Lead Developer - Salesforce

About the role

ZEISS India is seeking a Lead Developer - Salesforce to join its technology team in Bengaluru, driving the design, development, integration, deployment, and continuous improvement of Salesforce solutions. The role involves hands-on technical leadership across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Salesforce CPQ, mentoring developers, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. This is a full-time hybrid position based in Bangalore.

What you’ll do

• Lead Salesforce development activities across configuration, customization, Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, automation, integrations, and platform enhancements
• Design and deliver scalable, secure, maintainable, and high-performing Salesforce solutions that improve user experience and enable end-to-end business processes
• Translate business requirements into technical designs, reusable components, integration patterns, and implementation approaches aligned with platform standards
• Provide technical leadership to developers through mentoring, code reviews, design guidance, troubleshooting support, and enforcement of Salesforce development best practices
• Work closely with architects, business analysts, QA teams, product owners, and stakeholders to estimate work, manage dependencies, support testing, and deliver high-quality Salesforce releases
• Contribute to release planning, deployment validation, documentation, technical governance, and continuous improvement of Salesforce delivery processes
• Collaborate with business users, product owners, architects, QA teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify requirements, support UAT, plan releases, and provide post-release support

What you’ll bring

• 6+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience, including at least 2 years in a Lead Developer, Tech Lead, or similar technical leadership role
• Strong experience with Agile delivery, Scrum practices, DevOps processes, CI/CD, release governance, and tools such as JIRA
• Experience leveraging AI-powered development tools to accelerate the software development lifecycle while adhering to organizational guardrails, security policies, compliance requirements, data privac
• Knowledge of Salesforce Agentforce and AI capabilities to design, build, and deploy AI-driven solutions, including AI agents, automation, prompt engineering, and integration with Salesforce platform s
• Hands-on expertise in Apex, triggers, batch Apex, scheduled Apex, queueable Apex, SOQL, SOSL, Lightning Web Components, Visualforce, and Salesforce development patterns
• Experience with declarative tools such as Flows, validation rules, approval processes, profiles, permission sets, roles, users, page layouts, record types, and dynamic forms
• Strong understanding of Salesforce objects, governor limits, transaction boundaries, code coverage, performance optimization, security model, sharing rules, and data visibility concepts
• Experience with Salesforce development tools and deployment utilities such as Visual Studio Code, Salesforce CLI, Data Loader, Workbench, Data Import Wizard, metadata deployment tools, Copado, Bitbuck

Nice to have

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, MCA, or a related discipline
• Salesforce certifications such as Platform Developer I/II, Administrator, Platform App Builder, Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, or CPQ Specialist
• Experience working in global, distributed, or cross-cultural teams
• Strong ownership mindset, collaborative working style, and ability to lead by example within a technical delivery team
• Good communication skills, including speaking, writing, presentation, and stakeholder interaction

Skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, MCA, or a related discipline