Lead Salesforce Developer

Lead Salesforce Developer

Shift4 is expanding globally and we are building up our Salesforce teams! We are seeking a Lead Salesforce Developer to drive the development and optimization of our Salesforce platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives while mentoring and coaching a high-performing development team. This role requires hands-on expertise across multiple Salesforce clouds, strong architectural decision-making, and a passion for fostering technical excellence within the team.

As a Lead Salesforce Developer, you will be responsible for developing solutions within the Salesforce platform using a declarative first, code when required mindset. This position is part of an agile team where all developers have a voice and are required to give feedback and analysis on the solution and discover better ways of working.

To ensure success in this role, you should have extensive experience working with Salesforce, application development skills, and the ability to solve complex software problems in medium to large scale multi-tenant orgs on major projects.

This role can be based at any of the following Shift4 locations: Las Vegas, NV / Center Valley, PA / Atlanta, GA / Morrisville, NC or Tampa, FL   Remote based work may be considered in certain situations. Relocation assistance may be available. 

Scope of the role:

• Technical Leadership & Mentorship:
• Lead and mentor a team of Salesforce developers, providing guidance on best practices, code quality, and scalable solutions.
• Conduct regular code reviews and provide constructive feedback to elevate team performance.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning by coaching developers on Salesforce technologies, design patterns, and best practices.
• Salesforce Development & Architecture:
• Develop and maintain Salesforce solutions across Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
• Advocate for a declarative-first approach, leveraging Flows, OmniScript, Apex, LWC, and other Salesforce technologies.
• Design scalable solutions and integrate Salesforce with external systems using Change Data Capture and Platform Events (MuleSoft development is out of scope).
• Agile & Process Improvement:
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, actively contributing to user story refinement and identifying gaps in business requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure technical solutions meet business needs efficiently.
• Advocate for and enforce coding standards, ensuring well-structured, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Quality Assurance & Support:
• Oversee unit and integration testing to achieve target test coverage and maintain platform reliability.
• Debug and resolve issues in both development and production environments, ensuring minimal disruption to business processes.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and leverage Jira for issue tracking and workflow transparency.

 Qualifications:

• 7+ years as a Salesforce Developer
• 5+ years of Salesforce project development experience (not just enhancement development or incident resolution).
• Strong leadership experience, with a proven track record of coaching and mentoring developers.
• Strong Salesforce customization and configuration experience with specialization in at least 2 or more of the following Salesforce modules: Financial Services Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud.
• Certified Salesforce Platform Developer II.
• Proven integration experience using integration techniques such as REST APIs, SOAP APIs, oAuth, Single Sign-On.
• Proficiency with Git-based version control and CI/CD tools like Gearset.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an agile DevOps environment and manage agile task assignments.

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