Sopra Steria: Salesforce Technical Lead — Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

About Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria provides technology consulting, digital services and software solutions. Its employer description focuses on helping organisations change their operations through technology, combining business-sector knowledge with digital delivery. The business offers end-to-end support rather than describing its work as software coding alone. Its services connect an organisation's requirements with the technology and processes used to meet them, with an emphasis on practical, sustained improvements in how client organisations operate.

The position and its setting

Sopra Steria lists Salesforce Technical Lead in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, under reference CHE0006199. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Engineering, Development, Applications
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 21 April 2026
• Brands: Sopra Steria

Responsibilities and work described

• An experienced Senior Salesforce Developer with minimum years of expertise in designing, developing, and delivering enterprise-grade Salesforce solutions
• The role requires technical leadership, architecture understanding, and hands-on development capabilities
• Leadership: end-to-end Salesforce solution design and development
• Architecture: scalable solutions using Salesforce configuration and custom development
• Development: complex business logic using Apex, Triggers, and Visualforce/Lightning frameworks
• Design: and implement advanced automation using Flows, Approval Processes, and Process Builder
• Leadership: integration design and implementation using REST/SOAP APIs and external systems
• Define and enforce best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines using GitHub/GitLab, Salesforce CLI, VS Code, and Copado
• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews
• Collaboration: with stakeholders to define technical solutions aligned with business goals
• Quality / delivery: robust test strategy (unit, regression, UAT) and high code coverage

Essential requirements and candidate background

• 6–8 years of Salesforce development experience
• Expertise in Salesforce architecture, design patterns, and data modeling
• Extensive experience in Apex, integrations, and Lightning development
• Experience: DevOps tools and release management
• Problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
• Certifications (Mandatory)
• At least one of the following:
• Salesforce Administrator
• Platform Developer 1
• Platform App Builder
• AI Associate
• Agentforce Specialist
• Added Advantage
• Experience: Salesforce Agentforce solutions
• Prompt engineering, guardrails, AI workflows, and conversational design
• Expertise in OmniStudio (FlexCards, OmniScripts, DataRaptors, Integration Procedures, BRE)
• Experience: Copado Robotic Testing and automation frameworks
• Total Experience Expected: 06-08 years
• Engineering Degree or Maters in Science (MCA) or equivalent
• 7 years of hands-on experience in Salesforce platform development

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Advertised location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Salesforce Technical Lead vacancy is not an offer for reference CHE0006199; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

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How to apply to Sopra Steria

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official Sopra Steria posting below and match the title and reference CHE0006199.

Compare your qualifications and experience with the essential conditions for the Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India position, then read the preferred criteria separately.

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Practical preparation: CI/CD

CI/CD experience should describe the path from a proposed change to a release. Identify the checks, build artefacts and deployment steps you worked on, together with the problem the pipeline solved.

Relevant skills

• CI/CD
• REST APIs
• APIs
• AI/ML
• Salesforce
• AI
• stakeholder management