Job Title: Principal Software Engineer/Lead — Salesforce Job ID: 26-04259 Location: Windsor, CT Duration: 09 months ON W2 contract
Job Summary
Seeking a Principal Software Engineer / Salesforce Lead to provide technical leadership and architecture across an enterprise Salesforce environment. This role will lead multiple Salesforce teams while remaining hands-on with architecture, development, integrations, governance, and modernization.
Key Responsibilities
Define Salesforce architecture, engineering standards, governance, and platform roadmap.
Lead architecture reviews and technical decisions across multiple teams.
Design scalable solutions across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
Develop and oversee Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flow, and Platform Events.
Design enterprise integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, and event-driven architecture.
Drive DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, release management, and platform reliability.
Lead modernization, technical debt reduction, and Salesforce platform improvements.
Mentor engineers, architects, technical leads, and administrators.
Partner with business, Product, Security, Data, and Enterprise Architecture teams.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
15+ years of software engineering experience.
12+ years of Salesforce development/architecture experience.
Deep knowledge of Salesforce architecture, security, sharing, data modeling, and integrations.
Strong experience with Apex, LWC, Flow, Salesforce APIs, and enterprise integrations.
Experience with Salesforce DX, Git, CI/CD, and deployment tools such as Gearset, Copado, or Flosum.
Strong leadership, communication, architecture, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred
Salesforce CTA, Application Architect, System Architect, Platform Developer II, Integration Architect, or Data Architect certifications.
Experience in regulated industries such as insurance or financial services.
Experience with MuleSoft, Salesforce Shield, Data Cloud, Einstein, or Agentforce.
Enterprise CRM transformation, data migration, or org consolidation experience.
Sunrise Systems was founded in 1990 with a clear vision to deliver world-class staffing service solutions in all labor categories, including IT consulting and solutions; all with the commitment to provide service that exceeds expectations and become the most trusted name in the industry. More than two and a half decades later, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of the staffing industry. Combining our deep industry expertise, insights, and global resources, we have partnered with our clients to connect them with top professionals across several different industries.
We provide cost-effective Managed Staffing Solutions, Information Technology and Information Technology Consulting Services to several Fortune 500 companies and U.S. Government agencies. We provide our clients with flexible engagement models and customized products that are budget and time specific. Understanding the challenges that every business faces, we offer our services either on-site at the clients' site or from one of our globally distributed technology centers. Our onshore and offshore development capabilities ensure that we excel at meeting customer requirements every single time.
Our collective business experience spans over two and a half decades and ranges from:
Business, management, and technical fields
Information technology consulting and software solutions.
Providing strategic support for the development and long-term growth of new business ventures across several industries including but not limited to; accounting, banking, finance, and recruitment.
Motivating technology staff and establishing partnerships with Fortune 500 companies
Sunrise Systems has a vast range of competence in:
Design, development, and support of cloud-based solutions from simple to highly complexed
Database administration of multi-platform applications, complex databases, and web-based environments that include all aspects of installation, planning, maintenance, and monitoring.
Data processing and data migration
Application re-engineering and platform migration
Working with the Information Systems and end-user communities at all levels to resolve issues and establish consensus.
Skills
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Communications Architectureunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
Data Migrationunmatched
Data Modelingunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Engineeringunmatched
Enterprise Architectureunmatched
Financial Servicesunmatched
Gitunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
Insuranceunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Middlewareunmatched
REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
Release Management/Engineeringunmatched
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)unmatched
Salesforce.comunmatched
Security Architectureunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Solution Salesunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Test Automationunmatched
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