Salesforce Technical Lead

Cognizant

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Work type: On-site
Location: Atlanta, GA
Salary: $100,000–$130,000 / yr
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Cognizant

Cognizant is a multinational IT services and consulting company offering digital transformation, technology, and business process services. It serves clients across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries worldwide.

Cognizant currently has 330 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $100,000–$135,000 across 211 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Salesforce Technical Lead

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The Salesforce Technical Lead will join the team to design, develop, test, and deploy complex technical solutions including Apex classes, triggers, batch jobs, and schedulers. The role involves translating business requirements into scalable solutions while maintaining integrations between Salesforce and external systems using REST, SOAP, OAuth, and Web Services. Key responsibilities include participating in architecture discussions, conducting code reviews, mentoring junior developers, and troubleshooting issues across production and sandbox environments. The successful candidate must possess ten years of experience with the Salesforce data model, security model, and governor limits. Technical skills required include proficiency in SOQL, SOSL, asynchronous Apex, and version control tools like Git. This position also requires managing CI/CD pipelines and providing on-call support for critical issues during major releases.

Skills

Salesforce Apex REST SOAP SOQL SOSL OAuth Web Services Git CI/CD Middleware Asynchronous Apex Batch Jobs Triggers Schedulers

What you'll do

Design, develop, test, and deploy Apex classes, triggers, batch jobs, and schedulers.
Develop and maintain integrations between Salesforce and external systems using REST/SOAP APIs.
Translate business requirements into scalable, high-performance technical solutions.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across production and sandbox environments.
Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
Provide after-hours support during major releases or high-impact business activities.
Analyze production issues and drive them to resolution.
Ensure adherence to Salesforce best practices, coding standards, and security guidelines.

What we're looking for

10 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience.
Strong expertise in Apex, including classes, triggers, and test classes.
Proven background in Salesforce integrations using REST, SOAP, OAuth, and Web Services.
Strong understanding of the Salesforce data model, security model, and governor limits.
Proficiency in SOQL, SOSL, and asynchronous Apex.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools such as Git.

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