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Lead Salesforce Developer * Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Main location: United States, Louisiana, Lafayette
Position ID:J0926-1450
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Description: CGI is seeking a Senior Salesforce Developer to develop, enhance, integrate, and support complex Salesforce applications within a large-scale financial services environment. This role will work closely with business and technology teams to translate complex requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable Salesforce solutions.
This position is required in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL
Your future duties and responsibilities: The Senior Salesforce Developer will perform hands-on development using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, and Salesforce APIs, while supporting integrations with enterprise applications and third-party services. Responsibilities include troubleshooting application defects, conducting code reviews, maintaining strong automated test coverage, and supporting applications throughout the Agile software development lifecycle.
The role requires experience working in complex Salesforce environments where security, compliance, application quality, and platform limits are important considerations. The successful candidate should be comfortable working independently, contributing across multiple initiatives, and applying Salesforce development best practices in an evolving enterprise environment.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role: 5+ years of Salesforce development experience, including 5+ years of substantial hands-on application development.
Strong development skills with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, SOQL, and SOSL.
Experience developing and consuming Salesforce REST, SOAP, and Bulk APIs.
Hands-on experience integrating Salesforce with third-party and enterprise applications, including OAuth and common integration patterns.
Strong knowledge of Salesforce platform capabilities and constraints, particularly governor limits, security, performance, and development best practices.
Experience with Salesforce configuration and administration concepts, including the standard data model, security, validation rules, workflows, and process automation.
Strong front-end development skills using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, particularly within Lightning components and Visualforce.
Experience with Git, Salesforce DX, Jenkins, or comparable CI/CD tooling.
Experience developing and supporting solutions in large, complex Salesforce environments.
Strong understanding of automated/unit testing, code quality, documentation, and maintaining high test coverage.
Experience conducting code reviews and applying established development standards.
Hands-on experience working within Agile/Scrum and iterative SDLC environments.
Ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into practical technical solutions.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.
Ability to manage work across multiple initiatives and operate effectively with limited supervision.
Experience in financial services or other highly regulated environments is beneficial.
Exposure to AWS-based enterprise environments and cloud integrations is beneficial.
Preferred certifications: Salesforce Platform Developer I and II; Salesforce Certified JavaScript Developer I; Salesforce integration-related certifications. Salesforce architecture certifications are beneficial but should not be positioned as requirements for this developer role.
Educational Requirement:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
Other Information:
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $97,300.00 $138,600.00.
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include: . Competitive compensation . Comprehensive insurance options . Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan . Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time . Paid parental leave .Learning opportunities and tuition assistance . Wellness and Well being programs
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