Salesforce Integration Engineer

Location:Remote
Experience Level: 3–6 years
Department: Engineering / CRM / IT
Reports To: CRM Technical Lead / Engineering Manager

🔍 Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Integration Engineer to design, develop, and maintain integrations between Salesforce and various internal/external systems. The ideal candidate will have strong proficiency in Salesforce APIs, middleware platforms, and enterprise integration patterns. You will play a critical role in ensuring our Salesforce platform interacts seamlessly with other business systems to deliver a unified customer experience.

🎯 Key Responsibilities:

🔧 Integration Design & Development

• Design and implement integrations between Salesforce and external applications (e.g., ERP, marketing, support platforms).

• Develop and expose REST/SOAP APIs on Salesforce (using Apex or Named Credentials).

• Leverage tools like MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Workato, or custom middleware for integration workflows.

⚙️ Salesforce Custom Development

• Write Apex classes, triggers, and Lightning components as needed to support data integration.

• Utilize Platform Events, Change Data Capture (CDC), and Streaming APIs where appropriate.

📡 Data Synchronization & ETL

• Manage real-time and batch data syncs across systems.

• Work closely with data engineers for ETL pipelines and Salesforce data modeling.

🔐 Security & Performance

• Ensure secure authentication using OAuth2, JWT, connected apps, and IP whitelisting.

• Monitor integration performance and implement logging, retries, and error-handling strategies.

🤝 Collaboration & Documentation

• Work with Salesforce Admins, Developers, Business Analysts, and other tech teams to understand integration needs.

• Create technical documentation including sequence diagrams, flowcharts, and data dictionaries.

✅ Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 3–6 years of experience in Salesforce development/integration.

• Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce REST/SOAP APIs, Apex, and Flow.

• Experience with integration middleware (e.g., MuleSoft, Boomi, Informatica, or similar).

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools for Salesforce (Salesforce DX, Gearset, Jenkins, etc.).

• Deep understanding of Salesforce data model and security architecture.

• Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform Developer I, Integration Architecture Designer) are a plus.

🌐 Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)

• Experience working with microservices or serverless functions (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)

• Exposure to DevOps or API Gateway management

🤝 Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Clear written and verbal communication

• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum teams