Contractor Lead Salesforce Developer
IndSAfri is hiring a remote Contractor Lead Salesforce Developer. The career level for this job opening is Expert and is accepting Johannesburg, South Africa based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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We seek a Lead Salesforce Developer to design, develop, and implement Salesforce solutions in a banking environment.
This role requires strong leadership and deep technical expertise to deliver secure, scalable, high-performance Salesforce solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Provide Salesforce solutions that solve complex business needs.
- Translate business requirements into Salesforce solutions.
- Use Trailblazer Community and/or Trailhead platform.
- Collaborate with squads during design and delivery.
- Lead the design and hands-on development of Salesforce applications, ensuring high-quality solutions.
- Develop custom Apex classes, triggers, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Salesforce integrations.
- Provide technical leadership to a team of Salesforce developers and conduct code reviews.
- Develop and maintain integrations with banking systems and third-party tools using REST, SOAP, and middleware.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze and translate business requirements.
- Manage Salesforce environments, including sandbox setup, deployments, and optimization.
- Ensure compliance with banking regulations and security standards.
- Oversee data modeling, workflows, automation, and access controls.
Background and experience required:
- 7+ years of experience
- 5+ years industry experience
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering, or related field
- Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer I/II, System Architect preferred)
- 5-7 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience, with 2+ years in a leadership role
- Expertise in Salesforce technologies (Apex, Aura, LWC, SOQL/SOSL, APIs)
- Proven experience integrating Salesforce with external systems (preferably in banking/financial services)
- Familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD practices for Salesforce deployments
- Experience in branching and merging strategies
- Experience in regulated industries (banking/finance preferred)