Principal Salesforce Developer

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world! **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.