Principal Salesforce Developer and Release Manager

Principal Salesforce Developer & Release Manager Remote – United States ABOUT THE ROLE We are hiring a Principal Salesforce Developer who does the work, not just reviews it. This is a hands-on role: you will design and build production-quality solutions in Apex, LWC, and Salesforce platform automation while also owning our release process end to end. As Release Manager, you coordinate every deployment with program managers, business stakeholders, and development teams. You own the release train: what goes in, what gets bumped, and how it moves through Dev, QA, UAT, and Production. You drive that process using Gearset, GitHub, and Jira. You ensure every change has the right sign-off before it touches Prod. Beyond your own deliverables, you are the technical anchor for junior and mid-level developers. You set standards, review work, and teach by example. WHAT YOU WILL DO Salesforce Development Design, build, and maintain production Salesforce solutions: Apex classes and triggers, Lightning Web Components, Flows, and integrations with external systems. Take ownership of complex features from architecture through deployment, not just code reviews. Write clean, testable code with high Apex coverage and document patterns for the team to follow. Evaluate new Salesforce platform features at each seasonal release and drive adoption where relevant. Release Management Own the release calendar. Coordinate with program managers and stakeholders to finalize what ships on each release train. Manage the promotion of changes across all Salesforce environments (Dev → QA → UAT → Production) using Gearset pipelines. Gate every deployment: no change moves to a higher environment without the required approval and sign-off documented in Jira. Maintain branching strategy and merge policies in GitHub; enforce pull request standards and code review workflows. Run sandbox refreshes, manage environment configurations, and coordinate data seeding for QA and UAT cycles. Lead go/no-go calls before production deployments; own rollback plans and incident response if releases go wrong. Track and report release metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate) to engineering leadership. Mentoring and Standards Mentor junior and mid-level developers through code reviews, pairing sessions, and direct coaching. Define and document Salesforce development standards, deployment hygiene practices, and branching conventions. Run regular knowledge-sharing sessions on topics like LWC patterns, governor limit management, and CI/CD best practices. ABOUT YOU Required Experience 8 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience, with at least 3 years at a principal or staff level. Deep fluency in Apex, Lightning Web Components, SOQL, and the Salesforce declarative toolset (Flows, Process Builder, validation rules). Expert-level Gearset knowledge: Pipeline setup, environment comparisons, and CI job configuration Handling metadata conflicts and dependency resolution Rollback execution and change monitoring Strong GitHub experience: branching models (trunk-based or Gitflow), pull request workflows, branch protection rules, and merge conflict resolution. Jira administration and usage as a release gate: managing tickets through development and sign-off workflows, linking Jira issues to Gearset deployments and GitHub pull requests. Proven experience coordinating releases with non-technical stakeholders, including communicating what is on the release train, what is deferred, and why. Solid grasp of Salesforce CLI and SFDX for scripted deployments and sandbox management. Track record of mentoring engineers and raising team-wide code quality. What Sets You Apart Salesforce certifications: Platform Developer I & II (required); DevOps Specialist or Application Architect (a strong plus). Experience in a SaaS environment or a regulated industry such as healthcare or finance. Familiarity with Apex testing strategies, static code an ... (truncated, view full listing at source)