Senior Principal Salesforce Developer (Remote)

Magellan Health

2d • $127,295 - $229,105 • Remote

About The Position

This position serves as an expert technical and industry resource to management, clients, and development staff on new uses of information technology throughout major system and subsystem development. It consults on internal and industry IT technical and business-domain process capabilities, and leads the identification and recommendation of IT opportunities and business operations related to application development. The role formulates and directs task identification, work estimates, and schedules for research, prototypes, and proof-of-concept activities. It directs and participates in development tasks, including data management, application architecture, and business architecture, and provides guidance and mentorship to staff on complex assignments and new technologies.

The developer provides technical leadership for applications managed by an IT Service Owner, drives software usability and quality, and maintains technical currency across the application portfolio. This is a hands-on engineering role involving quality code, problem solving, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and coaching. The role also writes technical blogs and participates in the open-source community.

The position applies Design Thinking to application design, leads agile development as a senior technical leader, and coaches engineers across teams in practices such as TDD, ATDD, and pair programming. It designs scalable applications in AWS, develops load and performance testing strategies, performs advanced performance tuning, and reviews and implements corrective and preventive measures using metrics such as code quality, business, and performance metrics. Listed duties are representative and not all-inclusive; leaders may assign additional or other duties aligned with the role.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of IT experience.
• At least 8 years of related experience, including experience working with Agile methods and modern programming environments.
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, or a related field.
• Critical-thinking skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving techniques.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A combination of education and work experience may be considered; listed education includes a bachelor's degree or a bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Science.

Nice To Haves

• Salesforce Platform Developer I or II certification preferred; additional Salesforce certifications are a plus.
• At least five years of Salesforce development experience, including hands-on experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), APIs, and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an expert technical and industry resource to management, clients, and development staff during major system and subsystem development.
• Consult on IT technical and business-domain process capabilities and lead identification and recommendation of IT opportunities related to application development.
• Formulate and direct task identification, work estimates, and schedules for research, prototype, and proof-of-concept activities.
• Direct and participate in development work, including data management, application architecture, and business architecture.
• Guide staff on complex assignments and mentor them on new technologies.
• Provide technical leadership for the portfolio of applications managed by an IT Service Owner.
• Drive software usability and quality and maintain technical currency across the application portfolio.
• Write quality code and assist with problem solving, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and coaching.
• Write technical blogs and participate in the open-source community.
• Apply Design Thinking techniques to application design.
• Lead agile software development efforts as a senior technical leader.
• Coach and mentor software engineers across teams on TDD, ATDD, and pair programming.
• Design scalable applications in AWS using cloud services and tools.
• Create load and performance testing strategies and perform advanced performance tuning.
• Review metrics across the application portfolio and implement corrective and preventive measures related to code quality, business metrics, and performance metrics.
• Comply with role-specific security responsibilities and controls, applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements, and internal policies and procedures.

Benefits

• May be eligible for short-term incentives.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Health, life, voluntary, and other benefits and perks supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior