PLATO is Canada's only Indigenous-led, Indigenous-staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable.
We are committed to building strong communities - PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada in Ottawa, Fredericton, Sault Ste Marie, Regina, Calgary, and Vancouver.
We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Salesforce Developer to set development standards, ensure code quality, and guide scrum teams in delivering robust Salesforce solutions. This role combines technical leadership with hands‑on development, focusing on Salesforce Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Quality Assurance (QA) best practices.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of development experience and 5+ years of Salesforce development experience.
- 3+ years in a Developer Lead role
- Salesforce Apex development expertise.
- Proficiency in Lightning Web Components (LWC).
- Proficiency in Salesforce APIs.
- Solid understanding of Agile / Scrum methodologies.
- Experience with technical architecture and solution design.
- Strong knowledge of data modeling, security, and integration patterns.
- Strong experience with Quality Assurance (QA) processes and frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications
Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer II, Application Architect) preferred.Excellent communication and leadership skills.Responsibilities
Outside of Scrum
Define and document standardized approaches for sizing user stories from a development perspective.Establish and maintain LWC standards, ensuring reuse of common components.Develop and document processes, frameworks, and code standards for scrum teams.Oversee adoption and adherence to defined processes and standards.
Create standardized peer review processes and assessment criteria for code quality and consistency.Validate user stories against Definition of Ready (DOR) and Definition of Done (DOD) from a development perspective.Present technical solutions to architecture review boards.Ceremonies
Technical Review Board sessions (as needed)Weekly Technical Architecture sessions (as needed)Embedded Within Scrum
Collaborate with Product Owners on user story creation and refinement.Lead validation of user stories against DOR and DOD from a development perspective.Drive sizing of user stories and support technical specification creation.Ensure adherence to LWC standards and reuse of components.Enforce quality through defined processes, frameworks, and QA practices.Facilitate and participate in peer code reviews for consistency and compliance.Support technical solution proposals for architecture review boards.Ceremonies
Scrum refinement and sprint planning sessionsNexus Scrum meetingsDaily stand‑ups, retrospectives, and other scrum ceremoniesTechnical Review Board sessions (as needed)Weekly Technical Architecture sessions (as needed)#J-18808-Ljbffr