Salesforce DevOps Engineer

Continental s digital capabilities are growing every day. Our Data Customer Solutions IT team creates a wide range of technology solutions for Continental s Global Sales and Marketing teams - and we want you to join us!

Our team continuously works on the digitalization of our business-to-business processes and end consumer communication, using leading web technologies and a strong focus on data science and artificial intelligence. We run Continental s global customer relationship management platform, which supports our Sales colleagues in their daily interaction with customers.

If you d love to join a global team that works on the latest technologies and creates value-added solutions for customers, Continental is the perfect match for you.

The Salesforce DevOps Engineer / Developer is responsible for designing, building, deploying, and supporting scalable Salesforce solutions while ensuring reliable CI/CD, release governance, and deployment automation. The role combines hands-on Salesforce development expertise with strong DevOps and release management capabilities to deliver changes safely, consistently, and with full traceability across environments.

Key tasks:

• Drive the DevOps and release strategy for a global Salesforce Sales Service implementation;
• Design, develop, and maintain Salesforce solutions across Sales Cloud and Service Cloud using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, integrations, and declarative configuration;
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/Git, SFDX/sf CLI, validation deploys, automated tests, quality gates);
• Define environment and branching strategy, release governance, approvals, and rollback/hotfix procedures;
• Support end-to-end delivery from technical design and development through testing, deployment, and production stabilization;
• Troubleshoot deployment and application issues, including metadata dependencies, test failures, integration errors, permissions, and environment inconsistencies;
• Collaborate with architects, admins, business analysts, and product teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions. Qualifications

• Academic degree in Computer Science or a comparable qualification;
• Multiple years of experience in Salesforce development, DevOps, or release engineering;
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce development, including Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows, and configuration;
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for Salesforce using Azure DevOps, Git, and SFDX/sf CLI;
• Strong understanding of Salesforce deployment concepts, including metadata, environments, Apex tests, dependencies, and rollback procedures;
• Good scripting and automation skills in PowerShell, Bash or Python;
• Experience with quality controls such as automated tests, static analysis, and PR policies;
• Knowledge of authentication and secrets management;
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies;
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills;
• Professional working proficiency in English;
• Open to international travel (up to 10%).