MissionForce - Senior/Lead Developer - Public Sector

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*MissionForce - Public Sector Solutions*

• Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil who does not hold dual citizenship with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role.

*PLEASE NOTE: Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation as well as your having and maintaining the specific level of U.S. government background investigation and clearance required for this role.
MissionForce is seeking a talented Senior or Lead Member of Technical Staff to join our Salesforce development team. In this role, you will develop innovative solutions on Salesforce Government Cloud for Federal agencies, the Department of Defense, and government contractors.
You will work with modern Salesforce technologies including Lightning Web Components, Apex, and Flow Builder while ensuring applications meet government security and compliance standards. This is a hands-on development position where you'll contribute to mission-critical applications that serve millions of citizens.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Development*

• Leads feature development across teams.
• Independently 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
• 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
• Provides oversight through code and design reviews for features delivered by other developers within their scrum team.
• 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
• Develop test plans and test automation for features and/or products
• Verify quality of the code delivered through manual and automated testing. Extend the automation framework where necessary.
• Work closely with senior developers, PM, and UX to ensure their features are delivered to meet business and quality requirements
• Actively influence management regarding tools, technology and testing requirements.
• Troubleshoot production issues.

*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
• 5+ years of software development experience

• 3+ years of Salesforce development experience including:

• Apex classes, triggers, and batch processing

• Lightning Web Components or Aura
• SOQL/SOSL queries

• Declarative tools (Flow Builder, Process Builder)

• Experience with Agile development methodologies

*Technical Skills*

• Salesforce Platform: Expert-level Apex, LWC, Flow Builder, Process Builder
• Integration/Development: Java, REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, Change Data Capture
• Development Tools: Salesforce DX, Git, VS Code, CI/CD pipelines
• Testing: Unit testing, integration testing, test automation
• Performance: Governor limits optimization, query optimization, bulk processing
• Security: Understanding of Salesforce security model, sharing rules, field-level security

*Citizenship & Clearance*

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be eligible to obtain Secret clearance
• Clean background suitable for positions of public trust

Note: Active clearance is not required to apply
Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer I, Administrator)
• Experience with Government Cloud or Public Sector Solutions
• Knowledge of government compliance requirements
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Understanding of Salesforce security best practices

MissionForce delivers secure, compliant applications on Salesforce Government Cloud. We help government agencies modernize their operations and better serve constituents through innovative technology solutions.
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