Senior Salesforce Technical Lead
The Canada Life Assurance Company17 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Base Salary
$114k - $164k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead a cross-functional team developing, configuring, modifying, and integrating Salesforce solutions.
- Define solution architecture, non-functional requirements, implementations, and end-to-end system and business impacts.
- Remain hands-on with Apex, Lightning Web Components, integrations, troubleshooting, proof-of-concepts, and code reviews.
- Oversee product design, development, quality standards, technical debt, platform lifecycle, security, upgrades, and roadmap improvements.
- Establish coding, versioning, testing, configuration, documentation, monitoring, and alerting practices.
- Collaborate with product owners, architects, business stakeholders, and internal and external partners.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to software developers.
- Prioritize product work and technical improvements while supporting digital modernization and delivery acceleration.
Requirements
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in business or computer science, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience delivering software, integration, or platform engineering solutions following a software development lifecycle.
- Expert-level Salesforce development proficiency, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, Platform Events, integration patterns, REST APIs, and enterprise-scale solution design.
- Solid understanding of Salesforce Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Service Cloud.
- Experience with software development techniques including unit testing, continuous integration, test-driven development, and automated testing.
- Ability to provide technical thought leadership over development and quality standards and to mentor software developers.
- Strong understanding of industry best practices and ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Salesforce Platform Developer II and/or Salesforce Architect certification is an asset.
- Knowledge of Salesforce AI capabilities, including Agentforce, Einstein, Prompt Builder, and AI governance, is an asset.
- Salesforce integration and API knowledge, Agile delivery experience, and experience with Jira, Confluence, and Git are assets.
- Financial services industry experience is an asset.
- Reliability Status Security Clearance is required as a condition of employment before access to Protected B information, assets, or work sites.
Benefits
- Permanent full-time employment with hybrid work indicated.
- Career advancement opportunities, industry-leading learning programs, and up to $2,000 annually toward education reimbursement.
- Flexible health and dental benefits and a $5,000 mental health benefit.
- Vacation and personal days plus a volunteer day supporting community involvement.
- Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program, and additional investment options.
- Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts, Employee Resource Groups, mentorship programs, social clubs, and events.
About The Canada Life Assurance Company
The Canada Life Assurance Company provides life, health, disability, and group benefits insurance, plus retirement and wealth management products for individuals and employers across Canada. It generates revenue through premiums, investment management fees, and group plan administration. Headquartered in Toronto, it is a subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco and part of the Power Corporation group of companies, serving both retail and workplace markets nationwide.