The Lead Salesforce Developer will design, implement, and maintain Salesforce solutions, guiding a development team and managing integrations while ensuring adherence to best practices.
Description and Requirements
Role value proposition:
As a Lead Salesforce Developer, you will be instrumental in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions on the Salesforce platform. You'll contribute to digital transformation initiatives, drive integration efforts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical applications-especially within the insurance domain. In this lead role, you will guide a development team, ensure alignment with best practices, and drive technical decision making across projects.
Key responsibilities
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Experience:
Technical Skills:
Good to Have:
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Role value proposition:
As a Lead Salesforce Developer, you will be instrumental in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions on the Salesforce platform. You'll contribute to digital transformation initiatives, drive integration efforts, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver business-critical applications-especially within the insurance domain. In this lead role, you will guide a development team, ensure alignment with best practices, and drive technical decision making across projects.
Key responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to the Salesforce development team, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to architectural guidelines.
- Develop and maintain Salesforce applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Aura.
- Implement and customize one or more Salesforce clouds: Sales, Service, Experience, or Marketing.
- Leverage Salesforce's out-of-the-box features while adhering to standard development practices.
- Customize the Salesforce platform with a strong understanding of its security model.
- Build and maintain integrations using REST/SOAP APIs.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders and provide consultation on Salesforce solutions.
- Lead and mentor junior developers (preferred).
- Collaborate with QA and DevOps teams to ensure smooth deployment and testing cycles
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Experience:
- 8+ years of overall development experience.
- At least 4 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce development.
Technical Skills:
- Salesforce platform configuration and customization.
- Apex, LWC, Aura Components
- REST/SOAP API integration.
- Basic proficiency in JavaScript, CSS, and Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS).
- Familiarity with Agile development tools and processes.
Good to Have:
- Experience in the insurance domain is a strong plus.
- Fluency in Japanese is a plus.
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Top Skills
Apex
Aura
CSS
JavaScript
Lightning Web Components
Rest Apis
Salesforce
Salesforce Lightning Design System
Soap Apis
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