What Is a Salesforce Developer Contract and How to Become One

By ZipRecruiter Marketplace Research Team

As a contract Salesforce developer, your duties involve creating customer relationship management (CRM) software solutions for a company on a temporary or freelance basis. Your responsibilities vary depending on the type of project you work on and the needs of each client. You are often involved in application design and testing. You write code for the applications and solutions that you build using the Apex language. Since you work on an independent basis with different clients, your job involves assessing the needs of each client so that you can build the solutions and applications that they need.

The qualifications that you need to start working as a contract Salesforce developer include a degree, professional certification or equivalent experience, and coding skills. Some employers seek applicants who have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering. It’s typical for candidates to obtain certification through Salesforce. You can become a Salesforce Platform App Builder, a Salesforce Platform Developer, or a Salesforce B2C Commerce Developer. In addition to the Salesforce Apex coding language, you may need to know JavaScript and SQL and be familiar with the VisualForce framework for making Salesforce apps.