Western Governors University

Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce

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2 hours ago
Salt Lake City, UT, USASenior

Base Salary

$144k - $223k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design systems spanning Salesforce capabilities and external systems using Platform Events, CDC, async Apex, and integration callouts.
  • Make architectural decisions for the 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 Salesforce development practices covering asynchronous patterns, integration standards, and testing strategy.
  • Identify, prioritize, and resolve technical debt and partner with engineering leadership on platform strategy, migration plans, org health, and governance limit forecasting.
  • Represent technical architecture to Product, Operations, Academic leadership, and other non-technical stakeholders.
  • Design CI/CD improvements and release strategy for the 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 async Apex patterns, including Batch, Queueable, Platform Events, and CDC.
  • Deep understanding of Salesforce order of execution and its impact on complex automation.
  • A track record of solving difficult problems spanning multiple systems.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and improving team capability.
  • Ability to communicate technical architecture to engineers and non-technical leadership.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and management using Copado or an equivalent.
  • Preferred: Salesforce Platform Developer II certification.
  • Preferred: one or more architect-level certifications such as Integration Architect, Data Architect, or Application Architect.
  • Preferred: pipeline- and strategy-level Copado experience, Kafka or event streaming experience, higher education technology experience, large-scale Salesforce org experience, and experience migrating Process Builder or Workflow Rules to Flow or Apex.

Benefits

  • Full-time regular position with 40 standard weekly hours and eligibility for bonuses.
  • In-office work in Salt Lake City, five days per week.
  • Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, and mental healthcare coverage.
  • Health savings account, flexible spending account, life insurance, disability coverage, and supplemental accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage.
  • Legal and identity theft coverage and a retirement savings plan.
  • Wellbeing program and discounted WGU tuition.
  • Flexible paid time off and paid sick time without accrual requirements, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leave including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

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