Application Developer

Role Description

The Application Developer will involve collaborating closely with cross-functional teams including business analysts, project managers, quality assurance specialists, and developers to deliver robust, scalable, and user-friendly enterprise solutions. You will analyze business requirements and translate them into technical specifications, developing and maintaining both custom applications and Salesforce-based solutions. This role includes designing, troubleshooting, debugging, and enhancing applications to improve performance, security, and user experience while ensuring seamless integration between Salesforce and other enterprise systems.

Location: Remote. The selected candidate must be currently located in, or willing to relocate to, a state supported by Tripoint Solutions corporate offices: AL, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MN, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, or VA. (No relocation assistance provided)

Clearance Requirements: Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation. USA Citizenship (required).

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain the Salesforce Education Cloud environment: Flows, validation rules, record types, page layouts, permission sets, sharing rules, report types, and dashboards.
• Work across the Education Cloud data model, including Contact, Course Connection, Program Enrollment, Program Plan, and Program Requirement Category.
• Support the EDA to Education Cloud migration: environment configuration, object setup, testing, and validation.
• Investigate and resolve student data integrity issues: duplicate records, account merges, grade and enrollment discrepancies, and reconciliation against partner institution feeds.
• Configure and maintain Case management, queues, and assignment rules supporting a high-volume student support operation that scales with enrollment.
• Build and maintain automation supporting admissions and application processing, including status logic, bulk updates, and outbound application feeds.
• Support Salesforce Digital Experiences content and configuration behind the Student Portal, Student Support, and public marketing sites.
• Perform data loads, deduplication, and record merges using Data Loader or comparable tooling.
• Write Apex, triggers, or Lightning Web Components where a declarative solution genuinely will not work.
• Move work through sandboxes to Production on a three-week release cadence, with testing and documentation.
• Ensure configuration meets Section 508 accessibility standards and federal security requirements.
• Document configuration decisions, data fixes, and operating procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing web, enterprise, or Salesforce applications.
• Salesforce Certified Administrator.
• Experience with a complex, customized Salesforce org, including custom objects, relationship design, and record-level security.
• Proficiency with Flow Builder, validation rules, permission sets, profiles, sharing rules, and field-level security.
• Proficiency with SOQL and Salesforce reporting.
• Experience with data loading, deduplication, and record merge operations.
• Experience investigating and remediating data quality issues across integrated systems.
• Experience moving configuration through sandboxes to Production.
• Experience working in an Agile team using Jira or comparable tooling.
• A demonstrated track record of automating manual processes rather than sustaining them. Be ready to give examples.
• Camera on. Video is required throughout the interview process and expected for standups, sprint ceremonies, working sessions, and stakeholder meetings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder.
• Salesforce Education Cloud or Education Data Architecture (EDA) experience.
• Higher education experience: student information systems, registrar operations, admissions, or transcription.
• Working knowledge of Apex, triggers, and Lightning Web Components.
• Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I.
• Salesforce Government Cloud or another FedRAMP authorized environment.
• Experience with REST or SOAP integrations, or with MuleSoft.
• Salesforce Experience Cloud, Service Cloud, or Digital Experiences.
• CRM Analytics or Tableau.
• Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards.
• Git, Salesforce CLI, DevOps Center, Gearset, or Copado.
• Prior federal contract experience.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits with a national provider network.
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (FSA & HSA).
• Company-paid Life and Disability insurance including Short-Term, Long-Term, and Accidental Supplemental Insurance.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid holidays.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan.
• Professional Development Reimbursement Program to pursue undergraduate, graduate, training, and certifications.
• Monthly transportation, parking, and cell phone service reimbursement.