Salesforce Developer

Salesforce Developer

Location: Dallas, TX - onsite

Must Haves: Salesforce Development, Salesforce API Integrations, Lightning. Past clients will be the distinguisher- as close to the Amazon bar.

Role Overview

The team is seeking an experienced Salesforce Developer to support the development, customization, integration, and ongoing enhancement of enterprise-scale Salesforce applications. This person should be a strong hands-on developer who can build solutions using Apex and Lightning, integrate Salesforce with other systems, and contribute to automated build, testing, and deployment processes. The contractor will work within a cross-functional Scrum environment supporting iterative application releases and integrations across the Salesforce ecosystem. The strongest candidates will bring deep technical Salesforce development experience, hands-on Lightning expertise, and a proven background integrating Salesforce with external applications and services.

Top Three Must-Have Skills

1. Salesforce Development

• 5 to 7 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience
• Strong experience with Apex, Visualforce, triggers, batch Apex, Salesforce APIs, and Force.com
• Ability to develop, customize, implement, and support enterprise Salesforce applications

2. Lightning Development

• Hands-on experience building applications using Lightning
• Experience with Lightning components, Lightning events, the Lightning Framework, and Salesforce Lightning Design System
• Strong Apex coding skills

3. Salesforce Integrations

• Experience integrating Salesforce with external systems
• Hands-on knowledge of REST, SOAP, Bulk, and Streaming APIs
• Experience with MuleSoft, ETL processes, or comparable third-party integration tools is highly valuable

The intake form stack-ranks Salesforce development first, Lightning experience second, and integration experience third.

Additional Technical Requirements

• Experience contributing to the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale technical infrastructure
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build processes
• Experience developing web services and API-based solutions
• Ability to support integrations across the native Salesforce ecosystem
• Experience working with continuous integration, automation, and deployment processes
• Ability to collaborate with a cross-functional Scrum team through iterative release cycles
• Experience maintaining and enhancing Salesforce Service Cloud applications

Preferred Qualification

• Salesforce Platform Developer II certification preferred

Candidate Profile to Target

• Prioritize candidates who can demonstrate:
• Recent, hands-on Salesforce development rather than primarily administrative or declarative experience
• Strong Apex coding ability with production-level examples
• Direct experience building within the Lightning framework
• Complex systems integration experience using multiple API types
• Experience working in a structured CI/CD environment
• Ownership of technical analysis, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and production support
• Effective collaboration with developers, product partners, and other stakeholders in an Agile or Scrum environment

Recruiter Screening Focus

• Recruiters should confirm:
• Total years of hands-on Salesforce development experience
• Recency and depth of Apex coding
• Lightning application and component development experience
• Specific Salesforce integration projects completed
• APIs used, including REST, SOAP, Bulk, or Streaming APIs
• Experience with MuleSoft, ETL, or third-party integration platforms
• CI/CD tools and deployment processes used
• Salesforce Service Cloud experience
• Platform Developer II certification status
• Dallas-area location and willingness to complete an onsite interview
• Availability to begin an ASAP nine-month assignment

Potential Disqualifiers

• Primarily a Salesforce Administrator with limited custom development experience
• Less than five years of hands-on Salesforce development
• Limited Apex coding experience
• No substantive Lightning development experience
• No Salesforce integration experience
• Unable to participate in an onsite interview in the Dallas area
• Compensation requirements above the approved range