Senior Salesforce Developer

Job Title: Senior Salesforce DeveloperJob Type: Contract- HYBRIDLocation: Indianapolis, IN 46204Job Duration: 1 year Pay rate: $33.99/hr-$63.49/hr Job Description: This role ensures the platform remains secure, stable, scalable, and compliant with all technology governance requirements. The developer will lead major technical initiatives, improve integration pipelines, modernize workflows, and build internal technical capacity through structured training and documentation. Ideal candidates bring deep hands‑on expertise, architectural thinking, and a proven ability to support mission‑critical enterprise systems.Key Responsibilities1. Application Support & MaintenanceProvide expert-level troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and resolution of platform issues across Salesforce core, Experience Cloud, integrations, and custom components.Maintain platform stability by monitoring jobs, logs, APIs, errors, governor limits, and overall system performance.Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, SOPs, data dictionaries, workflow inventories, and system configurations.Conduct proactive maintenance, including refactoring, technical debt reduction, performance tuning, and remediation of security findings.2. Development, Enhancements & ModernizationArchitect, design, and implement new features using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, permission models, and data structures.Lead code reviews, enforce secure coding standards, and ensure high test coverage and adherence to best practices.Own and manage multi‑environment release cycles (Dev, QA, UAT, Staging, Prod) using CI/CD pipelines and version control.Translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable, and compliant technical solutions.3. Integration & InteroperabilityDesign, support, and optimize API-based integrations, including MuleSoft or similar middleware frameworks.Ensure reliable and secure data exchange between Salesforce and external systems involved in reporting, surveillance, analytics, and operational workflows.Monitor API health, throughput, rate limits, and error handling; implement resilience patterns such as retries, queueing, and payload optimization.Maintain integration mapping documentation, interface specifications, and versioning strategies. Forecast license needs for user growth, new modules, and future integrations. Skill Required- Professional experience in enterprise application developmentDedicated Salesforce experienceDeep expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, SOQL/SOSL, and advanced configuration.Senior-level experience supporting large, complex Salesforce environments with strict SLAs and high security requirementsStrong technical background in API design, integration patterns, middleware, and enterprise data exchange.Knowledge of security hardening, identity governance, encryption strategies, and auditability in compliance-driven environments.Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, environment promotion, and DevOps practices.Ability to create architecture diagrams, technical design documents, process flows, and well structured operational documentation.Strong proficiency with Salesforce license models and platform optimization strategies.Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to train and mentor technical staff.Advanced Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer II, Experience Cloud Consultant, Integration Architect, Identity & Access Management).Background in public-sector technology, regulated environments, or statewide system modernizations.Experience with observability tools, error monitoring platforms, and secure cloud integration patterns.Familiarity with SRE practices, resilience engineering, and performance benchmarking.