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Principal Salesforce Developer - Public Sector

Salesforce
San Francisco, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Sept 2025
💰 $334,600/yr($230,800/yr$334,600/yr)

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Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

About Salesforce

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MissionForce - Public Sector Solutions

MissionForce is seeking an exceptional Principal Member of Technical Staff to join our Salesforce development team building mission-critical applications for government agencies. In this senior technical role, you will develop and architect solutions on Salesforce Government Cloud serving the Department of Defense, Federal agencies, and the Intelligence Community.

You will work with cutting-edge Salesforce technologies including Lightning Web Components, Apex, and Public Sector Solutions while ensuring compliance with FedRAMP, DoD IL4/IL5, and other government security requirements. This is a hands-on technical leadership position where you'll contribute code while mentoring junior developers and driving technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Development

  • Design and develop scalable Salesforce applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components, and declarative tools

  • Build complex integrations between Salesforce and government systems using REST/SOAP APIs

  • Implement Public Sector Solutions including Case Management, Grants Management, and License & Permit Management

  • Develop solutions that work in air-gapped and offline environments

  • Optimize applications for performance within governor limits

  • Create reusable components and frameworks for government use cases

Technical Leadership

  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development team members

  • Lead code reviews and establish coding standards

  • Collaborate with architects on technical design decisions

  • Drive adoption of best practices for Salesforce development

  • Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and sprint planning

  • Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing

Platform Expertise

  • Work with OmniStudio for dynamic forms and business process automation

  • Implement security controls for government compliance requirements

  • Develop solutions using Platform Events and asynchronous processing

  • Build Experience Cloud sites for constituent-facing applications

  • Integrate with Salesforce Data Cloud and AI capabilities

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

  • 7+ years of software development experience

  • 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience including:

    • Custom Apex development (triggers, classes, batch jobs)

    • Lightning Web Components and Aura components

    • SOQL/SOSL optimization

    • REST/SOAP API development

  • 3+ years working on enterprise-scale applications

  • Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies

Technical Skills

  • Salesforce Platform: Expert-level Apex, LWC, Flow Builder, Process Builder

  • Integration: REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, Change Data Capture

  • Development Tools: Salesforce DX, Git, VS Code, CI/CD pipelin

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