Elsevier

Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce

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4 days ago
Chennai, IndiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Gather and finalize requirements with business analysts, Salesforce administrators, developers, and business stakeholders.
  • Design, develop, review, and maintain complex Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow automation, integrations, and Salesforce architecture.
  • Build and govern AI-driven Salesforce agents and automations, including Agentforce solutions, prompt designs, guardrails, and output evaluation.
  • Design scalable Salesforce data models and integrated solutions for a 2,000+ user organization.
  • Resolve complex issues across Salesforce, Gainsight, Monday.com, Oracle Sales Cloud Incentive Comp, and related integrations.
  • Apply coding standards, code reviews, release management, packaging, compliance, audit, and org governance practices.
  • Use and evaluate AI-assisted development tools while ensuring generated code meets security, governor-limit, quality, and organizational standards.
  • Write technical specifications, support testing and code coverage, and mentor and onboard junior software engineers.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years building and supporting enterprise Salesforce implementations.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience.
  • Salesforce Platform Developer I certification; Platform Developer II, Application Architect, or System Architect certification is strongly preferred.
  • Advanced Salesforce development knowledge, including Apex, SOQL/SOSL, bulkification, governor-limit-aware design, asynchronous processing, data modeling, sharing and security models, and large data volume design.
  • Experience with Salesforce Connect, Platform Events, Change Data Capture, external objects, middleware such as MuleSoft, and REST/SOAP integrations.
  • Expertise with Apex, Lightning Web Components, Aura, JavaScript, Flow, Flow Orchestrator, and related integration technologies; working knowledge of Java/J2EE, HTML, XML, SQL, and .NET.
  • Hands-on experience with Agentforce, Salesforce native AI capabilities, prompt engineering, AI coding assistants, AI-generated code evaluation, and governed AI workflows.
  • Knowledge of Salesforce release practices and CI/CD tooling such as Copado, Gearset, or Salesforce DX/SFDX pipelines.
  • Knowledge of test-driven development, Apex unit testing, LWC Jest testing, and AI-assisted test generation.
  • Strong communication, research, stakeholder collaboration, technical specification, and mentoring skills.
  • Experience in regulated, audited, or compliance-driven release environments is preferred.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and work/life balance initiatives.
  • Health insurance covering employees and family, plus group life and accident insurance.
  • Family leave, including maternity and paternity leave, and a new baby gift.
  • Tuition reimbursement and long-service awards.
  • Paid casual, sick, privilege, compassionate, special sick, and public-holiday leave.
  • Subsidized food and free transportation to and from the office for India-Chennai employees.

Tech Stack

HTMLJavaJavaScriptJest.NETSOAPSQL
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About Elsevier

10,000+ employees

Elsevier builds scientific and medical information products and analytics platforms for researchers, clinicians, and educators. Its portfolio includes journals and databases such as The Lancet, Cell, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and ClinicalKey, sold primarily via institutional subscriptions, licensing, and open-access publishing fees. Founded in 1880 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier operates as a business of RELX, serving universities, hospitals, corporations, and government research agencies worldwide.

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