About the Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Senior Salesforce Developer to join our Enrollment Management team and contribute to the development, administration, and optimization of Salesforce solutions. Reporting to the Director of Salesforce Solutions and Architecture, this role is instrumental in supporting key operations across multiple departments within Enrollment Management and Marketing. The Senior Salesforce Developer will play a critical role managing the Enrollment Agreement process by working collaboratively with campus representatives, supporting data loading activities, and generating reports as requested by the compliance group.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and deploy customized Salesforce solutions aligned with business needs and Salesforce best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business users and offshore development team, to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
- Manage and customize user accounts, profiles, roles, and permission sets.
- Collaborate with business users to analyze current processes, identify challenges, and gather user requirements.
- Analyze and improve operational processes, identifying opportunities for automation and system optimization.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
- Generate and deliver reports, dashboards, and data insights to support compliance and decision-making.
- Stay updated on Salesforce platform updates and recommend relevant enhancements.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
- Experience:
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I & II are strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, data models, and best practices.
- 4+ years of hands-on Salesforce application development experience including:
- Lightning Component Development
- Apex Classes, Controllers, and Triggers
- SOQL/SOSL
- Reports and Dashboards
- Experience with third-party tools like Conga Composer, Informatica Cloud and Kafka is a plus.
- Comprehensive understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for Salesforce deployments.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
This is a remote position required to work in the eastern time zone.
Position Type
Information Technology
Additional Information
Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.
Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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What We Do
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university with a distinctive, experience-driven approach to education and discovery. The university is a leader in experiential learning, powered by the world’s most far-reaching cooperative education program. We integrate classroom study with opportunities for professional work, research, service, and global learning in more than 100 countries. The same spirit of collaboration guides a use-inspired research enterprise focused on solving global challenges in health, security, and sustainability. Northeastern offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools, and select graduate programs at campuses in Boston, Charlotte, N.C., San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Toronto. Campuses in Burlington, MA, and Nahant, MA, are home to research institutes for homeland security and coastal sustainability, respectively
