Job Opening: Senior Salesforce Developer / Expert

Job Title: Senior Salesforce Developer / Expert
Location: Durham, NC (Hybrid)
Contract Type: Long-Term

Job Overview:

NCDHHS ITD is seeking a highly experienced Senior Salesforce Developer / Expert to lead the DCDEE Early Education Integration System project. This role is critical in designing and delivering secure, scalable, and user-focused Salesforce solutions that align with the organization's digital strategy. The Senior Salesforce Developer will bridge strategic business needs with robust solution architecture, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver enterprise-grade, sustainable solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect end-to-end Salesforce solutions and define technical strategies.

• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Tech Leads, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical architecture and solutions.

• Lead the design and implementation of complex API-based integrations connecting Salesforce with external systems.

• Ensure solutions comply with data security, performance, and scalability standards (e.g., backup strategies, recovery plans).

• Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout solution design and implementation.

• Provide guidance on when to use standard Salesforce functionality vs. custom development.

• Develop high-quality technical documentation, data models, and solution diagrams.

• Lead code reviews, design sessions, release planning, and technical workshops.

• Collaborate in Agile teams for backlog refinement, user story decomposition, and acceptance criteria definition.

• Assist in Salesforce environment setup and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like Copado.

• Serve as a hands-on technical expert and provide cross-functional leadership for the Salesforce ecosystem.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Certifications:

  • Salesforce Technical Architect or Application Architect

  • Salesforce Integration Architect

  • Salesforce Platform Developer II

  • Salesforce Platform App Builder

  • Copado Certification

  • MuleSoft I and II Certifications
    
    

• Experience (Minimum 7 years):

  • Architecting and developing complex Salesforce platform solutions.

  • Extensive expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura Components, Flows, SOSL, SOQL, and Salesforce Admin.

  • Strong experience in Salesforce configuration and development best practices.

  • Object-oriented design patterns and languages (Apex, Java, JavaScript, C#, Ruby).

  • Data migration strategies and common ETL tools.

  • Mobile solutions architecture, with a good understanding of on-platform mobile considerations.

  • Salesforce Shield and Lightning experience.
    
    

• Additional Experience (Minimum 5 years):

  • Salesforce DevOps practices and CI/CD pipeline implementation.

  • Accessibility laws and WCAG 2.1 compliance.

  • GitHub/BitBucket version control systems.

  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).