Senior Salesforce Developer

Senior Salesforce Developer:
A Senior Salesforce Developer is the platform SME with exceptional knowledge around API integrations and overall, a code expert. Traditionally Salesforce Developers create complex workflows, triggers, Apex / LWC/ Aura development, complex validation rules, and manage AppExchange and legacy platform integrations. Basic object, field, page layouts, workflows, and other various automations, as well as data analysis and management, are assignments a Salesforce Developer will be able to handle.
A Senior Salesforce Developer will often have a background with real experience in other programming languages, such as Java or .NET, and is able to advise effectively on Salesforce limitations and has a very in-depth knowledge of Salesforce. This person is very in demand in the ecosystem and is a subject matter expert.
What does a Senior Salesforce Developer do? Typical Senior Salesforce Developer tasks might include:
Have a thorough understanding of the Salesforce platform. Including Sales, Service, and Experience Clouds
Coach and perform code reviews to ensure developers are following best practices
Creating complex workflows
Creating triggers
Experience building Agents with Agentforce
Apex development (Controllers, Batch Jobs, Scheduled Apex)
Experience with Salesforce Lightning and Customizations
Experience with Aura and LWC Component Development
Experience with RESTful and SOAP Web Services
Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Apex, SLDS
Development of Visualforce Pages
Integration with other systems
Testing and implementing applications
Maintenance
Installation and testing
Debugging
Producing technical documentation
Performing reviews of the data
Providing technical plans/solutions to business teams
Developing solutions to address any company-wide issues and making their processes more efficient
Reviewing custom developed code and making necessary technical adjustments
What qualities will a Senior Salesforce Developer typically possess?
Persistent and curious. Salesforce Developers absolutely thrive on solving problems and believe that any repetitive task can be automated with code.
Strong attention to detail, and pride themselves on writing beautiful and clean code which will stand the test of time.
Tenacious, given that trial and error are a part of the job. A good developer will be spurred on further by something not working as it should.
The ability to push back when deadlines are imposed, to make sure that all code is checked and sandboxed prior to going to production. No shortcuts taken.
The ability to present complex solutions in a meaningful manner to non-technical audiences