Salesforce Lead Developer

Blue5Green; Plainsboro Township (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue5Green is seeking a hands-on Salesforce engineer to lead technical delivery toward an Architect-level career. You will own the Salesforce workstream from design through production, while remaining deeply involved with Apex, LWC, integrations, automation, and platform engineering.

Based in New Jersey (Plainsboro Township), you will mentor developers, participate in architecture discussions, and partner with analysts, QA, DevOps and product owners to ensure scalable, secure solutions that meet

Qualifications

• Hands-on Salesforce development experience with Apex, LWC, and Flows.
• Strong understanding of security, data modeling, governor limits and scalable patterns.
• Proven experience with integrations (REST/SOAP) and platform events.
• Experience leading a development team while contributing code is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical delivery of Salesforce features from design through deployment and production support.
• Translate requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions and architectures.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and engineering discussions.
• Mentor developers and raise engineering standards across the team.
• Design and support integrations via REST/SOAP, Middleware, Platform Events, CDC.

Skills

Apex

LWC

Flows

SOQL/SOSL

Security

Data modeling

Platform architecture

Integrations

REST APIs

Platform Events

CDC

CI/CD

Git

Automated testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related

Tools

Salesforce DX

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Lead hands-on Salesforce engineering while developing toward an Architect-level role. This position owns technical delivery for a Salesforce workstream, makes sound design decisions, mentors developers, participates in architecture discussions, and remains deeply hands-on with Apex, LWC, integrations, automation, and platform engineering. The role is expected to lead the technical delivery, not simply review code.

Core Expectations for All Roles

• Excellent verbal and written communication, with the ability to communicate clearly with U.S.-based business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration skills across business, product, architecture, development, QA, DevOps, and delivery teams.
• Professional, proactive, and accountable approach to delivery, issue resolution, and stakeholder commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical delivery of Salesforce features and workstreams from solution design through deployment and production support.
• Translate functional requirements into scalable, secure, maintainable Salesforce technical solutions.
• Design and implement complex solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, SOQL/SOSL, platform events, and Salesforce configuration.
• Remain hands-on in development and personally deliver complex or high-risk technical components.
• Define technical approaches, design patterns, data models, integration patterns, error-handling strategies, and non-functional requirements.
• Partner with Salesforce Solution/Technical Architects and actively develop the skills and experience required for an Architect role.
• Lead technical design reviews, code reviews, solution walkthroughs, and engineering discussions.
• Mentor developers, raise engineering standards, and provide technical guidance on complex issues.
• Design and support integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, Platform Events, CDC, and other appropriate Salesforce patterns.
• Ensure solutions are bulk-safe, governor-limit compliant, secure, performant, and scalable.
• Support CI/CD, Salesforce DX, Git-based development, automated testing, deployment readiness, and environment consistency.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and lead root-cause analysis and remediation.
• Work closely with Business Analysts, QA, DevOps, Product Owners, and Project Managers to ensure technical delivery aligns with business commitments.
• Communicate technical concepts, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to estimation, sprint planning, release planning, technical documentation, and continuous engineering improvement.

Required Skills & Experience

• Deep hands-on expertise in Apex, LWC, Flows, SOQL/SOSL, Salesforce security, data modeling, and platform architecture.
• Strong experience with integrations, REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, asynchronous Apex, Platform Events, and CDC.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce governor limits, bulkification, performance, scalability, and enterprise design patterns.
• Experience with Salesforce DX, Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and release/deployment processes.
• Ability to lead a development team while continuing to contribute hands-on code.
• Strong communication, technical leadership, mentoring, decision-making, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience with enterprise Salesforce implementations and complex integrations is preferred.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline is preferred. Equivalent professional experience may be considered.