Senior Salesforce Developer

APA•Washington, DC

3d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Salesforce Developer partners with APA business units to understand their needs, identify solutions that can be delivered on the APA Salesforce Platform, and design, build, and support those solutions. Working within a team of Salesforce developers, the role delivers scalable, secure, and maintainable Apex, Lightning Web Components, and Flows through the team’s Jira and Copado delivery process. The position works with business stakeholders to clarify requests, recommend platform-appropriate solutions, and translate requirements into user stories. It assesses the impact of changes on existing automation, managed packages, security, and integrations, then delivers and supports solutions across development, SIT, QA/UAT, and Production environments. The Senior Salesforce Developer also contributes to code quality, technical standards, documentation, mentoring, and production incident resolution. APA operates on a 37.5-hour work week with one-hour lunch breaks each day. The role may be eligible for remote work, subject to approval under APA’s Flexible Work Policy. Remote employees may not work from the listed restricted states and territories.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
At least 6 years of hands-on Salesforce development experience, including at least 3 years in a senior or lead developer role.
Proven experience delivering in a large, multi-team Salesforce org with legacy customizations, managed packages, and integrations.
Demonstrated ability to run requirements sessions with non-technical stakeholders and translate their needs into delivered solutions.
Ability to guide stakeholders toward simpler, maintainable alternatives when requests do not fit the platform.
Strong written communication, including user stories, acceptance criteria, design notes, and incident summaries.
Experience working in an Agile team with peer code review and shared development standards.
Salesforce Platform Developer I certification.
Advanced proficiency in Apex, including triggers, batch, queueable, scheduled, and invocable Apex; SOQL/SOSL; and Apex test classes.
Strong experience building Lightning Web Components and record-triggered, screen, and autolaunched Flows.
Solid understanding of the Salesforce security model, sharing, and Experience Cloud/guest-user access.
Experience with Salesforce APIs (REST and SOAP), Named Credentials, Connected Apps, and platform events.
Working knowledge of Salesforce platform limits, including governor limits, org-wide Apex code limits, and storage, and how to design within them.
Proficiency with Salesforce DevOps tools, including Copado, SFDX/Salesforce CLI, Git, and Bitbucket, and sandbox-based release pipelines.
Advanced knowledge of Agile project management tools, including Jira and Confluence.

Nice To Haves

Experience in association or nonprofit environments, including membership, renewals, accreditation, or events.
Salesforce Platform Developer II or Application Architect certification.
Experience with managed packages such as Fonteva and Apttus/Conga CPQ.
Familiarity with VS Code and AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or Agentforce.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery sessions with business units and end users to identify the underlying needs behind requests.
Recommend solutions that fit the APA Salesforce Platform, favoring existing functionality over new builds, and explain trade-offs in plain language.
Translate requirements into Jira user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Choose between declarative approaches, such as Flow and configuration, and programmatic approaches, such as Apex and LWC.
Assess the impact of changes on existing automation, managed packages, security, and integrations before development.
Lead discovery spikes on legacy or unfamiliar areas of the Salesforce org and document findings.
Design, build, test, and deploy bulk-safe Apex, Lightning Web Components, and Flows.
Deliver changes through the Copado pipeline across development, SIT, QA/UAT, and Production environments.
Investigate and resolve production incidents, identify root causes, and implement lasting fixes.
Review other developers’ code and user stories before promotion.
Safely retire dead code, obsolete automation, and unused metadata, checking dependencies across environments.
Mentor junior developers and administrators, and contribute to team standards and runbooks.
Perform other duties as assigned.