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We are seeking a Senior Salesforce Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise‑grade solutions on the Salesforce platform. This role requires strong technical depth, architectural thinking, and sound judgment in choosing between low‑code, no‑code, and pro‑code approaches based on scalability, maintainability, and business needs.
The ideal candidate has hands‑on experience across Salesforce core development, Sales Cloud, Partner Portals, and Salesforce Data Cloud, along with experience leveraging AI‑driven solutions using leading LLM platforms. Experience with Salesforce Industries Cloud (especially Health Cloud) and Digital Insurance solutions is highly desirable.
Responsibilities- Design, develop, and deploy Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Flows, and Flow Orchestration
- Apply strong engineering judgment to select the appropriate no‑code, low‑code, or pro‑code solution to meet functional, performance, and scalability requirements
- Build and enhance Partner Portals / Experience Cloud solutions for external users
- Develop and optimize solutions on Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Implement and integrate Salesforce Data Cloud to enable unified, real‑time customer insights
- Design and support Revenue Cloud Advanced solutions, including product configuration, pricing, and billing workflows
- Leverage Agentforce to implement AI‑assisted workflows and intelligent automation
- Design, integrate, and operationalize AI‑powered features by working with large language models (LLMs), including OpenAI and Anthropic models (e.g., Opus, Sonnet), to enable conversational interfaces, automation, summarization, and decision‑support use cases
- Collaborate with architects and platform teams to integrate AI services securely and responsibly within Salesforce applications
- Design and build integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, and middleware tools
- Enforce best practices for security, data access, sharing, performance, and scalability
- Participate in solution design discussions, peer code reviews, and release management
- Collaborate with product, business, and architecture teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in Salesforce development and platform governance
- Support CI/CD pipelines and Salesforce DevOps processes
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical field.
- 4+ years of hands‑on Salesforce platform experience with strong expertise in Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Salesforce Flows and Flow Orchestration, and Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Experience with Salesforce Health Cloud
- 2+ years of experience with Salesforce Partner Portals / Experience Cloud
- 2+ years of experience with Salesforce Data Cloud
- 1+ year of experience with Revenue Cloud Advanced
- 1+ year of experience with Agent force
- Solid understanding of Salesforce security model, role hierarchy, sharing rules, and data modeling
- Experience designing and consuming APIs and enterprise integrations
- Salesforce Certifications (Required):
- Salesforce Platform Developer I
- Salesforce Platform Developer II
- Salesforce Administrator Certification
- Demonstrated ability to make sound architectural decisions across low‑code, no‑code, and pro‑code solutions
- Ability to identify key issues and details, and present understandable alternatives to both technical and non-technical individuals
- Ability to create and maintain technical documentation to support the testing, installation, operations, deployment and maintenance of products
- Proven ability to effectively present data to facilitate understanding of findings
- Ability to solve complex problems using analytical and creative problem-solving skills for design, development and testing of systems
- Competent at adhering to organizational processes and procedures including but not limited to scrum and various design artifacts.
- Knowledge of agile development methodologies
- Life-long learner, process improver
Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have Qualifications
- Experience with Digital Insurance platforms or insurance domain solutions (policy lifecycle, underwriting, claims, partner/producer portals)
- Experience implementing AI/LLM solutions within enterprise applications
- Salesforce Technical Architect Certification (preferred)
- Additional Salesforce certifications (Data Cloud, AI, Revenue Cloud, Industries)
- Experience with Salesforce DevOps tools (Git, Copado, Gearset, CI/CD)
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Experience working in regulated industries such as insurance, healthcare, or life sciences
Base Pay Information
The national base pay range at the end is a good-faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental’s assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity.
Pay Grade 21. $80,500 - $174,300
- Competitive base and incentive pay
- 401(k) with robust matching and non-matching contributions
- Rich medical & pharmacy benefits
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision benefits
- Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
- Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
- Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
- Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
- Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
- Employee discount program
Skills Required
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical field
- 4+ years of hands-on Salesforce platform experience
- Salesforce Platform Developer I certification
- Salesforce Platform Developer II certification
- Salesforce Administrator Certification
- Solid understanding of Salesforce security model and data modeling
- 2+ years of experience with Salesforce Partner Portals / Experience Cloud
- 1+ year of experience with Revenue Cloud Advanced
Delta Dental Insurance Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Delta Dental Insurance Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Delta Dental Insurance Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, including a sizable automatic 401(k) contribution plus additional matching. This boosts overall total-rewards value even when base pay is viewed as only mid-market in some areas.
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Affordable Benefits — Core coverage is framed as unusually low-cost to employees, including fully employer-paid dental and vision and low employee contribution medical options. This creates meaningful take-home value beyond cash compensation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, including broad PTO/holidays and additional paid leave features such as parental leave. These policies increase perceived rewards and help balance workload demands.
Delta Dental Insurance Company Insights
What We Do
At Delta Dental, we’re behind millions of smiles and counting. For over 68 years, we’ve served our communities by increasing access to affordable, quality care – but that commitment to care extends beyond the people we serve, to the dedicated employees who make those smiles genuine. We've come this far by building programs that offer opportunities for advancement, create meaningful connections, and improve the lives of our employees and their families. Because we know that when we take exceptional care of each other, we can make a positive impact for all. We champion an inspirational workplace through our commitment to trust, service, excellence and innovation. Joining us means working for a company that offers stability and balance, opportunities for leadership at all levels, and a work environment. Delta Dental of California, Delta Dental of New York, Inc., Delta Dental of Pennsylvania, and Delta Dental Insurance Company are members, or affiliates of members, of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of 39 Delta Dental companies throughout the country. Together with our affiliate companies, form one of the nation’s largest dental benefits delivery systems, covering over 31 million enrollees. Headquartered in San Francisco, we are members of the Delta Dental Plans Association, a network of companies that provides dental coverage to 80 million people. Delta Dental provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Delta Dental complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
