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Ventura Foods · 2 weeks ago

Principal Salesforce Developer

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$127K/yr - $167K/yr

7+ years exp

Ventura Foods is a company that innovates and manufactures food solutions for foodservice and retail businesses. They are seeking a Principal Salesforce Developer to lead the implementation, operations, and optimization of Salesforce platforms while ensuring seamless integration with business functions to enhance growth and customer experiences.

Food ProcessingManufacturing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Architect and develop end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Sales, Service, and Marketing Cloud to support business objectives

Build custom applications and integrations using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Visualforce, and APIs

Customize and configure Salesforce features, including Case Management, Knowledge Base, Omni-Channel, Service Console, Campaigns, Leads, Opportunities, Accounts, Contacts, CTI integrations, and AI-enabled tools

Partner with cross-functional teams (Commercial, Sales, Business and Technical Analysts) to understand business requirements

Translate complex business needs into technical solutions aligned with Salesforce best practices

Collaborate with stakeholders to design user-centric features and optimize workflows

Oversee platform administration, optimization, stability, and operational maintenance

Manage licenses, monitor system health, and ensure scalability of the Salesforce platform

Continuously enhance platform performance and user experience through proactive improvements

Lead, mentor, and guide a team of Salesforce developers and administrators

Provide technical direction, establish coding standards, perform peer reviews, and ensure architectural alignment

Define and manage build, deployment, and release strategies. Support automation in activities like Build & QA

Govern internal team deliverables and monitor vendor/partner implementations

Develop and maintain Architecture diagrams, solution designs, workflows, technical documentation, and training materials

Enforce data governance policies and ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements

Qualification

Salesforce developmentSalesforce architectureSalesforce certificationsSystems integrationSalesforce AdministrationRelease managementAgile methodologiesLeadership skillsCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (required)

Proven experience with Salesforce implementations in the Manufacturing vertical, including at least one full-cycle implementation of Sales Cloud or Service Cloud

7-9+ years of Salesforce product knowledge with a strong understanding of platform capabilities

7+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience (Flows, Apex, Lightning, SOQL, APIs, and Java)

5+ years of Salesforce Administration experience across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud, including deep expertise in object models, metadata, configurations, license management, user setup, security (roles, profiles, OWD, permissions, sharing rules), and platform governance

Salesforce Certified Administrator (Required)

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I & II (Required)

Salesforce Certified Application Architect or Technical Architect (Required)

Preferred

Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant or Sales Cloud Consultant (Preferred)

Strong release management expertise, with familiarity in Salesforce DX, GIT, Azure DevOps (VSTS), and Visual Studio Code

Experience managing source code repositories, including branching and merging strategies (GitHub experience preferred)

Hands-on experience with ANT and change set deployments

Benefits

Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees

Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)

Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays

Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs

Company

Ventura Foods

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Ventura Foods – a leading producer of custom and proprietary dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, oils and other flavorings. It is a sub-organization of CHS Hedging.

Founded in 1867

Brea, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.venturafoods.com/

H1B Sponsorship

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