Jr. Salesforce Developer

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Regular Full-Time Chicago, IL, US

11 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $54,685.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Location:4822 N. Broadway, Chicago IL

Schedule: Hybrid, Monday to Friday (8:30am-5:00pm)

Empower Technology That Drives Social Impact

The Junior Salesforce Developer plays a key role in shaping and advancing Heartland Human Care Services’ (HHCS) CRM system to better serve our mission and the communities we support. Working under the guidance of the Salesforce Administrator, this role drives cross-program development initiatives, ensuring the CRM operates efficiently, evolves with organizational needs, and supports staff in delivering impactful work every day.

You’ll contribute to all stages of the system development life cycle, from design and development to testing and deployment, while writing clean, efficient, and reliable Apex code. You’ll also help document processes, maintain technical designs, and lead knowledge-sharing sessions to strengthen collaboration and promote continuous learning across teams.

This position is ideal for someone eager to grow their Salesforce expertise while applying their technical skills to a mission-driven environment. You’ll work closely with the Salesforce Administrator to evaluate proposed enhancements, ensure system alignment with program goals, and help shape technology solutions that make a real difference.

The Junior Salesforce Developer leverages best practices to promote the mission and vision of Heartland Human Care Services and contributes to building a culture of innovation, efficiency, and service excellence.

• Make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals seeking education and career pathways.
• Collaborate with a diverse and passionate team dedicated to the mission and vision of our organization.
• Providing flexibility and work-life balance.
• Participate in professional development opportunities to enhance your skills and expertise.
• Medical insurance. BCBS PPO, EPO, and HSA Plans
• Vision insurance.
• 401(k) 3% Employer Contribution.
• Paid maternity leave.
• Paid paternity leave.
• Professional Development Assistance.
• Disability insurance
• FSA Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Special Vendor Discounted Offerings on Travel, Amusement Parks, etc.

• Participates in the full application life cycle: architecture, design, development, testing and deployment.
• Writes, tests, and deploys high-performance, reusable, and reliable Apex code.
• Creates and customizes Lightning Components and converts legacy Visualforce pages to Lightning Web Components (LWC) to modernize the user interface and improve maintainability.
• Designs data models and implement Salesforce objects, including custom objects, fields, and relationships
• Develops options analyses, proof-of-concept implementations, and validations for proposed solutions under guidance of Salesforce Administrator
• Works closely with Salesforce administrator to gather and implement product, front-end, and back-end requirements.
• Leads technical requirements gathering and understands the user requirements to translate dependencies to the technical delivery team.
• Leads cross-team projects as approved by the Salesforce Administrator and disseminates information through knowledge sharing sessions, communities of practice, etc.
• Develops and document procedures for development processes, technical designs, and other relevant information to ensure team coverage and code maintainability
• Implements unit and integration testing to ensure system reliability, increase code coverage, and reduce Apex technical debt.
• Manages installed packages to improve system value: removes unused packages, updates outdated Apex versions and apply necessary Apex and LWC updates.
• Implements an automation-first approach to reduce manual configurations within the Salesforce platform using custom Apex scripts.
• Regularly reviews Salesforce releases related to Apex code and applies relevant updates to maintain functionality, enables adoption…