an expert technical resource for modeling, simulation and analysis efforts.
• Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution.
• Assure quality security and compliance requirements are met for supported area.
• Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment.
• Adapt to change quickly and adjust work accordingly in a positive manner.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
• 10+ years’ experience required.
• Development experience in needed language or technology (e.g. - WebSphere, Informatica etc.).
• Hands on experience in designing, developing and successful deployment of large scale projects from end-to-end.
• Hands on experience in following the iterative and agile SDLC.
• 2+ experience in the Salesforce platform (development experience must exceed 5 years)
• Knowledge in SOAP API, REST API, and Bulk API
• Experience integration Salesforce with 3rd party APIs
• Experience with development tools such as Visual Force, Git
• Deep understanding of the limitations on the Salesforce platform, specifically with governor limits and best practices in delivering solutions.
• Familiar with Salesforce Administration: configuration, standard data model, security, and automation such as validation rules, workflows, and process flows.
• Proficient with at least a one other backend language or environment (e.g. Java, Python, Node, etc.)
• Experience in working with complex Salesforce environments
• Experience working on multiple projects, ability to QA your own work and others, and follow best practices
• You pride yourself in writing clean code, test thoroughly, strong documentation, and high test coverage
• Conducts code review in accordance with recommendations.
• Some experience with LWC (Lightning Web Components)

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology and Other

Industries

Financial Services and Banking

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