Salesforce Architect / Lead Developer

Our client has a need for Senior Salesforce Architect / Lead Developer, who will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and supporting existing Salesforce platform customizations and integrations, as well as designing and delivering new solutions to meet evolving business needs. Duties of the Senior Salesforce Architect / Lead Developer position may include but shall not be limited to the following: This is a hands-on role requiring strong technical expertise, sound architectural judgment, and excellent communication skills.

Our client has a need for Senior Salesforce Architect / Lead Developer, who will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and supporting existing Salesforce platform customizations and integrations, as well as designing and delivering new solutions to meet evolving business needs. This role requires gathering and analyzing business requirements, identifying process gaps and pain points, and translating them into scalable, high-quality technical solutions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties of the Senior Salesforce Architect / Lead Developer position may include but shall not be limited to the following:

This is a hands-on role requiring strong technical expertise, sound architectural judgment, and excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate must be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Strong experience designing and implementing solutions on the Salesforce Platform, Service Cloud, Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (with emphasis on Licensing, Permitting, and Inspections (LPI))

Experience working within Salesforce Government Cloud environments

Deep understanding/expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, REST/SOAP APIs, and enterprise integration patterns

Advanced experience with Service Cloud and Salesforce Platform

Expertise in Salesforce DX, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Git-based version control

Strong background in data migration, large data volume (LDV) strategy, and performance optimization

Proficiency with automation tools (Flow, Workflow, Process Builder), ensuring scalable, maintainable solutions

Experience with ETL/middleware tools and secure API integrations

Strong command of Salesforce security architecture, including role hierarchy, sharing rules, and compliance frameworks

Desirable Qualifications and Core Competencies:

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Salesforce design, development, and maintenance across the full software development life cycle, including requirements analysis, technical design, and implementation. Responsibilities may include developing new Salesforce applications and customizations, enhancing existing solutions, conducting testing, building prototypes, and preparing technical documentation and user manuals related to Salesforce application development.

Technical Expertise

5+ years of hands-on Salesforce development and architecture experience, including complex public sector implementations

Strong experience designing and implementing solutions on the Salesforce Platform, Service Cloud, Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (with emphasis on Licensing, Permitting, and Inspections (LPI))

Experience working within Salesforce Government Cloud environments

Deep understanding/expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, REST/SOAP APIs, and enterprise integration patterns

Advanced experience with Service Cloud and Salesforce Platform

Expertise in Salesforce DX, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Git-based version control

Strong background in data migration, large data volume (LDV) strategy, and performance optimization

Proficiency with automation tools (Flow, Workflow, Process Builder), ensuring scalable, maintainable solutions

Experience with ETL/middleware tools and secure API integrations

Strong command of Salesforce security architecture, including role hierarchy, sharing rules, and compliance frameworks

Leadership & Strategic Capabilities

Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical architecture

Experience working directly with stakeholders, business leaders, and executive teams

Strong decision-making skills in high-impact, fast-paced environments

Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple concurrent initiatives

Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills