Title: Salesforce Platform Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL – remote options available
Details: Contract with ongoing need, opportunity for direct hire, remote work options available – primarily CST business hours
Pay Rate: $90.00 – 100.00/hr. with benefit inclusions
ANACI clearance will be required for this role – all candidates must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder for a minimum of one year to be eligible for this federal background check
Job Summary:
The Sr. Salesforce Platform Engineer plays a critical role in designing, building, and optimizing core platform capabilities to support enterprise business applications. This position focuses on developing scalable, secure, and high-performing Salesforce platform solutions, including reusable components, integration frameworks, and automation strategies. The engineer partners closely with cross-functional teams to drive platform stability, efficiency, and innovation through best practices, architecture standards, and modern DevOps methodologies.
Responsibilities:
- Design, engineer, implement, and configure Salesforce platform services aligned with enterprise architecture and best practices
- Develop reusable platform patterns for logging, monitoring, alerting, backup, encryption, and tooling across all layers
- Build and maintain APIs, integrations, and connectors between Salesforce and third-party applications
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define and clarify integration scope and platform requirements
- Configure and manage Salesforce components including custom objects, fields, dashboards, workflows, automations, and triggers
- Optimize and implement Salesforce Flows, including screen flows and login flows
- Administer and maintain Salesforce security models in alignment with governance and compliance requirements
- Improve platform architecture, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
- Contribute to platform and architectural roadmaps and long-term strategy
- Provide Tier 3 support, troubleshoot issues, and resolve platform defects
- Evaluate Salesforce releases and assess system impact
- Automate deployment pipelines using CI/CD and DevOps best practices to improve efficiency and reduce manual processes
- Lead solution design sessions, estimate development efforts, and present technical solutions
- Maintain documentation for platform components, integrations, and best practices
- Provide training, coaching, and guidance to engineering and product teams
Years of Experience and Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
- 5+ years of experience working with Salesforce platforms in engineering or development roles
- Proven experience delivering Salesforce solutions from design through production
- Experience working within Agile or SAFe environments preferred
- Salesforce certifications are a plus
Skills Required:
- Strong expertise in Salesforce security models, integration patterns, and flow optimization
- Advanced proficiency in Apex development, including triggers, classes, batch jobs, and asynchronous processing
- Experience with Salesforce DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Salesforce CLI, version control, and sandbox strategies
- Deep understanding of Salesforce data modeling, architecture, large data volumes, and performance optimization
- Experience with automated testing, SFDX test frameworks, and quality engineering practices
- Knowledge of secure coding practices, governance frameworks, and compliance standards
- Experience integrating Salesforce with cloud, on-premise, and SaaS environments
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as PowerShell or shell scripting
- Experience with Git-based tools (e.g., GitLab) and modern development workflows
- Working knowledge of AWS and cloud-based infrastructure preferred
- Experience with Salesforce Data Cloud is preferred
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- Demonstrated collaboration, adaptability, and critical thinking abilities
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