Salesforce Technical Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North America.

📋 Description

• Act as the technical leader for our Salesforce ecosystem, responsible for solution design and ensuring compliance with platform best practices and architectural guidelines.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to grasp strategic goals and convert them into scalable Salesforce solutions across various clouds.

• Spearhead the design and governance of data models, automation strategies, and integration frameworks (both point-to-point and middleware-based).

• Offer technical direction to administrators, developers, and cross-functional project teams, ensuring alignment and consistency across initiatives.

• Supervise the technical facets of Salesforce releases, including platform updates, feature deprecations, end-of-life timelines, and assessing new features for potential incorporation.

• Establish and uphold development and deployment best practices, encompassing CI/CD pipelines, version control, and sandbox strategies.

• Conduct code reviews, performance enhancements, and technical troubleshooting for intricate issues.

• Work in conjunction with engineering teams on integrations between Salesforce and our other platforms (both third-party and in-house), defining APIs, data flows, and error handling procedures.

• Maintain a robust security and compliance posture for the platform, performing regular audits and implementing preventative measures.

• Assist in the development and upkeep of comprehensive technical documentation, solution diagrams, and governance policies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 6 years of Salesforce experience, with a minimum of 2 years in a leadership, solution design, or architecture-focused position.

• Multiple Salesforce certifications — Advanced Administrator, Platform App Builder, Sales or Service Cloud Consultant are required; Application Architect or progress towards it is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated success in designing scalable solutions utilizing Salesforce configuration and custom development (Apex, LWC, API integrations).

• Strong understanding of Salesforce data modeling, sharing/security model, governor limits, and performance considerations.

• Practical experience with DevOps tools for Salesforce (Gearset, Copado, or similar), CI/CD, and version control.

• Exceptional facilitation skills — capable of leading discovery workshops, conveying technical concepts to non-technical audiences, and documenting solutions clearly.

• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities, with a collaborative mindset.

• Experience working in a multi-environment (Production + multiple sandboxes) setup with a clearly defined release process.

• A systems-thinking approach, balancing immediate business requirements with long-term platform health and scalability.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• A work-from-home stipend.

• Parental leave.

• Ample paid time off to recharge.