Staff Software Engineer, Salesforce Developer
Staff Software Engineer responsible for building scalable Salesforce Apex solutions and reliable production systems supporting Sales and CX teams. Requires 6+ years of software engineering experience, 4+ years on Salesforce, platform architecture expertise, and daily use of AI coding assistants.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable Apex solutions on the Salesforce platform for Sales and CX teams.
- Use AI coding assistants such as Claude Code throughout development to write, review, debug, and document code.
- Oversee improvements to deployed features and measure their impact.
- Apply Salesforce architecture and change/release management best practices, using the Salesforce CLI (
sf) for deployments. - Write maintainable, well-documented code.
- Build, test, and debug reliable production systems at scale, including real-time, event-driven, or high-throughput systems.
- Contribute to codebases beyond Salesforce when needed.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years developing on Salesforce with Apex.
- Salesforce Platform Developer I and/or Application Architect certification.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce platform architecture, Salesforce CLI, and change/release management.
- Daily fluency with AI coding assistants across the development lifecycle, with sound judgment about their use.
- Experience writing structured, maintainable, and documented code, including outside Salesforce.
- Proven ability to build, test, and debug reliable production systems at scale.
- Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into business value and advocate for scalable technical solutions.
Nice-to-haves
- Ruby on Rails experience.
- Experience in regulated industries.
Compensation and Benefits
- Cash compensation: $163,000–$204,000 in Denver and most remote locations; $197,000–$247,000 in San Francisco and New York.
- Stock equity is additional.
- Full-time employees receive benefits and equity (RSUs).
- Employees based in Denver, San Francisco, and New York work from the office approximately 2–3 days per week or more depending on the role.
- Two days of travel to a Gusto office are required for onboarding.
Skills
Salesforce, Apex, Salesforce Cli, Salesforce Platform Architecture, Change Management, Release Management, Ai Coding Assistants, Ruby on Rails, Test Automation, Event-Driven Systems
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