Salesforce Technical Lead - Coimbatore

Salesforce Technical Lead
Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Experience: 5–8 Years
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Mode: On-site / Hybrid
About the Role
We are looking for a hands-on Salesforce Technical Lead to join our Salesforce engineering team in Coimbatore.
The Technical Lead will be responsible for leading the technical implementation of Salesforce projects across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud and other Salesforce platforms.
The ideal candidate should have strong Salesforce development expertise along with experience in MuleSoft, CI/CD, DevOps, integrations and Salesforce release management. Strong communication and client-facing skills are essential.
Key ResponsibilitiesSalesforce Technical Leadership
Lead the technical implementation of Salesforce projects from design through production.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Salesforce developers.
Review technical designs and development approaches.
Conduct code reviews and enforce development standards.
Troubleshoot complex Salesforce issues.
Identify technical risks, dependencies and scalability concerns.
Work closely with Solution Architects, BAs, PMs, QA and clients.
Salesforce Development
Strong hands-on experience with:
Apex
Lightning Web Components (LWC)
Salesforce Flow
SOQL/SOSL
Triggers
Batch, Queueable and Scheduled Apex
Platform Events
REST/SOAP APIs
Salesforce Security & Sharing
Custom Metadata Types
Salesforce DX / Salesforce CLI
Salesforce Clouds
Strong experience in one or more of:
Sales Cloud
Service Cloud
Marketing Cloud
Experience Cloud
Data Cloud
Agentforce
Revenue Cloud / CPQ
Field Service
MuleSoft & Integration
Hands-on experience with MuleSoft and Salesforce integrations.
Good understanding of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
Experience with REST and SOAP APIs.
Understanding of API-led integration and integration patterns.
Experience with authentication, error handling and retry mechanisms.
Ability to troubleshoot issues across Salesforce and middleware.
MuleSoft Anypoint Studio / API Manager experience is preferred.
CI/CD & DevOps
Strong experience with:
Git
GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket
Salesforce CLI / DX
Branching strategies
Pull Requests
Code reviews
CI/CD pipelines
Automated validation and deployments
Sandbox and environment management
Release management
Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Copado, Gearset or Flosum is preferred.
The candidate should be capable of designing and implementing CI/CD processes, not just executing deployments.
Release Management
Own Salesforce deployment and release processes.
Coordinate Development, QA, UAT and Production deployments.
Manage deployment dependencies.
Troubleshoot deployment failures.
Maintain release and deployment processes.
Implement appropriate rollback and recovery procedures.
Ensure deployments are version controlled and traceable.
Client & Stakeholder Communication
Strong communication skills are mandatory.
The candidate should be comfortable with:
Client-facing technical discussions.
Explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Presenting solution approaches and technical designs.
Discussing technical risks, dependencies and trade-offs.
Working with client architects and IT teams.
Clarifying technical requirements.
Providing clear technical status updates.
Leading technical discussions and workshops.
Team Leadership
Lead and mentor Salesforce developers.
Conduct technical knowledge-sharing sessions.
Establish coding and development standards.
Review developer code and technical approaches.
Support developers with complex technical issues.
Participate in technical interviews and assessments.
Build and improve Salesforce engineering practices.
Required Skills
Salesforce
Apex
LWC
Flow
SOQL/SOSL
Salesforce APIs
Security & Sharing
Data Modelling
Salesforce Architecture
Integration
MuleSoft
REST / SOAP APIs
Integration patterns
DevOps
Git
Salesforce CLI / DX
CI/CD
Deployment automation
Release management
Leadership
Team mentoring
Code reviews
Technical design
Technical estimation
Problem solving
Communication
Excellent verbal and written communication
Strong client-facing skills
Technical presentation skills
Stakeholder management
Required Experience
5–8 years of Salesforce experience.
Strong hands-on Apex and LWC development experience.
Experience leading Salesforce developers.
Strong experience in Sales Cloud and/or Service Cloud.
Hands-on Salesforce integration experience.
MuleSoft experience is required.
Proven experience with Salesforce CI/CD and DevOps.
Experience managing Salesforce deployments and releases.
Experience participating in client-facing technical discussions.
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
Certifications
Preferred:
Salesforce Platform Developer I
Salesforce Platform Developer II
Salesforce Administrator
Sales Cloud Consultant
Service Cloud Consultant
Application Architect
MuleSoft Developer certification
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for someone who can:
Design → Develop → Review → Integrate → Automate → Deploy → Troubleshoot → Communicate → Mentor
The candidate should be hands-on, technically strong, client-facing and capable of building engineering practices for a growing Salesforce development team.
Why Join Us?
Work on multiple Salesforce implementation projects.
Exposure to Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and other Salesforce platforms.
Work with MuleSoft and modern integration architectures.
Build and improve Salesforce CI/CD and DevOps practices.
Opportunity to lead and mentor a growing Salesforce engineering team.
Based in Coimbatore.

Work arrangement
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