Salesforce Platform Developer - Hybrid (Atlanta)

good2grow™; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

good2grow is seeking a technically skilled professional to own the planning, forecasting, and budgeting application and to develop Salesforce solutions. You will manage a PHP-based planning tool and serve as Salesforce Administrator, while building Apex and Lightning Web Components to support business needs.

The role requires strong analytical, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with a hybrid on-site schedule in Atlanta.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of software programming experience
• Three+ years Salesforce development experience
• Experience with Apex and Visualforce
• Knowledge of Java, Python, HTML, CSS
• Ability to maintain and enhance an existing PHP codebase
• Analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience gathering requirements from nontechnical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Become the primary technical expert and owner of the planning, forecasting, and budgeting application.
• Learn and maintain the application’s PHP codebase.
• Develop enhancements and new functionality for changing business needs.
• Integrate the planning app with Salesforce and other systems.
• Troubleshoot system issues and provide ongoing technical support.
• Identify opportunities to improve the application and workflows.
• Manage and prioritize a pipeline of enhancements.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy Salesforce custom apps.
• Build solutions with Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components.
• Serve as Salesforce Administrator and manage user setup/permissions.
• Investigate Salesforce issues and provide ongoing support.
• Monitor platform reliability of apps/workflows.
• Gather requirements and translate to Salesforce solutions.
• Recommend improvements to simplify processes in Salesforce.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Influence & communication

Excel

Project management

Attention to detail

Organization & follow-through

Education

5+ years software programming experience

3+ years Salesforce development (LWCs)

Apex & Visualforce

Java, Python, HTML, CSS

Maintain/enhance PHP codebase

Strong analytical troubleshooting

Strong written/verbal communication

Multi-project prioritization

Collaborating with nontechnical stakeholders

Tools

Apex

Visualforce

Lightning Web Components

PHP codebase

Salesforce Admin

Job description

Under the direction of the Application & Integration Manager, this role will support two key areas of the business: our planning, forecasting, and budgeting application and our Salesforce platform. The person in this position will become the primary technical owner of the company’s planning tool. They will learn the existing application, maintain and enhance its functionality, and ensure it works effectively with other systems in the company’s technology environment. This role will also develop custom Salesforce solutions and serve as the organization’s Salesforce Administrator. The ideal candidate can write code, troubleshoot technical issues, understand business needs, and translate those needs into practical system improvements.

Key Skills Required

• Strong analytical mindset, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Ability to influence – communicate clearly and concisely to gain alignment and drive action across varying audiences
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Time management and project management skills a must!
• Attention to details and dedication to getting things right
• Maintain high level of organization, time management and project management skills, commitment to follow through, enthusiasm, and motivation

Primary Responsibilities And Essential Functions

Business Planning Application

• Become the primary technical expert and owner of the company’s business planning, forecasting, and budgeting application.
• Learn and maintain the application’s existing PHP codebase.
• Develop enhancements and new functionality based on changing business needs.
• Integrate the planning application with Salesforce and other systems in the company’s application environment.
• Troubleshoot system issues and provide ongoing technical support.
• Work with business partners to identify opportunities to improve the application and its supporting workflows.
• Manage and prioritize a pipeline of application enhancements.

Salesforce Development and Administration

• Design, develop, test, and implement custom Salesforce applications and enhancements.
• Build solutions using Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, and other relevant technologies.
• Serve as the organization’s Salesforce Administrator.
• Manage user setup and onboarding, permissions, configuration, and routine platform maintenance.
• Investigate and resolve Salesforce issues and provide ongoing support to users.
• Monitor the platform to help ensure applications and workflows operate reliably.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into effective Salesforce solutions.
• Recommend improvements that simplify processes and make Salesforce easier for teams to use.

Education/Experience

Required

• Five or more years of experience as a software programmer, application developer, or web engineer
• At least three years of Salesforce development experience, preferably including Lightning Web Components
• Experience with Apex and Visualforce
• Working knowledge of Java, Python, HTML, and CSS
• Ability to understand, maintain, and enhance an existing PHP codebase
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to balance multiple projects and priorities
• Experience working with nontechnical stakeholders and cross-functional teams to gather requirements and develop solutions

Work Environment

Standard professional office environment with a hybrid work schedule. Employees are expected to work on-site 2–3 days per week, with specific in-office days determined by business needs, including collaboration, planning sessions, training activities, and other team or leadership meetings.

Travel: No Travel

Characteristics Needed to be Successful

• We are looking for someone with a passion for service. You don’t have to be the loudest voice in the room, but you do have to love coming to work every day and you must have an authentic pride in your work.
• You must be a resourceful self-starter. If you wait to be told to do something before you do it, this isn’t the place for you.
• We need someone who is adaptable. The pace of change in our business is rapid. We create plans, but we’re always ready to shift as needed to accomplish our goals.
• You must be able to establish and retain trust across the organization. It’s a small company – there will be several critical relationships that can mean the difference between success and failure.

About Us

good2grow is a children's beverage company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Our mission is to use fun to help kids consume healthier products. And our commitment to this mission has made us a high-growth innovative beverage company, with a large, diverse, and ever-growing set of retail partners. We create better-for-you drinks that give both parents and kids a smile by combining great taste with tons of fun. We partner with some of the biggest names in entertainment including Disney, Universal Studios, Nickelodeon, Hasbro and so many more to top our products with 100s of all of their favorite characters. Our line of products includes snacks, juices, flavored waters, and milks, so there’s something to make everybody smile.

Why join us?

good2grow® offers a competitive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with company match, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Short and Long Term Disability (along with salary continuation), a robust Parental Leave Policy, Life Insurance, 12 Paid Holidays, plus a generous Paid Time Off package. Through our community involvement and employee engagement initiatives, you will see that we value our employees’ experience and the community around us. At good2grow®, you will be consistently challenged, and your opportunities will only be limited by your ambition!

Our Culture

Not only are our products fun, so is our organization! We are visionaries with a growth mindset, built on trust, integrity, and collaboration. Our culture is unmatched, described by our employees as transparent, flexible, inclusive, and team oriented. Other words we’ve heard used to describe us are empowering, nurturing, relaxed, and high performing. Our goal is for every employee to feel empowered, valued, and part of the good2grow family. Our organization is dedicated to leveraging technology to make our work more efficient and to keep our remote workforce connected. We place value on not only maintaining work-life balance, but also enhancing it by encouraging a culture that understands the importance of each individual’s unique circumstances. We are an industrious organization with a penchant for fun!