
Salesforce DevOps Engineer
Verifiable
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Own, build, and continuously improve Salesforce CI/CD pipelines — using tools such as GitHub**Actions, Copado, or Gearset — ensuring fast, reliable, and automated deployments across all**environments (dev, QA, UAT, staging, production)**
- Define and enforce release management processes, org branching strategies, sandbox refresh**schedules, and deployment governance policies**
- Drive adoption of Salesforce DevOps best practices across engineering and admin teams,**including source control, automated testing, and code review standards**
- Manage Salesforce release cycles end-to-end — from sandbox development through UAT,**staging, and production deployments**
- Ensure deployment quality and resilience through automated validation, pre/post-deployment test**runs, and documented rollback procedures**
- Partner with Salesforce developers and admins to resolve merge conflicts, metadata dependency**issues, and deployment failures quickly**
- Monitor org health, track metadata changes across environments, and maintain accurate release**notes and deployment documentation**
- Reduce manual release steps by identifying and automating the highest-friction points in the**current patch and release process**
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, and Implementation teams to coordinate**deployment windows and communicate release scope and risk**
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex deployment failures, contributing to long-term**reliability through post-incident improvements
Requirements
- 3+ years of dedicated Salesforce DevOps experience, with 5+ years in the Salesforce ecosystem**overall (admin, developer, or architect background)**
- Deep expertise in Salesforce DX (SFDX), scratch orgs, metadata API, and source-driven**development workflows**
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce CI/CD tooling — such as Copado, Gearset, AutoRABIT, or**custom pipelines built on GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps**
- Strong release management background: environment strategy, sandbox management,**deployment scheduling, change set orchestration, and production deployment governance**
- Proficiency with version control (Git), branching strategies (e.g., trunk-based, Gitflow), and**Salesforce automated testing frameworks (Apex unit tests, UI testing with Selenium/Provar)**
- Experience with Salesforce ISV managed package development (1GP), including packaging org**management, package version uploads, push upgrade orchestration, and patch org lifecycle**management**
- Salesforce development fundamentals — Apex, SOQL, and LWC — sufficient to contribute to**feature development and bug fixes outside of active release cycles**
- A track record of deploying to Salesforce production on a regular cadence (weekly or bi-weekly**release trains)**
- Experience managing multiple concurrent Salesforce environments (partial/full sandboxes, scratch**orgs) and orchestrating releases across them
Benefits
- Health/Vision/Dental plans
- unlimited PTO
- new Apple equipment
- startup equity as part of your comp package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Salesforce CI/CDSalesforce DX (SFDX)metadata APIsource-driven developmentversion control (Git)Salesforce automated testing frameworksApexSOQLLWCrelease management
Soft Skills
collaborationtroubleshootingcommunicationleadershipproblem-solving