Walker & Dunlop

AVP, Salesforce Development Manager

Walker & Dunlop

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Co-own the Salesforce roadmap and quarterly OKRs with the VP, CRM Strategy & Solutions; translate strategy into delivery plans and manage cross-team dependencies.
  • Lead execution across multiple initiatives and departments, ensuring predictable sprint delivery, scope control, and on-time outcomes for complex programs.
  • Measure and improve platform health and delivery performance by defining/monitoring KPIs, identifying bottlenecks, reducing cycle time, and increasing release confidence.
  • Proactively manage delivery and technical risk, escalating early and negotiating trade-offs while protecting quality, security, and long-term platform sustainability.
  • Oversee architecture and solution design across declarative and programmatic development to ensure scalable, performant, maintainable solutions.
  • Drive engineering excellence and continuous improvement through standards, reusable patterns, reference architectures, code quality practices, and resiliency upgrades.
  • Own CI/CD and release management maturity across multiple orgs, including branching strategy, automated validations/tests, approvals, and rollback planning.
  • Establish and enforce platform governance and security controls (access policies, role hierarchy, sharing model, permission sets, data quality, and environment strategy).
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform and integration issues and evaluate/adopt technologies and practices that improve speed, quality, and security.
  • Lead cross-functional planning and communication, removing blockers and clarifying ownership across teams; ensure PRDs/TDDs receive timely, actionable feedback through design reviews, Tech Talks, and postmortems.
  • Partner with product owners and stakeholders to refine requirements, manage scope, and deliver value across concurrent initiatives.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop Salesforce engineering teams (developers/admins) across Sales and Service Cloud orgs; set expectations, coach performance, enforce accountability, and build inclusive teams with strong hiring and succession plans.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including significant hands-on Salesforce development
  • 5+ years leading Salesforce/CRM engineering teams (people leadership and/or leading multiple teams)
  • Demonstrated experience operating Salesforce at scale, ideally including multi-org support, mature release/change management, and enterprise integrations (especially MuleSoft)
  • Salesforce Developer II, Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II, Salesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer II are required
  • Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer, Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer, Salesforce Certified System Architect are preferred
  • Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, Salesforce architecture, and engineering best practices across Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Salesforce Privacy Center and ecosystem platforms including Box, Conga, and Odeseva
  • Expertise in Apex (trigger frameworks, governor limits, bulkification) and Salesforce application architecture
  • Strong Lightning experience (Lightning Web Components) and modern UI patterns
  • Experience with integrations (REST/SOAP APIs), middleware patterns, and event-driven designs - leveraging tools such as MuleSoft
  • Strong understanding of platform security and access governance (role hierarchy, sharing model, permission sets)
  • Strong data management and modeling understanding (e.g., SQL, XML, JSON); experience with PostgreSQL
  • Proven ability to deliver complex, cross-team initiatives with strong planning, dependency management, and execution discipline; experienced in Agile methodology including delivery tools such as Jira
  • Ownership mindset and strong stakeholder partnership skills; demonstrates courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in collaboration across teams using tools like Slack and Zoom
  • Deep familiarity with DevOps and delivery excellence, including source control and pipeline practices using GitLab, code quality and static analysis with SonarQube, and modern CI/CD and release management practices
  • Backend application development experience using C# and the Microsoft .NET framework.
  • Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes.
  • Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders.
Benefits
  • Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions
  • Competitive dental and vision benefits
  • 401(k) + match
  • Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits
  • A robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that promote health, engagement, and balance
  • Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs
  • Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance
  • Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
  • Career development opportunities
  • Empowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Salesforce developmentApexLightning Web ComponentsREST APIsSOAP APIsSQLXMLJSONPostgreSQLC#
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder partnershipplanningdependency managementexecution disciplineownership mindsetcollaborationmentoringcommunicationproblem-solving
Certifications
Salesforce Developer IISalesforce Certified Platform App BuilderSalesforce Certified Platform Developer IISalesforce Certified MuleSoft Developer IISalesforce Certified Integration Architecture DesignerSalesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment DesignerSalesforce Certified System Architect