Salesforce Development Intern
About The Position
The Salesforce Developer Intern will play a crucial role in improving the efficiency and maintainability of our Salesforce environment by analyzing, optimizing and cleaning up obsolete code. This internship provides hands-on experience in Salesforce development, Apex programming and system performance optimization. The intern will collaborate with Salesforce Developers, Administrators, Business Analysts and QA teams to identify technical debt, refactor legacy code and enhance system functionality. During the internship, the intern will: Gain practical experience with Apex, SOQL, Lightning Web Components and Salesforce development best practices Develop skills in code optimization, debugging, performance tuning and deployment processes Learn about Salesforce security, governor limits and scalable architecture Work closely with an experienced team in an enterprise Salesforce environment, gaining real-world experience in software development lifecycle and DevOps This internship is an excellent opportunity for students to gain hands-on Salesforce development experience, build real-world coding and debugging skills, and contribute to impactful projects within an enterprise-level Salesforce environment.
Requirements
- You must be currently enrolled in a degree program (Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field).
- We will accept applicants graduating from their degree in Spring 2026.
- Recent graduates within the last 6 months will be considered.
- Basic experience with Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, or other object-oriented programming languages is preferred.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Passion for learning, coding, and optimizing business processes.
Nice To Haves
- Understanding of Salesforce data structures, security model, and declarative automation (Flows, Process Builder, Workflows) is a plus.
- Experience with Git, version control, and debugging tools is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Code Analysis & Documentation: Review existing Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages and Lightning components to identify obsolete or inefficient code. Document findings and suggest improvements
- Refactoring & Optimization: Rewrite and optimize legacy code to align with Salesforce best practices, ensuring better maintainability, performance and compliance with governor limits
- Technical Debt Reduction: Identify deprecated features, unnecessary hardcoded value and redundant logic. Assist in modernizing and consolidating business logic
- Testing & Validation: Develop and execute Apex unit tests to maintain code quality and achieve optimal test coverage. Work with QA teams to validate functionality
- Declarative Automation Review: Assist in replacing outdated Process Builders and Workflows with modern Salesforce Flow solutions where applicable
- Version Control & Deployment – Learn and assist with Git-based version control, branching strategies and deployment processes using tools like Copado, Gearset, or Change Sets
- System Performance Monitoring : Monitor debug logs, analyze SOQL queries and optimize data retrieval methods to improve system efficiency
- Security & Compliance Considerations: Ensure that Apex and declarative solutions adhere to Salesforce security standards, including CRUD/FLS enforcement, sharing rules and secure coding practices
- Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Participate in team meetings, discuss development strategies and share insights on improving Salesforce development workflows
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
