Senior salesforce developer

Note: APA operates on a 37.5-hour work week with one-hour lunch breaks each day.

APA sets salaries based on several considerations, including years of relevant experience, level of education, and previous staff and/or governance experience at APA.

The Senior Salesforce Developer partners with APA business units to understand their needs, guides them to solutions that can be delivered on the APA Salesforce Platform, and designs, builds, and supports those solutions. Working within a team of Salesforce developers, this role delivers scalable, secure, and maintainable Apex, Lightning Web Components, and Flow through the team’s Jira and Copado delivery process.

Education and Experience Required:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Experience:

• 6+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead developer role.
• Proven experience delivering in a large, multi-team Salesforce org with legacy customization, managed packages, and integrations.
• Demonstrated ability to run requirements sessions directly with non-technical stakeholders and translate them into delivered solutions.
• Track record of guiding stakeholders away from requests that do not fit the platform toward simpler, maintainable alternatives.
• 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.
• Experience in association or nonprofit environments (membership, renewals, accreditation, events) is a plus.

Computer Skills Required:

Salesforce Expertise:

• Salesforce Platform Developer I certification required; Platform Developer II or Application Architect preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Apex (triggers, batch, queueable, scheduled, and invocable), 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, SOAP), Named Credentials, Connected Apps, and platform events.
• Working knowledge of platform limits (governor limits, org-wide Apex code limits, storage) and how to design within them.
• Experience with managed packages such as Fonteva and Apttus/Conga CPQ is a plus.

General Technical Skills:

• Proficiency with Salesforce DevOps tools (Copado, SFDX/Salesforce CLI, Git, Bitbucket) and sandbox-based release pipelines.
• Advanced knowledge of agile project management tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Familiarity with VS Code and AI-assisted development tools (for example, Claude Code or Agentforce) is a plus.

Responsibilities:

Business Partnership

• Lead discovery sessions with business units and end users to identify the real need behind each request.
• Recommend solutions that fit the APA Salesforce Platform, favoring existing functionality over net-new builds, and explain trade-offs in plain language.
• Translate requirements into Jira user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

Solution Design

• Choose between declarative (Flow, configuration) and programmatic (Apex, LWC) approaches for each requirement.
• Assess the impact of changes on existing automation, managed packages, security, and integrations before building.
• Lead discovery spikes on legacy or unfamiliar areas of the org and document findings.

Development & Delivery

• Design, build, test, and deploy bulk-safe Apex, Lightning Web Components, and Flows.
• Deliver changes through the team’s Copado pipeline across development, SIT, QA/UAT, and Production environments.
• Investigate and resolve production incidents, identifying root cause and implementing lasting fixes.

Collaboration & Quality

• Review other developers’ code and user stories before promotion.
• Retire dead code, obsolete automation, and unused metadata safely, with dependency checks across environments.
• Mentor junior developers and administrators, and contribute to team standards and runbooks.
• others duties as assigned

About APA:

The American Psychological Association (APA) represents 146,000 psychologists, students, and affiliates, primarily in the U.S. and Canada but also in other countries around the world. APA is a scientific and professional organization with about 500 employees and is categorized as a 501(c)(3) along with its 501(c)(6) companion organization, APA Services, Inc.

APA offers a generous employee benefits program, including Remote Work/Flexible Scheduling; a 401(k) option with employer match of up to 4%; medical, dental, and vision insurance options and an outpatient mental health benefit; paid personal/vacation time plus 12 paid holidays; Family/Medical Leave; tuition assistance; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); short- and long-term disability insurance; and more.

Job Location:

Remote: APA jobs may be considered for remote work eligibility as defined in APA’s Flexible Work Policy and are subject to approval. Remote work employees may not work from the following states or U.S. territories: Alaska, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington, Wyoming.

Application Instructions:

Qualified candidates must apply online through APA’s applicant system http://bit.ly/1NJ8gy1 and attach a resume and cover letter specifying your salary expectations. Applications that are submitted without both documents are considered incomplete and will not be reviewed for consideration. Once your application is submitted, you will receive a confirmation email. Please make sure to check your Spam folder if you do not receive an email from us.

The American Psychological Association is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, personal appearance, familial status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.