Associate Salesforce Developer
About The Position
The Associate Salesforce Developer supports the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, user-friendly solutions on the Salesforce platform. Working under the supervision of the Salesforce Solution Architect, this role will work collaboratively with the Data and Information Systems team and cross-departmental stakeholders to build functionality that improves operational efficiency, data quality, and user experience. This role will gain hands-on experience developing in a highly active, multi-department Salesforce environment that includes complex program registration workflows, financial processes, Experience Cloud sites, and integrations with key managed packages. The position provides exposure to modern Salesforce engineering practices, including LWC development, Apex frameworks, version control, and CI/CD. This is an early-career role ideal for someone eager to grow their Salesforce development skill set while contributing to meaningful organizational impact. Training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities will be provided.
Requirements
- Unwavering commitment to data security best practices.
- Foundational knowledge of Apex, SOQL/SOSL, Visualforce, LWC, and Salesforce development concepts.
- Understanding of Salesforce data modeling, including standard and custom objects, relationships, and fields.
- Familiarity with Salesforce administration, including the Lightning Experience, permission sets, automations, Nonprofit Success Pack, and Salesforce’s Sales and Service Clouds.
- Basic understanding of modern Salesforce development practices (Git, VS Code, SFDX) or willingness to learn and adopt them.
- Familiarity with Lightning Web Components or comparable web development frameworks.
- Comfort working with data at volume (data imports, transformations, SOQL/aggregate queries).
- Ability to read and understand larger Apex codebases and follow established design patterns.
- Interest in developing integrations (REST APIs, platform events, MuleSoft as middleware).
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them in a structured development environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an attention to detail.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Salesforce NPSP, PMM, Traction Rec, Accounting Seed, Conga, CloudBudget, Service Echo
- Experience with Git/GitHub version control, SFDX, scratch org workflows
- Experience with data tools: Data Loader, Data Import Wizard, Workbench, Excel/CSV transformations
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the Data and Information Systems team to design, build, test, and deploy scalable Salesforce solutions that conform to established architectural patterns and meet business requirements.
- Build and enhance Lightning Web Components, including components used on Experience Cloud sites for program registrations, evaluations, and other community user interactions.
- Support development of custom Apex services and asynchronous processes (Queueable, Batch Apex).
- Write Apex unit tests and integration tests to ensure reliability, maintainability, and code coverage for all custom development.
- Work with complex managed packages (NPSP, PMM, Traction Rec, Accounting Seed, CloudBudget, Conga), extending functionality using best practices and in accordance with upgrade-safe patterns.
- Support integration efforts between Salesforce and external systems or applications.
- Assist with system testing, UAT coordination, debugging, and post-deployment validation.
- Leverage and champion organization frameworks, design patterns, and styles.
- Participate in code reviews, contribute to best practices, and help maintain consistent code quality standards.
- Play a key role in establishing and improving our source control and CI/CD practices, helping to build a more robust, consistent, and scalable development lifecycle as the Salesforce team grows.
- Create and maintain clear, user-friendly documentation, training materials, and job aids.
- Provide training to new and existing users on Salesforce functionality, workflows, and system best practices.
- Offer timely support for user issues, completing troubleshooting and resolving Salesforce cases.
- Work with departments to refine business processes, identify automation opportunities, and ensure data quality and consistent system usage.
- Assist with large data updates, imports, and data hygiene initiatives in collaboration with the Data Team.
Benefits
- Training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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