Senior Software Engineer, Salesforce
LinkedIn · Posted Oct 29
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About the role
LinkedIn's engineering organization builds the products and platform behind the world's largest professional network, helping members make connections, discover opportunities, and build skills. This role sits on the Salesforce platform team, delivering secure, high-quality solutions across Salesforce using Apex, LWC, Agentforce, Salesforce Data Cloud, and AI-driven capabilities. The Senior Salesforce Engineer leads technical design, prepares and reviews RFCs, manages and optimizes the SFDC org, and partners cross-functionally to build modern customer and enterprise experiences.
What you will do
- Work closely with business stakeholders to understand the requirements, translate them into technical solutions.
- Design, develop, test, and deploy Salesforce applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and declarative tools.
- Build responsive, accessible user interfaces aligned with Salesforce Lightning Design System (SLDS).
- Develop backend logic, integrations, and APIs using Apex, REST/SOAP services, and platform events.
- Design and develop AI based solutions and agents using Einstein AI, Agentforce and any Gen-AI tools.
- Best Practices: Adhere to Salesforce best practices, maintain code documentation, and write / maintain test classes for all custom development
- Take ownership of release cycles to implement and deploy new/updates to existing applications and code
- Integrating and maintaining business applications to Salesforce, such as DocuSign, Apttus, CPQ, Conga, etc
- Collaborating with IT / Developers for other systems in order to integrate across the business
- Develop Proactive monitoring using Event Monitoring and features.
- Test and Deploy solutions using CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement and troubleshoot Salesforce CPQ and Apttus solutions.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Experience with Salesforce platform, Salescloud, and at least 6+ years of Salesforce development experience
- Experience in developing LWC, Aura Components, Apex Triggers, Classes, VF Pages.
- Experience in SFDC Configurations
- Experience with integration solutions such as Dell Boomi, HDFS or other 3rd Party systems
- Experience in Salesforce CPQ and/or Apttus
- Experience with VSCode, Salesforce Lightning Design System
- Experience in working on Cursor / Agentforce Vibe Coding
- Experience with, various IT application development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall and blended models), and software engineering concepts
- Experience in implementing async apex.
- Experience with Data Migration
- Experience on implementing Salesforce Mobile pages/apps
- Experience in Enstein AI features like Prediction Builder, Next Best Actions, GenAi
- Experience in configuring event monitoring reports and dashboards.
- Eager to learn new tech stacks and contribute in a fast pacing environment.
- Experience as an IC and mentoring team members.
- Experience of collaborating with business stakeholders and team members.
Preferred qualifications
- Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer I / II, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Agentforce Specialist)
- 7+ Years of software development experience
- Exposure to Salesforce Data Cloud, Agentforce, or AI-driven features
- Experience with integration platforms (Boomi, ETL tools)
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, connecting over a billion users globally to create economic opportunity. Owned by Microsoft, the platform provides tools for job searching, professional networking, B2B marketing, sales intelligence, and online learning. Through its data graph, it bridges the gap between global talent and enterprise organizations.
- Industry
- Professional Network
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 2003-05-05
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $103.5M raised
- 2003-11-01Seed$4.7M
- 2004-08-01Series A$10M
- 2007-01-15Series B$53M
- 2008-06-01Series C$22.7M
- 2014-05-15Post Ipo Debt$500M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
EVP of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office
President of Platforms and Digital Work
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer
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