Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce
Western Governors University1 day ago
Salt Lake City, UT, USASenior
Base Salary
$144k - $223k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design systems spanning Salesforce capabilities and external systems using Platform Events, CDC, asynchronous Apex, and integration callouts.
- Make architectural decisions for the broader Salesforce portfolio and lead technical design for complex cross-system features involving Salesforce, Banner, ServiceNow, and Kafka.
- Solve complex platform problems involving transaction boundaries, asynchronous handoffs, and Salesforce order of execution.
- Mentor SE I and SE II engineers through design guidance, architecture reviews, and pairing.
- Drive technical direction for Salesforce development practices, including asynchronous patterns, integration standards, and testing strategy.
- Identify, prioritize, and reduce technical debt while partnering with engineering leadership on platform strategy, migration plans, org health, and governance limit forecasting.
- Communicate technical architecture to Product, Operations, Academic leadership, and other non-technical stakeholders.
- Design CI/CD improvements and release strategies for the Salesforce portfolio.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software development experience, including at least 3 years on the Salesforce platform.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Experience designing multi-system integrations, including error-handling and data-reconciliation strategies.
- Mastery of asynchronous Apex patterns, including Batch, Queueable, Platform Events, and CDC.
- Deep understanding of Salesforce order of execution and its impact on complex automation.
- Demonstrated success solving difficult problems spanning multiple systems.
- Experience mentoring engineers and elevating team capability.
- Ability to communicate technical architecture to engineers and non-technical leadership.
- Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Copado or an equivalent tool.
- Preferred: Salesforce Platform Developer II certification.
- Preferred: one or more Architect-level certifications, such as Integration Architect, Data Architect, or Application Architect.
- Preferred: Copado pipeline or strategy-level experience, Kafka or event-streaming experience, higher education technology experience, and experience with large-scale Salesforce organizations.
- Preferred: experience migrating legacy Process Builder and Workflow Rules automation to Flow and Apex.
Benefits
- Full-time regular employment with eligibility for bonuses.
- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental healthcare coverage.
- Health savings account and flexible spending account.
- Basic and voluntary life insurance, disability coverage, accident coverage, critical illness coverage, and hospital indemnity supplemental coverage.
- Legal and identity theft coverage.
- Retirement savings plan and wellbeing program.
- Discounted WGU tuition.
- Flexible paid time off and flexible paid sick time without accrual requirements.
- 11 paid holidays and other paid leave, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
- Full-time, in-office schedule requiring five days per week in Salt Lake City.
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About Western Governors University
Western Governors University is a nonprofit, accredited online university offering competency-based bachelor’s and master’s degree programs for working adults in business, IT, teaching, and healthcare. It operates a tuition-based model with flat-rate terms that let students advance as they demonstrate proficiency. Founded in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors and based in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, WGU serves students nationwide through fully remote instruction and support.