As the Salesforce Technical Team Lead, you will be the technical owner of our Salesforce instances and leader for our Salesforce administrators and developers working to deliver strategic initiatives to enable the business to meet their goals.
Technical Leadership:
- Lead a team of Salesforce developers and administrators, providing technical guidance, mentoring, and support.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices, standards, and security guidelines.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement within the Salesforce development team.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather technical requirements and translate them into scalable Salesforce solutions.
- Lead end-to-end Salesforce solutions that align with business objectives, leveraging declarative features, custom development, and third-party integrations.
- Design data models, security models, and application architecture within the Salesforce platform.
- Drive the technical resolution of critical incidents and problems as part of the incident and problem management process.
- Ensure technical debt, maintenance, monitoring, and alerting is effectively managed.
- Continuously improve salesforce DevOps practices on the team.
Development and Customization:
- Develop custom Salesforce solutions using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and other Salesforce technologies. o Customize Salesforce applications using declarative tools such as Process Builder, Flow, and Workflow Rules.
- Integrate Salesforce with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, and other integration tools.
- Salesforce Administration: Oversee Salesforce configuration, including flows, lightning migration, security settings, and data management.
- Perform Salesforce platform upgrades, patches, and releases in collaboration with system administrators.
Collaboration and Communication:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business operations, project stakeholders, Projects Owners / Managers to ensure successful project delivery. Communicate technical concepts and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Provide timely updates on project status, issues, and risks to project leadership and stakeholders.
- Provide vendor performance feedback to the Manager of Business Application Development for staff augmentation resources.
Best Practices and Standards:
- Stay current with Salesforce platform updates, new features, and best practices. Champion Salesforce develops best practices, coding standards, and governance processes within the organization.
- Ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements within Salesforce solutions.
- Experience integrating salesforce instances from acquisitions.
- Strong Understanding when to use declarative vs. programmatic methods.
- Hands on experience with developing complex apex classes and triggers.
- Knowing when to use the Lightning Process Builder vs. an Apex trigger.
- Ability to understand and develop business processes and how processes are supported by system components.
- Experience with Model View Controller (MVC) architecture and component-based architecture.
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams requiring coordination across multiple internal groups.
- Required Certifications: Salesforce Advanced Administrator, Salesforce Platform Developer.
- 5+ years of Salesforce development work.
- 1+ years of people leadership experience.
- Experience debugging issues in a sandbox and in production.
- Experience with SOQL and databases.
- Experience with integrations such as callouts, APIs, and email services.
- Experience building highly scalable, highly performant microservices and REST APIs.
- Experience with database systems and data storage technologies.
- Knowledge of Git.
- Familiarity with asynchronous programming, multi-threading, and caching.
- Good to have Certifications: Salesforce Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect, Application Architect or System Architect.
AvidXchange is a leading provider of accounts payable (“AP”) automation software and payment solutions for middle-market businesses and their suppliers. By trade, we are a technology company, but if you ask anyone who works here, they’ll tell you our people are at the core of who we are. We focus on creating a culture of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and are proud to be a safe place where teammates can bring their whole selves to work. At AvidXchange, . We are , , and . These three mindsets represent our culture – who we are, who we’ve always been, and they guide us to improve every day. Since our founding in 2000 in Charlotte, NC, we’ve created a company of over 1,600 teammates working in one of our 5 offices across the U.S., or remotely. AvidXchange is proud to be Certified™ as a Great Place to Work®. The prestigious recognition is based on anonymous data from our teammates and makes official what our teammates have known for years – that AvidXchange is a Great Place to Work®.
- A go-getter with an entrepreneurial mindset – that means you are not afraid of taking risks, winning big or facing the unknown.
- Someone who understands that business is people centric. Connecting with others as humans first allows you to develop mutually beneficial working relationships.
- Focused on making a difference for our customers. AvidXchange exists to help solve complex problems for our customers so we can all realize our potential.
AvidXchange teammates (we call them AvidXers) get the perks and prestige of a publicly traded tech company paired with the flexibility of a founder-led startup. We help our AvidXers develop as professionals and as human beings, providing work/life balance, development programs, competitive benefits and equity options. At AvidXchange, we are building more than a tech company – we are building an experience. We remain committed to a culture where you can fully be 'you’ – connected with others, chasing big goals, and making a meaningful impact. If you want to help us grow while realizing your potential and creating stories you’ll tell for years, you’ve come to the right place.
- 18 days PTO*
- 11 Holidays (8 company recognized & 3 floating holidays)
- 16 hours per year of paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Competitive Healthcare
- High Deductible Heath Plan Option that has $0 monthly premium for teammate-only coverage
- 100% AvidXchange paid Dental Base Plan Coverage
- 100% AvidXchange paid Life Insurance
- 100% AvidXchange paid Long-Term Disability
- 100% AvidXchange paid Short-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Provides counseling services, legal and financial consultations and health advocacy for Teammates and their eligible dependents
- Onsite Health Clinic with Atrium Health** - available to Teammates and their eligible dependents
- 401k Match up to 4%
- Parental Leave: 8 weeks 100% paid by AvidXchange***
- Discounts on Pet, Home, and Auto insurance
- BrightDime Financial Wellness Tool, offered free to teammates
- WeeCare Childcare Service: helps teammates find affordable daycare, childcare, and tutors 40% less expensive than traditional daycare centers
- Perks at Work: free discount program that provides teammates the opportunity to save on items from electronics, movie tickets, car buying, vacations, and more
- Onsite gym fitness center, yoga studio, and basketball court****
- Tuition Reimbursement up to the federal maximum of $5,250*****
- Hybrid Workplace Flexibility
- Free parking
AvidXchange is an equal opportunity employer. AvidXchange is committed to equal employment opportunity in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. AvidXchange will not discriminate against applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis. This includes, but is not limited to veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age and physical or mental disability.
What We Do
AvidXchange is the accounts payable automation industry leader for mid-market businesses serving more than 5,550 customers & 400,000 suppliers nationwide.
