What Should I Look for When Hiring Salesforce Developers in the USA for Custom Integration Work?
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Hey community,
I’m currently evaluating firms to hire Salesforce developers in the USA, specifically for a project involving complex Salesforce Cloud Integration Services. The work includes integrating with third-party CRMs, custom ERPs, and platforms like Shopify and Marketing Cloud.
From a technical standpoint, what should I assess beyond the basic certifications? Should Apex, LWC (Lightning Web Components), and integration experience with REST/SOAP APIs be considered non-negotiable?
Also, I’d love insights on:- Experience with Salesforce Platform Events or Queueable Apex
- Familiarity with CI/CD best practices (Gearset, Jenkins, etc.)
- HIPAA or industry-specific compliance exposure
- Red flags to watch out for during vetting
If you've worked with a U.S.-based Salesforce partner or team for custom integration, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience—good or bad. Recommendations welcome!
Thanks in advance.
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Must-evaluate factors
- Platform Integration Experience
- SAP, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics
- Custom REST/GraphQL APIs
- AWS Lambda / Azure Functions for middleware logic
- Data lakes / ETL tools like Talend or MuleSoft
- Expert with Salesforce Flow, LWC & Apex Together
Have to know when to use declarative tools vs. code (Apex) vs. modern UI with LWC is crucial. A capable developer will architect workflows using a hybrid approach to reduce long-term technical debt.
- Security Compliance
They must comply with HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR, etc. developer should have a history of building audit-ready, permission-aware integrations with proper OAuth flows & token refresh cycles.
- CI/CD, Git & DevOps for Salesforce
- SFDX CLI
- Gearset or Copado for deployments
- Bitbucket/GitHub Pipelines
At Impero IT Services, we recently partnered with a US-based supply chain logistics platform that needed real-time sync between Salesforce Sales Cloud and their custom Node.js-based operations system.
We built:
- A custom API middleware layer on AWS using Lambda for real-time sync
- Used Salesforce Platform Events and Change Data Capture (CDC) to minimize polling
- Integrated Slack for event-based team alerts directly from Salesforce
- Enabled secure multi-region data handling to comply with FedRAMP & CCPA
