Lead Engineer - Salesforce

Role: Lead Engineer

Location: India, Remote

Experience: 7-8 Years

Shift: Overlap with US Business Hours (as required)

Algoworks

www.algoworks.com

About the company

Algoworks is an award-winning artificial intelligence, engineering services and experience transformation firm with offices across the United States, Europe, South America and India. We bring together a global team of engineers, architects, designers, researchers and operators united by rigor, accountability and a commitment to delivering measurable results.

For over 20 years, Algoworks has partnered with Fortune 500 organizations across the Americas, Europe and Asia to define, build and run technology that drives meaningful business outcomes. Our work combines human-centered design, engineering excellence and AI-powered capabilities to solve complex challenges with clarity and precision. Innovation, particularly in the responsible application of AI, is embedded in how teams approach problem-solving and continuous improvement.

At Algoworks, growth is continuous and closely tied to impact. Teams collaborate across geographies and disciplines, strengthening outcomes through shared insight and collective expertise. The culture values transparency, open dialogue and an environment where every voice is heard and contribution is recognized.

Through collaboration, accountability and a focus on results, Algoworks operates at the intersection of technology and people, building not only advanced systems but strong global teams that elevate performance and create lasting impact.

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Role overview

We are looking for an experienced Salesforce Technical Lead with 7-8 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience and proven leadership capabilities. The ideal candidate should be capable of leading a team, mentoring junior developers, acting as the technical anchor for projects and driving end-to-end delivery while working closely with US-based clients.

The candidate should possess excellent technical expertise across the Salesforce ecosystem, strong client-facing communication skills and experience translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions. Experience with Salesforce Agentforce and AI-powered Salesforce implementations is highly preferred.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development and implementation of Salesforce solutions across multiple projects.
• Act as the technical anchor for the team by providing architectural guidance, conducting code reviews and ensuring adherence to Salesforce best practices.
• Lead and mentor a team of Salesforce Developers and Consultants, providing technical guidance and grooming junior team members.
• Work directly with US-based clients to understand business requirements, conduct discovery sessions and translate functional requirements into technical designs.
• Participate in solution design discussions and recommend scalable, secure and maintainable Salesforce solutions.
• Break down requirements into technical tasks, allocate work to team members and ensure timely execution and delivery.
• Own end-to-end project execution, including effort estimation, sprint planning, risk identification, dependency management and release coordination.
• Ensure high-quality deliverables through design reviews, code reviews, testing support and adherence to development standards.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Project Managers, QA teams, Architects and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide technical leadership during critical situations.
• Drive adoption of Salesforce best practices, DevOps processes and AI-driven capabilities using Agentforce.
• Support pre-sales activities by providing technical inputs, effort estimations and solution recommendations whenever required.

Required skills and competencies:

Salesforce platform

• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Apex
• Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• Aura Components
• Visualforce
• SOQL and SOSL
• Flows
• Batch Apex
• Queueable and Scheduled Apex
• Platform Events
• REST and SOAP APIs
• Integrations using Named Credentials and OAuth
• Custom Metadata Types
• Security and Sharing Model
• Governor Limits Optimization

Salesforce clouds

Strong implementation experience in:

• Sales Cloud
• Service Cloud
• Experience Cloud

Good to have

• Financial Services Cloud (FSC)
• Revenue Cloud
• Marketing Cloud

Agentforce and AI

• Good understanding of Salesforce Agentforce and Agentic AI capabilities.
• Hands-on implementation experience on at least one Agentforce project.
• Knowledge of Prompt Builder, AI-powered automation, Data Cloud integration and AI Agents is highly desirable.

Development and DevOps

• Git/GitHub
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Salesforce DX
• VS Code
• Deployment tools such as Copado, AutoRABIT, Gearset, or Jenkins
• Agile/Scrum methodology

Must have skills:

• 7-8 years of Salesforce development experience.
• Experience leading a team of Salesforce Developers.
• Proven ability to mentor and groom junior team members.
• Strong experience working with US-based clients in client-facing roles.
• Experience in requirement gathering, solution discussions, technical documentation and requirement translation.
• Experience in task planning, effort estimation, sprint planning and execution tracking.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while ensuring successful project delivery.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Certifications (Mandatory):

Candidates should possess multiple Salesforce certifications, including:

• Salesforce Certified Administrator
• Salesforce Platform Developer I (PD I)
• Salesforce Platform Developer II (PD II)
• Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant
• Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant
• Salesforce Agentforce Certification (Specialist/Developer or equivalent)

Additional Salesforce certifications will be an added advantage.

Nice to have skills:

• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Exposure to enterprise-scale Salesforce implementations.
• Strong understanding of integration architecture and middleware platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Self-driven, proactive and capable of independently driving technical discussions with customers.

Desired attributes:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Client-first approach with exceptional stakeholder management skills.
• Strong ownership mindset with accountability for end-to-end delivery.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional and distributed teams.
• Excellent planning, prioritization and execution skills.
• Strong collaboration and conflict-resolution abilities.

Why join us?

• Opportunity to lead large-scale Salesforce transformation programs.
• Work directly with global clients and enterprise implementations.
• Exposure to cutting-edge Salesforce AI and Agentforce technologies.
• Collaborative, learning-focused work culture with opportunities for career growth and leadership.

Interview process

2 rounds of discussion.