Principal Salesforce Engineer

About Us:

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well-being of all Americans, from veterans and service members to children, families, and seniors. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow.

Purpose and Scope: 

We are seeking a Principal Salesforce Engineer to serve as the technical deputy for the CMS QIO Platform (CQP), responsible for driving the design, implementation, and operational excellence of a large-scale, multi-product Salesforce ecosystem.

This role extends beyond traditional solution architecture by combining hands-on engineering expertise, cross-platform system design, and program-level technical leadership. The individual will act as a technical deputy to program engineering leadership, ensuring that architectural decisions are effectively translated into scalable, secure, and high-quality implementations. 

The Principal Salesforce Engineer will work across multiple product teams to enforce engineering standards, guide complex solution design, and ensure alignment with CMS technical, security, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities:

·  Lead the design and evolution of the CQP platform architecture across Salesforce, AWS, and integrated systems

·  Define and enforce engineering standards, design patterns, and integration strategies across all product teams

·  Ensure alignment with CMS Technical Reference Architecture (TRA) and enterprise guidelines

·  Provide architectural oversight for key platform components, including provider workflows, data ingestion, and reporting systems

·  Design and validate complex solutions across Apex services and asynchronous processing patterns, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Salesforce Flows and platform automation

·  Support and troubleshoot complex cross-system issues spanning Salesforce, AWS, and integrations

·  Ensure solutions are optimized for performance, scalability, and maintainability

·  Lead integration design across Salesforce and AWS services (S3, Lambda, etc.), Middleware platforms (e.g., MuleSoft), and External systems of record

·  Define data flow patterns and ensure clear system-of-record boundaries

·  Ensure data consistency, traceability, and alignment with analytics platforms (e.g. Databricks)

·  Partner with product and engineering teams to ensure architecture is effectively implemented in delivery

·  Review technical designs, code, and implementations for adherence to standards

·  Identify and mitigate technical risks across teams and releases, including managing change

·  Drive improvements in DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing

·  Serve as a key technical liaison between CMS stakeholders, Product management, and Engineering teams

·  Communicate architecture decisions, tradeoffs, and risks in a clear and actionable manner

·  Support program-level ownership and decision-making with strategic planning and technical roadmap development

·  Mentor engineers and technical leads across teams

·  Promote best practices in system design, development, and testing

·  Drive a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence

·  Staying up-to-date on Salesforce trends, releases, new features, and product roadmaps

·  Promoting cross-team collaborations and disseminating information through knowledge sharing sessions, communities of practice, etc.

·  Promoting and enforcing an automation-first approach to reduce manual configurations within the Salesforce platform using custom Apex scripts, Robotic Process Automation, etc.

·  Supporting hiring efforts for the program, including conducting resume screens, technical interviews, and culture-and-values assessments

·  Writing code!

Requirements:

• All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation. 
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field and 10+ years of experience in IT architecture, design, and development including 8+ years of experience architecting complex Salesforce solutions OR
• In lieu of a degree, 12 years of relevant professional experience, including at least 4 years of specialized experience may be substituted.
• Previous hands-on Salesforce development experience
• Experience managing a team of technical professionals
• Strong development experience of custom solutions on Salesforce platform working with Lightning Web Components, Apex Triggers, Apex Classes, Visualforce, SOQL 
• Experience working with Copado CI/CD pipelines and knowledgeable on Copado best practices
• Experience with object-oriented programming design patterns and Salesforce data modeling best practices
• Experience working on/with an Agile and SAFe team 
• Experience developing reporting and dashboards in Salesforce
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to collaborate with team members and business stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Experience working in multi-team development environments
• Knowledgeable on modular development practices and infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Awareness of critical concepts in Security, DevSecOps and Agile principles

Desired Qualifications:

• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or Salesforce Certified Application Architect credentials
• Copado Fundamentals I and Copado Fundamentals II
• Experience with Copado Robotic Process Automation 
• Experience in multi-cloud architectures and AWS cloud development 

Working Environment:
eSimplicity supports a remote (or hybrid depending on the role and program) work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by manager.

Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 5% per year.

Benefits:
eSimplicity offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, and additional wellness and employee support programs. Eligibility may vary based on employment status and applicable plan terms.

Reasonable Accommodation:
eSimplicity is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process. Applicants who need assistance or an accommodation should contact Human Resources.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
eSimplicity is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.