Salesforce Lead Developer

Job ID: 10135

Employment Type: Existing Role

Work Environment: We offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto (North York), ON; Kitchener, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS.

Working Business Language: English. This role requires regular interaction with employees and customers across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English. As such, the successful candidate must be fully proficient in English.

Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.

The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $100,000 - $130,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.

About The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Founded in 1896, The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, 100% owned by its members, with more than $4.1 billion in annual revenue and $12.5 billion in assets. Headquartered in Winnipeg, Wawanesa is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance solutions throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, a leading national distributor of personal and business insurance. In March of 2026, Wawanesa entered into an agreement to acquire Everest Insurance Company of Canada to strengthen its commercial insurance capabilities and advance its long-term growth strategy.

Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.8 million members and we are home to more than 3,000 employees across Canada. The company actively gives back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $4 million annually to charitable organizations, including more than $2 million each year in support of people on the front lines of climate change. Learn more at wawanesa.com.

We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.

Job Overview

As our Salesforce Lead Developer, you'll lead the design, build, and delivery of solutions across Financial Services Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Sales Cloud, Experience Cloud and the Salesforce Platform. You'll guide the implementation team, run code reviews, embed development standards, and mentor Salesforce developers while remaining actively engaged in development.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, development, and testing of Salesforce solutions end to end, translating business requirements into technical specifications.
• Develop across the Salesforce Platform using Apex classes and triggers, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, APIs, and complex automations.
• Configure and extend Financial Services Cloud for onboarding, client and household management, KYC, Interaction Summaries, Action Plans, and advisor experience.
• Develop Sales Cloud capabilities including lead and opportunity automation, forecasting, territory management, and downstream integrations.
• Implement Marketing Cloud journeys, automation logic, Contact Builder data models, Email Studio assets, and MC Connect / cross-cloud integrations with Financial Services Cloud and Sales Cloud.
• Build OmniStudio components including OmniScripts, FlexCards, DataRaptors, and Integration Procedures to deliver guided, low-code experiences.
• Run code reviews and embed development standards so every release is scalable, compliant, secure, and maintainable.
• Coach and mentor developers, sharing patterns and providing direction to grow the team's overall capability.
• Estimate, track, and deliver assigned work, keeping delivery predictable and transparent.
• Support and stabilize the platform by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving incidents across Salesforce applications.
• Lead documentation for designs, standards, and operational processes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Salesforce application development experience, with significant time leading Salesforce delivery.
• Proven Salesforce delivery experience across the Salesforce Platform plus Financial Services Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Sales Cloud.
• Strong proficiency in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, SOQL/SOSL, and declarative automation.
• Hands-on OmniStudio experience with OmniScripts, FlexCards, DataRaptors, and Integration Procedures.
• Proven Financial Services Cloud delivery experience, including the FSC data model, Interaction Summaries, Action Plans, and regulated-industry use cases.
• Proven Marketing Cloud delivery experience with Journey Builder, Automation Studio, Email Studio, Contact Builder, AMPscript/SSJS, and MC Connect.
• Experience designing and implementing integration patterns including REST/SOAP APIs, middleware (MuleSoft a plus), and event-driven design.
• Strong Salesforce DevOps practices, including Git-based source-driven development, CI/CD, sandbox strategy, and tooling such as Gearset or Salesforce DevOps Center.
• Working knowledge of data governance, Salesforce security models, OAuth, and SSO.
• Post-secondary degree or diploma in software development or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adjust style for technical and business audiences.
• Proven ability to coach, lead, and motivate a development team toward shared goals.
• Salesforce certifications are required for this role.
• Considered assets: experience in a regulated industry (insurance, financial services, or healthcare), Credentials - Salesforce Certified Financial Services Cloud Accredited Professional, Salesforce Certified Data Cloud Consultant, experience integrating Salesforce with other platforms (eg: AWS services, MuleSoft).

Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.

We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. If you require accommodations during any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out in confidence to [email protected].

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