Principal Salesforce Developer

Principal SalesForce Developer

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Business Justification:

To support Qualys’ continued growth and digital transformation initiatives, we require a Principal Salesforce Developer to lead the design and development of scalable, enterprise-grade solutions across our Salesforce ecosystem. This role is critical to ensure that Salesforce remains a reliable, integrated, and efficient platform supporting our global Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success organizations.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Principal Salesforce Developer to lead the design, architecture, and development of scalable solutions on the Salesforce platform. This role will serve as a technical leader within the Business Applications team driving innovation, ensuring the best platform practices, and enabling digital transformation across Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technologist who can architect end-to-end Salesforce solutions, mentor developers, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business value through technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert for Salesforce architecture, development, and integration initiatives.
• Architect, design, and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions across multiple Salesforce clouds (Sales, CPQ, Marketing, Experience, Service).
• Develop and maintain Apex classes, Lightning Web Components (LWCs), Flows, and APIs to deliver robust and efficient functionality.
• Collaborate with architects, business analysts, and admins to translate business requirements into well-architected technical designs.
• Define and enforce development standards, code quality, and CI/CD best practices using tools such as Git, Jenkins, Copado, Opsera.
• Oversee system integrations between Salesforce and other enterprise applications (ERP, billing, marketing, data platforms).
• Lead and mentor developers, conduct code reviews, and establish a culture of technical excellence.
• Evaluate new Salesforce releases, features, and AppExchange solutions; provide recommendations for adoption and roadmap planning.
• Contribute to governance, performance optimization, and data management strategies across the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Partner with IT leadership to ensure alignment of Salesforce capabilities with enterprise architecture and strategic goals.

Qualifications and Skills:

• 8 - 10 years of Salesforce development experience.
• Deep expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, REST/SOAP APIs, and Flows.
• Proven track record for designing and implementing large-scale, multi-cloud Salesforce solutions.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce data model, security model, and integration patterns.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience with API-led integrations (Boomi, Mulesoft etc.) and enterprise middleware.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps processes.

Experience Level

Senior Level