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The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.\nThe salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.\nAt WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: \nGrade: Technical 410Pay Range: $143,700.00 - $222,700.00Job Description\nWe're looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce to join the Student Lifecycle Services engineering team at WGU. You'll work on a large, complex Salesforce org that directly supports the student journey - from enrollment through graduation. This isn't a simple CRM. It's an enterprise platform with 300+ flows, 2000+ Apex classes, deep integrations with Banner (SIS), ServiceNow, Kafka, and other university systems, and serves thousands of internal users daily.You'll build and maintain the automation, integrations, and platform capabilities that enable WGU to serve 150,000+ students. The work matters - every flow you build, every integration you design, every performance problem you solve has a direct line to whether a student enrolls on time, gets their financial aid processed, or connects with their mentor.\nWe use Copado for CI/CD, follow a trigger framework pattern, and deploy through a structured promotion pipeline. We value code that's readable, testable, and built with the next engineer in mind.\nThe Salesforce engineering team operates within WGU's broader Ed Tech Engineering organization. We work closely with Product, Marketing, Operations, Enrollment, and Student Services stakeholders. The team practices Agile (Scrum).\nThis is a full-time, in-office position requiring 5 days per week in Salt Lake City, designed to foster the collaboration and connection that fuel our best work.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign systems that span multiple Salesforce capabilities and external systems -expertise in when and how to deployPlatform Events, CDC, async Apex, and integration callouts, and how these canwork together as a coherent architecture\nMake architectural decisions for the portfolio - not just your team's code, but how it fits with everything else\nLead technical design for complex cross-system features (Salesforce,Banner,ServiceNow,Kafka)\nSolve the hardest platform problems - the ones that cross transaction boundaries, involve multiple async handoffs, or require understanding the full order of execution\nMentor SE I and SE II engineers through design guidance, architecture reviews, and pairing on complex problems\nDrive technical direction for Salesforce development practices (async patterns, integration standards, testing strategy)\nOwn and reduce technical debt - identify what needs to change, build the case, and execute the plan\nPartner with engineering leadership on platform strategy (migration plans, org health, governance limit forecasting)\nRepresent the technical perspective to non-technical stakeholders (Product, Operations, Academic leadership)\nDesign CI/CD improvements and release strategy for the portfolio\nWhat You Bring\n6+ years of software development experience, with at least 3 years on the Salesforce platform\n\nBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field\n\nExperience designing multi-system integrations (not just building them - designing the approach, error handling strategy, and data reconciliation pattern)\n\nMastery of async Apex patterns - you choose between Batch, Queueable, Platform Events, and CDC based on the problem, not habit\n\nDeep understanding of Salesforce order of execution and how it impacts complex automation\n\nTrack record of solving problems that span multiple systems and nobody else could figure out\n\nExperience mentoring engineers and elevating team capability\n\nAbility to communicate technical architecture to both engineers and non-technical leadership\n\nExperience with CI/CD pipeline designand management(Copado or equivalent)\n\nPreferred:\nSalesforce Platform Developer II certification\n\nOne or more Architect-level certifications (Integration Architect, Data Architect, Application Architect)\n\nExperience with Copado at the pipeline/strategy level (not just as a user)\n\nExperience with Kafka or event streaming platforms\n\nExperience in higher education technology (SIS integration, FERPA-aware systems)\n\nExperience with large-scale Salesforce orgs (complex sharing models, 100+ objects, 300+ automation components)\n\nExperience migrating legacy automation (Process Builder/Workflow Rules → Flow/Apex)\n\nWhat Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)\nLeading the technical design for at least one cross-system feature\n\nIdentifying and driving resolution of a systemic platform issue (performance, reliability, or architectural)\n\nBecoming the go-to person for hard problems that cross system boundaries\n\nEstablishing or improving at least one technical standard that the team adopts\n\nMentoring at least one engineer in a way that visibly accelerates their growth\n\nPosition & Application Details\nFull-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.\nAdditional Information\nDisclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. 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