Junior Salesforce Developer
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Job description
We are looking for a Junior Salesforce Developer to join the Salesforce team at Halvik. You will contribute to feature development, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of the suite of Salesforce applications. As part of a small, agile team, you will also be expected to support quality assurance activities, writing test cases, executing tests, and validating those features work as intended before they reach production. This is a great opportunity to grow your Salesforce development skills on a real, mission-critical federal application
Core Responsibilities
Salesforce Development
- Build and update Lightning Web Components (LWC) and Apex code under senior developer guidance.
- Support Salesforce Flow Configuration Screen Flows and Record-Triggered Flows
- Maintain custom objects, fields, page layouts, and permission sets for internal users and external Experience Cloud users (registered importers).
- Assist with reports and dashboards used by NHTSA program staff to track vehicle import activity.
- Support integration touchpoints between Salesforce and AWS
TestingQuality Assurance
- Write and execute test cases for Salesforce features and Experience Cloud portals.
- Perform functional and regression testing during sprint cycles; support UAT with NHTSA stakeholders.
- Validate key VISTA workflows, conformity package submission, bond release automation, VIN and odometer matching logic.
- Log and track defects in JIRA; retest fixes and document results clearly.
- Write Apex unit tests and work toward the team's 85% code coverage standard.
Team Collaboration
- Attend daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Keep JIRA tickets updated with accurate status, notes, and blockers.
- Ask questions, learn from the team, and take ownership of assigned tasks
Requirements
Do you have a valid Certified Salesforce Administrator certification?, Do you have experience in Visual Studio Code?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 5 years total experience
- 1-3 years of Salesforce development or administration experience
- Familiarity with Salesforce CRM fundamentals: objects, fields, relationships, profiles, and permissions.
- Basic experience writing Apex classes and SOQL queries.
- Exposure to Salesforce Flow (Screen Flows or Record-Triggered Flows).
- Willingness to own testing and QA tasks as part of the development role.
Certification
- Salesforce Platform Developer I, required, or actively in progress at time of hire.
Tools
- Git/GitHub for version control.
- VS Code with Salesforce Extensions (SFDX).
- JIRA or similar Agile project tracking tool.
Cloud Technology
- Working knowledge of AWS core services, particularly S3 (file storage) and RDS/PostgreSQL (relational data).
- Knowledge of how cloud storage and databases connect to Salesforce in a hybrid architecture (external objects, API calls, callouts).
Preferred Expertise
- Experience with Salesforce Experience Cloud (building or testing external-facing portals).
- Familiarity with Lightning Web Components, even reading or modifying existing code.
- Prior federal or government project experience.
- Salesforce Administrator certification.
Benefits & conditions
4.14.1 out of 5 stars Vienna, VA 22182 Remote $85,000 - $95,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Disability insurance, Halvik offers a competitive full benefits package including:Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD insuranceBenefits include 11 federal holidays and PTOEligible employees may receive performance-based incentives in recognition of individual and/or team achievements.401(k) with company matchingFlexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expensesTuition AssistanceCharitable Contribution matching