Sr. Salesforce Developer (South Africa)

About Lyra Health

Lyra is transforming mental health care through technology with a human touch to help people feel emotionally healthy at work and at home. We work with industry leaders, such as Morgan Stanley, Uber, Amgen, and other Fortune 500 companies, to improve access to effective, high-quality mental health care for their employees and their families. With our innovative digital care platform and global provider network, 17 million people can receive the best care and feel better, faster. Founded by David Ebersman, former CFO of Facebook and Genentech, Lyra has raised more than $900 million.

About the Role:

Lyra Health is seeking a Senior Salesforce Developer to join our multicultural team. In this role, you will play a key part in designing, developing, and maintaining complex Salesforce solutions that hold the case data of 20,000 clinicians operating in over 150 countries. You will work as part of a dedicated team in partnership with colleagues in South Africa, the UK, and the US, and will collaborate with stakeholders, lead technical teams, and ensure the effective delivery of high-quality solutions.

This role can be carried out from our Johannesburg, SA office, hybrid, or fully remote/virtually. Remote candidates must be physically located within South Africa. Ideally, candidates would be able to attend pre-planned onsite meetings on occasion (Johannesburg).

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership:
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Lead the design, development, and implementation of complex Salesforce solutions.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines.
• Solution Architecture:
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Design scalable and maintainable Salesforce architectures, considering performance, security, and scalability factors.
• Custom Development:
• Develop custom Salesforce components using Apex, Lightning Web Components, and other relevant technologies.
• Create integrations with external systems using APIs, middleware, and other integration tools.
• Optimize Salesforce performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Innovation:
• Stay up-to-date with the latest Salesforce features and technologies.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and technological
• innovation.
• Contribute to the development of reusable components and frameworks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Salesforce development.
• 2+ years experience leading the efforts of junior developers
• Strong proficiency in Apex, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, and other
• relevant Salesforce technologies.
• Deep understanding of Salesforce architecture, data model, and security.
• Experience with integration platforms (e.g., Mulesoft, Workato, Jitterbit).
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and development tools (e.g., Git, Jira)
• Excellent problem solving and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Certified Administrator (preferred)
• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I (preferred)
• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II (Nice-to-have)
• Salesforce Certified Application Architect (Nice-to-have)
• Additional relevant certifications (e.g., Sales or Service Cloud Consultant)
• Experience working in an international company would be plus
• Experience working in a healthcare company would be a plus

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed as per the Lyra Health Workforce Privacy Notice. Through this application, to the extent permitted by law, we will collect personal information from you including, but not limited to, your name, email address, gender identity, employment information, and phone number for the purposes of recruiting and assessing suitability, aptitude, skills, qualifications, and interests for employment with Lyra. We may also collect information about your race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which is considered sensitive personal information under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and special category data under the UK and EU GDPR. Providing this information is optional and completely voluntary, and if you provide it you consent to Lyra processing it for the purposes as described at the point of collection, for example for diversity and inclusion initiatives. If you are a California resident and would like to limit how we use this information, please use the Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information form. This information will only be retained for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described above. Please note that Lyra does not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the CPRA. Outside of the United States, for example in the EU, Switzerland and the UK, you may have the right to request access to, or a copy of, your personal information, including in a portable format; request that we delete your information from our systems; object to or restrict processing of your information; or correct inaccurate or outdated personal information in our systems. These rights may be subject to legal limitations. To exercise your data privacy rights outside of the United States, please contact [email protected]. For more information about how we use and retain your information, please see our Workforce Privacy Notice."

The benefits available to those located in the South Africa. will be consistent with South Africa law and may vary from those located in other countries. Benefits will be provided in a manner consistent with applicable law.