The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Salesforce Developer

Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of Salesforce experience, including 3+ years in development with Apex and Lightning Web Components.
  • 3+ years designing/supporting Salesforce integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, including OAuth for authentication.
  • Salesforce Platform Developer I certification (or ability to obtain within 6 months).
  • Master's degree and 3+ years of experience in a higher education, nonprofit, or public sector environment preferred.
  • Familiarity with FERPA, HIPAA, or GLBA in an institutional context preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and deploy custom Salesforce solutions across university units.
  • Manage complex Salesforce CRM projects involving multiple external systems and security requirements.
  • Evaluate requirements for best solutions, documenting architectural rationale.
  • Build and maintain scalable data models and reporting objects in a shared org.
  • Independently develop project plans, manage milestones, and ensure timely project delivery.
  • Conduct unit testing and maintain high test coverage, participating in peer code reviews.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Generous retirement plans with employer contributions.
  • Flexible working schedules and opportunities for remote work.
  • Professional development programs and training.
  • Tuition benefits for employee and dependents.
Full Job Description
Position Information

General Information

Position Number
008068

Vacancy Open to
All Candidates

Working Title
Salesforce Developer

Position Designation
EHRA Non-Faculty

Employment Type
Permanent - Full-time

Months per Year
12

Work Schedule

8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Monday - Friday with occasional evening and weekend hours required, as necessary.

Hours per week
40

FLSA Status
Exempt

Division
OneIT

Department
Office of OneIT (Adm)

Work Location
Kennedy

Salary Range

Primary Purpose of Position

Provide both technical and functional development across all technologies associated with the University's Salesforce platform.

Engage with business stakeholders to gather/analyze requirements and map them to solutions that leverage Salesforce software functionality; and to demonstrate Salesforce development capabilities to solve business problems and produce supporting documentation.

Summary of Position Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, test, and deploy custom Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flow, and declarative configuration across academic, student affairs, and administrative units.
  • Manage complex Salesforce CRM projects involving interfaces between numerous external systems, detailed security requirements, and multiple record keys.
  • Evaluate whether given requirements are best met through configuration or code, documenting the architectural rationale.
  • Build and maintain scalable data models, validation rules, automation, and reporting objects across multiple business units in a shared org.
  • Work independently to develop project plans, directly manage milestones, and hold personal accountability for driving projects forward on schedule.
  • Conduct unit testing, maintain Apex test coverage above institutional and platform minimums, and participate in peer code reviews to enforce development standards.


Minimum Education/Experience
  • Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of Salesforce platform experience, including at least three (3) years in a hands-on development role building on Apex (classes, triggers, asynchronous processing) and Lightning Web Components.
  • Three (3) years designing and supporting integrations between Salesforce and enterprise systems using REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, or middleware, including authentication patterns such as OAuth and named credentials.


Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experience
  • Masters Degree and three (3) or more years supporting Salesforce in a higher education, nonprofit, or public sector environment.
  • Experience with Education Cloud, EDA, Nonprofit Cloud, or NPSP. Working knowledge of Agentforce, Data Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Marketing Cloud.
  • Experience integrating Salesforce with a student information system and an enterprise data warehouse.
  • Working knowledge of FERPA and its implications for CRM data architecture, sharing design, and integration; familiarity with HIPAA or GLBA in an institutional context.
  • Experience supporting Salesforce across multiple campus functions - admissions, advising, student success, advancement, or HR - under a shared governance model.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing the Salesforce security model-profiles, permission sets, roles, sharing rules, and field-level security-in an environment with multiple business units sharing a single org.
  • Three (3) years of translating business needs into functional and technical requirements in partnership with functional stakeholders.


Necessary Certifications/Licenses

Salesforce Platform Developer I certification, or ability to obtain within six (6) months of hire.

Preferred Certifications/Licenses

Platform Developer II, Application Architect, or Integration Architect certification.

Special Notes to Applicants
  • The finalist will be subject to a Criminal Background Check and/or a Motor Vehicle Report
  • The Search Committee will not contact references without first verifying permission with the finalist
  • Please ensure your resume reflects the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences to support your answers to the supplemental questions.
  • UNC Charlotte Benefits Information: https://hr.charlotte.edu/benefits/benefits-overview/


Posting Open Date
09/29/2026

Posting Close Date
10/11/2026

Open Until Filled
No

Proposed Hire Date

If time-limited please indicate appointment end date

Contact Information

About The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 23 doctoral, 64 master's, and 140 bachelor's degree programs through nine colleges: the College of Arts + Architecture, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the Belk College of Business, the College of Computing and Informatics, the Cato College of Education, the William States Lee College of Engineering, the College of Health and Human Services, the Honors College, and the University College.
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