Salesforce Development Lead

Location MoscavideLisbonPortugal
Type Other
Seniority Lead
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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Richemont seeks a Salesforce Development Lead in Moscavide, Portugal to lead Salesforce architecture, integrations and a development team.

Overview

Richemont is a Swiss-based luxury goods group comprising several of the world's leading maisons across jewellery, watches and lifestyle brands. As an employer, the group combines heritage craftsmanship with an accelerating digital and technology agenda, offering a multinational, matrixed environment focused on quality, brand stewardship and long-term client relationships.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Lead design, architecture and implementation of Salesforce solutions across Sales, Service and Commerce clouds, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business objectives.
  • Manage and mentor a team of Salesforce developers and contractors, providing technical guidance, code reviews and career development.
  • Define and enforce development standards, CI/CD pipelines (Salesforce DX), branching strategy and deployment governance.
  • Own integrations between Salesforce and backend systems using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware (e.g., Mulesoft) or integration patterns appropriate to the platform.
  • Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders and global IT teams to translate requirements into scalable, secure technical solutions and release plans.
  • Drive platform roadmap, technical debt reduction, performance optimisation and secure data models across orgs.
  • Establish testing strategy (unit, integration, UAT) and monitor production health; lead incident response and post-release retrospectives.

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership experience delivering enterprise Salesforce programmes and leading development teams.
  • Salesforce certifications required or strongly preferred (e.g., Platform Developer I/II, Application Architect or Technical Architect).
  • Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, security model, data modelling, and multi-org strategies.
  • Demonstrable experience with CI/CD for Salesforce (Salesforce DX), source-driven development and automated deployments.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to operate in a global, matrixed organisation.

Skills

Apex Lightning Web Components (LWC) Visualforce SOQL / SOSL Salesforce DX Salesforce CPQ REST APIs SOAP Mulesoft Git CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions or equivalent) JavaScript

Experience

Typically 6+ years of Salesforce development experience with at least 2 years in a technical lead role on enterprise-scale implementations, including integrations and cross-functional delivery.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent practical experience.

Culture

Richemont blends a deep respect for artisanal heritage with an ambitious digital transformation agenda. The workplace values cross-brand collaboration, technical excellence and a measured, quality-first approach to change, offering professionals the chance to shape technology for prestigious maisons in a global organisation.