Developer II (Salesforce) (Remote From Anywhere In CO)

State of Colorado; Colorado; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Colorado's Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) seeks a Developer II (Salesforce) to customize and enhance the Salesforce platform, including Lightning Components, Flows, and Apex classes and triggers. You will translate user needs into scalable solutions and support accessibility standards.

This role primarily supports the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC) and requires delivering secure, maintainable code within our Cloud First and Secure Colorado framework.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of hands‑on programming experience in applications development, including 2 years developing applications in Salesforce.
• Experience applying digital accessibility regulations and standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) to business processes, content, tools, and/or documents.

Responsibilities

• Creating customized Salesforce applications that directly enhance service delivery, adhering to OIT’s Cloud First and Secure Colorado strategies.
• Translating complex user needs into requirements, user stories, and multi-phased roadmaps.
• Building, validating, and deploying Apex code, Lightning Web Components, and Flow code releases with testing.
• Perform occasional administrative duties such as configuring layouts, lightning pages, or updating permission sets.
• Follow declarative and Clicks over Code practices while addressing bulkification, speed, and scalability.
• Own the implementation of platform changes, ensuring changes meet change-management protocols.

Skills

Salesforce

Lightning Components

Apex

Flows

Lightning Web Components

Job description

Together, we innovate for a stronger Colorado

The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

Watch this video to learn more about how we're Serving People. Serving Colorado.

Do you want to make our beautiful state even better? At the Governor’s Office of Information (OIT), our mission is to empower our workforce and support the lives of every Coloradan. We are delivering for Coloradans every day through the technology that powers the services they rely on. As a Developer II (Salesforce), you will directly support that mission by providing customization, development enhancements, and support for the Salesforce.com platform, including Lightning Components, Flows, and Apex classes and triggers.

Your technical expertise will not just build software; it will directly translate into accessible, efficient services that our residents rely on daily, specifically the ones provided by the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) specifically for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC).

Essential Functions

• Creating customized Salesforce applications that directly enhance service delivery, adhering to OIT’s \"Cloud First\" and \"Secure Colorado\" strategies.


• Translating complex user needs into requirements, user stories, and multi-phased roadmaps that drive efficiency.


• Building, validating, and deployingApex code, Lightning Web Component, and Flow code releases after performing unit and integration testing and assisting with user-acceptance testing.


• Perform occasional administrative duties such as configuring and changing layouts, lightning pages, or updating permission sets and profiles.


• Follow recommended declarativeand \"Clicks over Code\" best practices while knowing when to use other approaches to solve for issues of bulkification, speed, and scalability


• Own the implementation of platform changes, ensuring every update adheres to the high standards of our change management protocols.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of hands‑on programming experience in applications development, including 2 years developing applications in Salesforce.


• Experience applying digital accessibility regulations and standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) to business processes, content, tools, and/or documents, with the ability to provide specific examples of accessibility improvements made.

Substitutions

• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.


• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.


• If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience with Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS)/Agentforce Public Sector architecture, including hands‑on proficiency with OmniStudio


• Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II certification and/or Salesforce Certified Platform Developer certification.


• Recent Salesforce experience (within the last 5 years)


• Experience working with release/configuration management.

Conditions of Employment

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work. A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Post-employment background checks will be required for specific agencies as business needs dictate, which may include a polygraph exam, fingerprint‑based criminal history search, reference checks, and a drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.

We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time. Visit our benefits to learn more about some of our great offerings that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non‑discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the applicationprocess, interviewing, completing any pre‑employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requestedaccommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and requirereasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewingfor this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at [e-mail] or call [phone].

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.