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Senior Principal Salesforce Developer (Remote)

Magellan Health Services

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At a glance

Compensation
$127–229K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Principal Salesforce Developer provides technical leadership across application portfolios and serves as an expert resource to management, clients, and development staff. The role directs and participates in development, architecture, and IT opportunity work; mentors engineers; and leads agile efforts. It designs scalable AWS applications, supports software quality and performance, and contributes to technical blogs and the open-source community.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Salesforce DevelopmentApexLightning Web ComponentsAPIsData ModelingAgile MethodsModern Programming EnvironmentsCritical ThinkingProblem SolvingVerbal CommunicationWritten Communication

Qualifications

7+ Years IT ExperienceSalesforce Platform Developer I or IIAdditional Salesforce Certifications5+ Years Salesforce Development ExperienceHealthcare, Insurance, or Related ExperienceBachelor's or Combination of Education and Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Full job description

United States

Full time

R00000071345

Required:

  • 7+ years IT experience.

Preferred:

  • Salesforce Platform Developer I or II preferred. Additional Salesforce certifications are a plus.

  • At least five (5) years of experience in Salesforce development, including hands-on experience with Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), APIs, and data modeling.

This position services as an expert technical and industry resource to management, clients and development staff in new uses of information technology in all phases of major system and subsystem development. Provides consultation on internal and industry IT technical and business domain process capabilities including leadership in the identification and recommendation of new IT opportunities and business operations as it relates to application development. Formulates, contributes to, and directs task identification, work effort estimates, and work schedules for research, prototype, and proof-of-concept IT activities. Directs and participates in all aspects of development tasks including data management, application architecture and business architecture. Provides guidance to staff on complex assignments and mentors on new technologies.

  • Provides technical leadership for the portfolio of applications managed by an IT Service Owner.

  • Drives the usability and quality of the software developed within the area.

  • Ensures technical currency is maintained within the applications within the portfolio.

  • Acts as a hands-on software engineer who can write quality code, assist with problem solving, root cause analysis, trouble shooting and coaching.

  • Writes technical blogs and be active in Open Source Community.

  • Agile, DevOPS and Cloud:

  • Applies Design Thinking techniques on application design.

  • Leads agile software development efforts as a senior Technical Leader.

  • Coaches and mentors other software engineers across teams on practices such as TDD, ATDD and pair programming.

  • Designs highly scalable applications in AWS cloud using tools like Cloud Formation Templates, EC2, SWF, ELB, Lambda, S3, RDS/Dynamo DB and others.

  • Creates load and performance testing strategy and perform advanced performance tuning.

  • Reviews and implement corrective and preventive measures based on metrics across portfolio of applications including but not limited to code quality, business metrics and performance metrics.

The job duties listed above are representative and not intended to be all-inclusive of what may be expected of an employee assigned to this job. A leader may assign additional or other duties which would align with the intent of this job, without revision to the job description.

Other Job Requirements

Responsibilities

8+ years of related experience including experience working with Agile Methods and modern programming environments.

Experience in health care, insurance or related field.

Critical thinker.

Demonstrated problem solving techniques.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

General Job Information

Title

Senior Principal Salesforce Developer (Remote)

Grade

32

Work Experience - Required

IT

Work Experience - Preferred

Education - Required

A Combination of Education and Work Experience May Be Considered., Bachelor's, Bachelor's - Computer and Information Science

Education - Preferred

License and Certifications - Required

License and Certifications - Preferred

Salary Range

Salary Minimum:

$127,295

Salary Maximum:

$229,105

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

This position may be eligible for short-term incentives as well as a comprehensive benefits package. Magellan offers a broad range of health, life, voluntary and other benefits and perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.

Magellan Health, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Tobacco-free workplace. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.Every employee must understand, comply with and attest to the security responsibilities and security controls unique to their position; and comply with all applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements and internal policies and procedures.

Magellan is the employer of choice for hard working people interested in making a difference in the health care industry and in the communities where we work and live. Our strong culture of caring is the common thread in both our business strategy and our work environment. We value professional growth and development, total health and wellness, rewards and recognition as well as employee unity. Magellan is a place where you can thrive.

Magellan is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam Era status, or any other factors protected by law.

Magellan is committed to meeting applicable Federal labor and employment law posting requirements by providing necessary posters in a format which is easily accessible and conspicuous to all applicants. Copies of applicable posters are accessible by clicking here (https://www.magellanhealth.com/media/760295/mg-federal-contractors-applicant-english.pdf) .

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How this job compares

Set against the 348 open Salesforce Developer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$127–229K/yr
  • US median$102–148K/yr252 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $178K, is 41% above the US median midpoint ($127K) — in the top quarter of Salesforce Developer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 348 open Salesforce Developer jobs across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Salesforce Developer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 308 postings).
Education
192 of the 348 open Salesforce Developer jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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