Technical Lead

At AFSC, we are rooted in people and agriculture, and we believe meaningful work happens when individuals feel valued, supported, and connected to a greater purpose. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive and lead what’s next, whether they’re in the field or at a desk. We attract people who care deeply about making an impact on their teams, communities, and the future of agriculture in Alberta, working hard to keep them inspired so they stay.

Posting will close June 30, 2026.

Location is flexible, within Alberta, dependent on the successful applicant.

The Technical Lead provides hands-on technical leadership for enterprise-scale Salesforce implementations, driving architectural direction, engineering excellence, and the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and maintainable digital platforms. This role is accountable for the end-to-end technical health and evolution of Salesforce and adjacent platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, integration patterns, and industry best practices.

This role plays a critical leadership function in modernizing legacy Salesforce implementations, advancing Lightning Web Runtime (LWR), Vlocity (Industries), nCino, and Visualforce-to-Lightning migrations, while enabling seamless integration across the broader enterprise ecosystem.

Although there are no direct reports, the Technical Lead mentors teams, drives technical consistency, and elevates engineering capability across Digital Services.

What will your growth opportunities look like in this role?

• Expand into enterprise architecture leadership, shaping Salesforce platform strategy and cross-system integration standards
• Act as a thought leader in Salesforce modernization, influencing adoption of LWR, composable architectures, and industry clouds (Vlocity)
• Enhance leadership capabilities, progressing toward Technical Manager, Principal Engineer, or Enterprise Architect roles
• Drive enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, including cloud modernization, API-first architecture, and platform convergence

What will you be responsible for?

• Provide enterprise-level technical leadership for Salesforce platforms, establishing architecture standards, design patterns, and governance frameworks
• Lead large-scale Salesforce implementations and transformations, including Lightning Web Runtime (LWR) adoption and experience layer modernization, Vlocity (Salesforce Industries) implementations and data models, nCino platform integration within financial services ecosystems, and Visualforce-to-Lightning (Aura/LWC) migration strategies
• Define and enforce best practices for Salesforce architecture, including domain-driven design and modularization, secure development and data governance, performance optimization and scalability patterns
• Drive enterprise integration architecture, including API-first and event-driven design, integration patterns across Salesforce, Azure, Boomi and other downstream systems, middleware and orchestration strategies (REST, Pub/Sub, platform events)
• Guide and mentor development by leading complex builds across LWC, Apex, and platform services, setting standards for code quality, testing, and DevOps pipelines, and resolving complex platform, integration, and performance issues
• Drive platform modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy Visualforce and Aura frameworks to LWC/LWR, adoption of scalable front-end architectures, rationalization of technical debt within all enterprise environments, and evaluation and adoption of Salesforce AI capabilities, including Agentforce and Einstein, to enhance customer and employee experiences
• Lead CI/CD and DevOps practices, enabling automated deployments and environment management, improved deployment frequency, source-driven development and packaging strategies, and consistent release governance across teams
• Coach and mentor engineers, promoting Salesforce platform expertise and certifications, adoption of best practices and reusable patterns, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
• Support delivery and risk management by identifying enterprise-level technical risks early, ensuring alignment between roadmap, architecture, and delivery, and improving platform reliability, observability, and supportability

What are we looking for from you?

• Extensive enterprise-scale Salesforce implementation experience, including leading multi-team, multi-cloud deployments across complex business domains
• Deep hands-on expertise across Salesforce core platform (Sales, Service, Experience Cloud), Financial Services Cloud, including industry-specific configurations, data models, and capabilities, Lightning Web Components (LWC) and Lightning Web Runtime (LWR), Vlocity / Salesforce Industries (OmniStudio) frameworks and architecture, and nCino platform implementation and integration
• Strong proficiency in data management and data modeling, including enterprise data architecture within Salesforce, complex object modeling, governance, and optimization strategies, data quality, lineage, and lifecycle management
• Demonstrated hands-on expertise in Apex programming and Salesforce backend architecture, JavaScript and modern front-end frameworks, Lightning Web Components (LWC) and Visualforce, including modernization and migration strategies, and OmniStudio (OmniScripts, DataRaptors, Integration Procedures)
• Proven experience modernizing legacy Salesforce environments, including Visualforce and Aura migrations to LWC/LWR, refactoring tightly coupled solutions into scalable, modular architectures
• Strong expertise in enterprise integration patterns, including API-first and event-driven architecture, integration across enterprise systems, and use of platform events, middleware, and orchestration layers
• Advanced understanding of version control and branching strategies (e.g., Git-based workflows), testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and automated testing in Salesforce, security architecture, including authentication, authorization, data protection, and compliance
• Deep knowledge of Salesforce platform administration and operations, including user management and role hierarchy design, sharing models and complex sharing logic, system maintenance, environment strategy, and release governance
• Demonstrated ability to define and enforce Salesforce best practices, including coding standards and reusable design patterns, secure and scalable architecture principles, and DevOps and CI/CD enablement (Azure DevOps or similar)
• Strong influence and communication skills, with the ability to guide architecture across multiple teams and domains, partner with enterprise architects and business stakeholders, and drive alignment on platform strategy and engineering standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a Technical Lead or Senior Engineer role.

Preferred Certifications

• Salesforce Certified Administrator
• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I
• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II
• Salesforce Certified OmniStudio Developer
• Salesforce Certified Application Architect
• Salesforce Certified System Architect
• Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer

About AFSC

Here you can expect a workplace where people matter, your work has real impact, and you’re supported to grow and succeed. For more than 85 years, we’ve helped strengthen Alberta’s agriculture sector through lending, insurance, and income stabilization programs and we’re proud to continue that legacy with a team that believes in meaningful, purpose-driven work. 

People are our Foundation . We want to work with talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. We strive to create a psychologically safe environment where we can all be ourselves and perform to the best of our abilities. Clients are our Focus . The perseverance and hard work we see from our clients inspires us to show that same work ethic in everything that we do. Excellence is our Aspiration . We are innovative, knowledgeable, and diverse and love what Albertan agriculture produces for people around the world.

Working together, we grow and sustain the agriculture industry in Alberta.If you’re looking to grow what matters - your career, your community, and the future of agriculture - we’d be excited to have you join us.