Senior Salesforce Developer

About the role

The Ward Law Group is an award-winning personal injury law firm headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida, with offices in New York and Orlando. We are committed to fostering a collaborative, fast-paced, and high-accountability culture where technology, innovation, and continuous improvement drive exceptional results for our clients.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy custom Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, SOQL, SOSL, and Salesforce APIs.
• Build scalable applications, custom business logic, and reusable components that support legal operations and business growth.
• Develop and maintain integrations between Salesforce/Litify and third-party applications using REST APIs, Platform Events, middleware, and web services.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions and system architecture.
• Customize and extend the Litify platform to improve workflows, automate business processes, and enhance user experience.
• Develop advanced automation using Apex Triggers, Flow, asynchronous processing, and batch jobs while following Salesforce development best practices.
• Optimize application performance, troubleshoot production issues, and resolve complex technical problems.
• Manage source control, deployments, and release management using Salesforce DX, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tools.
• Develop custom reports, dashboards, and data solutions that provide executive leadership with real-time business intelligence.
• Maintain high standards for code quality through unit testing, automated testing, and documentation.
• Collaborate closely with IT, Operations, Leadership, and external vendors on strategic technology initiatives and system enhancements.
• Stay current with Salesforce platform releases, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve the platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Salesforce Development experience.
• Minimum 2 years developing solutions within Litify or another highly customized Salesforce application.
• Strong experience developing with: Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, SOQL, SOSL, Salesforce APIs.
• Experience developing custom REST and SOAP integrations.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture and platform capabilities.
• Experience designing custom objects, custom metadata, custom settings, and complex data models.
• Experience building asynchronous processes using Queueable Apex, Batch Apex, Future Methods, and Scheduled Apex.
• Experience with Salesforce security architecture, including profiles, permission sets, sharing rules, role hierarchy, and field-level security.
• Experience using Salesforce DX, Git, and modern source control practices.
• Experience deploying code using CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and software design skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work onsite Monday-Friday (8:30 AM-5:30 PM) in New York City.