Salesforce Platform Developer; CEMI

Salesforce Platform Developer (CEMI) [Remote] [3 Year Term]No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position.

This is a 3 year term appointment which may be ended or extended based on organizational needs, funding availability, and performance.

This position is eligible for remote work within the United States, subject to Cornell University's approval process for out-of-state work arrangements and all applicable legal and operational requirements. Candidates must be able to travel to Cornell's Ithaca campus periodically for meetings, training, and other business needs. The university reserves the right to modify or discontinue remote work arrangements as business needs require.

About the Cornell Experience Modernization Initiative and Donor Engagement and Experience Project The Cornell Experience Modernization Initiative (CEMI) is a multi-year program designed to improve the experience of students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, patients, and partners by unifying and enhancing administrative systems and processes across all Cornell University locations. Its name CEMI is said as “See Me” because the focus is on you: the people who use Cornell’s systems and data to accomplish your goals.

CEMI Donor Engagement and Experience Project (DEEP) is a major, multi-year effort to modernize and unify development and engagement technology across Cornell’s Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses, Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), and the Lab of Ornithology.

What will you do:

The CEMISalesforce Platform Developer plays a critical role within the Cornell Enterprise Modernization Initiative (CEMI), with primary responsibility supporting Enterprise Salesforce Operations across Cornell's growing portfolio of Salesforce solutions.  A multi‑year effort to modernize and unify Salesforce technology across Cornell University campuses, including Ithaca, Cornell Tech, Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Cornell seeks a highly skilled CEMI Salesforce Platform Developer with experience architecting and developing solutions across multiple Salesforce orgs, managed packages and data models to contribute to a large‑scale, multicampus transformation effort bringing together Cornell's academic, administrative, and engagement operations. The CEMI Salesforce Platform Developer works closely with functional and technical stakeholders across campuses, as well as Salesforce Operations, project teams, campus stakeholders, and system integrators supporting Cornell's various Salesforce implementations.

In collaboration with these partners, the developer supports and creates Salesforce solutions by interpreting stakeholder needs into scalable and supportable solutions, all while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security standards, and business requirements.

Within Cornell Information Technologies, the CEMI Salesforce Platform Developer contributes to Salesforce platform architecture and solution design, applying sound architectural principles, established design patterns, and enterprise governance standards. This role partners with functional and technical stakeholders to identify pain points and deliver innovative, scalable solutions that enhance the user experience while ensuring the Salesforce platform remains secure, maintainable, and aligned with Cornell’s long-term‑ technology strategy.

The CEMI Salesforce Platform Developer brings deep experience working with complex Salesforce environments and associated data models across multiple business domains.

Key Responsibilities Contribute to Salesforce platform architecture and solution design, including data architecture, integration strategy, environment design, and release management approaches.

Design and implement scalable Salesforce solutions using…