Senior Principal Salesforce Developer

Magellan Health

. Serve as an expert technical and industry resource to management, clients, and development staff .

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $127,295 - $229,105 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in Salesforce development, including Apex and Lightning Web Components, while leading Agile software development efforts and designing scalable applications in AWS cloud. Provides technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers, ensuring high-quality code and effective problem-solving techniques.

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Salesforce DevelopmentApex ProgrammingAWS Cloud Application DesignAgile Software DevelopmentTDD and ATDD Practices

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Hard Skills

Salesforce DevelopmentApex ProgrammingLightning Web ComponentsAPIsData ModelingAWS Cloud DesignCloudFormation TemplatesPerformance TuningLoad Testing StrategiesDesign Thinking Techniques

Soft Skills

Critical ThinkingProblem-SolvingStrong Communication SkillsMentoringCoaching

Tools & Technologies

AWS EC2AWS SWFAWS ELBAWS LambdaAWS S3AWS RDSAWS DynamoDB

Certifications & Qualifications

Salesforce Platform Developer ISalesforce Platform Developer II

Industry Keywords

Health CareInsuranceIT Service ManagementBusiness ArchitectureApplication Architecture

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDynamoDBEC2Open Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as an expert technical and industry resource to management, clients, and development staff
Consult on internal and industry IT technical and business-domain process capabilities
Lead identification and recommendation of new IT opportunities and business operations related to application development
Formulate, contribute to, and direct task identification, work-effort estimates, and work schedules for research, prototypes, and proof-of-concept IT activities
Direct and participate in data management, application architecture, and business architecture development tasks
Provide guidance to staff on complex assignments and mentor on new technologies
Provide technical leadership for applications managed by an IT Service Owner
Drive software usability and quality
Maintain technical currency across the application portfolio
Act as a hands-on software engineer writing quality code
Assist with problem solving, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and coaching
Write technical blogs and participate in the Open Source Community
Apply Design Thinking techniques to application design
Lead Agile software development efforts as a senior technical leader
Coach and mentor software engineers across teams on TDD, ATDD, and pair programming
Design highly scalable AWS cloud applications
Create load and performance testing strategies and perform advanced performance tuning
Review and implement corrective and preventive measures using code-quality, business, and performance metrics

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years IT experience
At least 5 years of Salesforce development experience
Hands-on experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), APIs, and data modeling
Salesforce Platform Developer I or II preferred
Additional Salesforce certifications are a plus
8+ years of related experience, including experience with Agile Methods and modern programming environments
Experience in health care, insurance, or a related field
Critical thinking
Demonstrated problem-solving techniques
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Experience with Design Thinking techniques
Experience leading Agile software development efforts
Experience with TDD, ATDD, and pair programming
Experience designing scalable applications in AWS cloud
Experience with CloudFormation Templates, EC2, SWF, ELB, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and related AWS tools
Experience creating load and performance testing strategies
Experience with advanced performance tuning
Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and work experience may be considered
Ability to comply with security responsibilities, controls, legal, regulatory, contractual, and internal policy requirements

Benefits

Comp & perks

Short-term incentives may be available
Comprehensive benefits package
Health benefits
Life benefits
Voluntary benefits
Other benefits and perks supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing
Tobacco-free workplace