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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Onsite
If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. 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.
The 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.
At 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:
Job Description
We'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.
This 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.
What You'll Do
What You Bring
6+ years of software development experience, with at least 3 years on the Salesforce platform
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Experience designing multi-system integrations (not just building them — designing the approach, error handling strategy, and data reconciliation pattern)
Mastery of async Apex patterns — you choose between Batch, Queueable, Platform Events, and CDC based on the problem, not habit
Deep understanding of Salesforce order of execution and how it impacts complex automation
Track record of solving problems that span multiple systems and nobody else could figure out
Experience mentoring engineers and elevating team capability
Ability to communicate technical architecture to both engineers and non-technical leadership
Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and management (Copado or equivalent)
Preferred:
Salesforce Platform Developer II certification
One or more Architect-level certifications (Integration Architect, Data Architect, Application Architect)
Experience with Copado at the pipeline/strategy level (not just as a user)
Experience with Kafka or event streaming platforms
Experience in higher education technology (SIS integration, FERPA-aware systems)
Experience with large-scale Salesforce orgs (complex sharing models, 100+ objects, 300+ automation components)
Experience migrating legacy automation (Process Builder/Workflow Rules → Flow/Apex)
What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)
Leading the technical design for at least one cross-system feature
Identifying and driving resolution of a systemic platform issue (performance, reliability, or architectural)
Becoming the go-to person for hard problems that cross system boundaries
Establishing or improving at least one technical standard that the team adopts
Mentoring at least one engineer in a way that visibly accelerates their growth
Position & Application Details
Full-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.
Additional Information
Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive.
Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.