Jefferies is seeking a Salesforce Developer to design, build, and support highly customized Salesforce applications used across multiple lines of business, including Investment Banking, Global Markets, and Wealth Management. This role is ideal for a hands-on developer with strong experience across the Salesforce platform who enjoys solving complex problems, working on bespoke internal systems, and collaborating closely with product, business, and engineering partners.
The ideal candidate has deep experience developing on Salesforce and a strong understanding of the broader Salesforce ecosystem, including Lightning (LWC/Aura), APIs and integrations, event-driven architectures, and modern front-end frameworks. Experience working in a fast-paced financial services environment is a strong plus.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain custom Salesforce solutions across a heavily customized Salesforce org.
- Build and support Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), JavaScript, and related front-end technologies.
- Develop and maintain integrations using REST and SOAP APIs, including inbound and outbound data flows.
- Work with CDC, Platform Events, and asynchronous processing to support event-driven architectures.
- Integrate Salesforce with external systems via middleware, APIs, and real-time data exchanges.
- Support and enhance authentication and access patterns, including SSO and identity integrations.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across the Salesforce platform, including performance, security, and data integrity concerns.
- Partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable technical designs.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to sprint planning, and deliver high-quality solutions on tight timelines.
- Ensure solutions follow Salesforce best practices, security guidelines, and performance standards.
Minimum Requirements
- 10+ years experience within the Salesforce ecosystem, with significant hands-on development experience in a complex, heavily customized Salesforce org.
- Strong proficiency in:
- Apex
- Lightning Web Components (LWC) and JavaScript
- Salesforce data model and security architecture
- Proven experience designing and implementing Salesforce integrations, including REST and SOAP APIs.
- Solid understanding of Salesforce platform architecture, capabilities, and constraints.
- Ability to read, debug, and optimize Apex and JavaScript code.
- Experience working with event-driven patterns such as Platform Events and CDC.
- Familiarity with SSO configuration and identity management concepts in Salesforce.
- Experience with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment with competing priorities.
- Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with globally distributed teams.
- Ability to work in-office a minimum of 3-4 days per week.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
Nice to Have
- Salesforce Platform App Builder certification.
- Salesforce Developer or Architect certifications.
- Experience developing Experience Cloud sites.
- Familiarity with React or other modern front-end frameworks and how they integrate with Salesforce.
- Understanding of relational databases and data design (SQL, SOQL, or similar).
- Knowledge of least privilege access, separation of duties, and enterprise security principles.
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
- Background supporting Salesforce in financial services or investment banking environments.
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $175,000 - $225,000.
About UsJefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.
At Jefferies, we are committed to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a workforce that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds to apply. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, pregnancy, age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, domestic partner status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
The salary offered will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies Financial Group is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees or part-time employees, who are scheduled to work at least 30 hours or more per week, including an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (e.g., vacation), unplanned time off (e.g., sick leave), and paid holidays, and for full-time employees, paid parental leave.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience within the Salesforce ecosystem, including significant hands-on development in complex, heavily customized Salesforce organizations
- Strong proficiency with Apex
- Strong proficiency with Lightning Web Components and JavaScript
- Knowledge of the Salesforce data model and security architecture
- Experience designing and implementing Salesforce integrations using REST and SOAP APIs
- Strong understanding of Salesforce platform architecture, capabilities, and constraints
- Ability to read, debug, and optimize Apex and JavaScript code
- Experience with event-driven patterns such as Platform Events and Change Data Capture
- Familiarity with SSO configuration and identity-management concepts in Salesforce
- Experience with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment with competing priorities
- Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with globally distributed teams
- Ability to work in-office a minimum of 3–4 days per week
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments
- Salesforce Platform App Builder certification
- Salesforce Developer or Architect certification
- Experience developing Experience Cloud sites
- Familiarity with React or other modern front-end frameworks integrated with Salesforce
- Understanding of relational databases and data design, including SQL or SOQL
- Knowledge of least-privilege access, separation of duties, and enterprise security principles
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence
- Experience supporting Salesforce in financial services or investment banking environments
Jefferies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Jefferies and has not been reviewed or approved by Jefferies.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation is positioned as competitive with meaningful upside, with potential for significant earnings depending on group performance and strong years. A formulaic, performance-linked bonus model ties payouts to individual fees or P&L, reinforcing a pay-for-results dynamic.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-building support is broad, including primary and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, subsidized emergency child and eldercare, and a $25,000 stipend for qualified surrogacy, adoption, or fertility support. Added resources like family support programs and parental-leave coaching further strengthen caregiver benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle perks extend beyond standard coverage, including discount programs, commuter benefits, legal plans, charitable matching, and education assistance such as tuition support and scholarships for employees’ family members. Location-specific perks like gym stipends and free cafeteria lunch are also described as available in some offices.
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What We Do
Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for 60 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as asset and wealth management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company. More about our company can be found at www.jefferies.com.
