Senior Salesforce Engineer & AI‑Powered Platform Dev

Triwill Group; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Gusto is hiring for an experienced Salesforce-focused software engineer on the Application Engineering team, contributing to scalable Apex solutions and the use of AI coding assistants across the development lifecycle.

You’ll work on design, build, and deployment of Salesforce-based features, with a strong emphasis on architecture, release management, and maintainable code. On-site/off-site blend with travel for onboarding; compensation varies by location.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years developing on the Salesforce platform in Apex.
• Salesforce Platform Developer I and/or Application Architect certification(s)
• Strong understanding of Salesforce platform architecture, with experience using the sf CLI and Salesforce change/release management best practices
• Fluent, daily use of AI coding assistants across the development lifecycle — writing, reviewing, debugging, and documenting code — with strong judgment on when and how to apply them
• Comfortable writing well-structured, maintainable, well-documented code, including in codebases outside of Salesforce (Ruby on Rails experience a plus)
• Proven track record building, testing, and debugging reliable production systems at scale
• Experience translating ambiguous requirements into business value and advocating for scalable technical solutions
• Experience in regulated industries preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable Apex solutions on the Salesforce platform that support our Sales and CX teams
• Use AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code or equivalent) throughout the development lifecycle to write, review, debug, and document code
• Oversee ongoing improvements to deployed features and measure their impact
• Apply Salesforce platform architecture and change/release management best practices, using sf cli for deployments
• Write well-structured, easily maintainable, and well-documented code
• Build, test, and debug reliable production systems at scale, ideally real-time, event-driven, or high-throughput
• Contribute to codebases beyond Salesforce when the work calls for it

Skills

Salesforce Apex

SF CLI

Salesforce platform architecture

AI coding assistants

Ruby on Rails

Code maintenance

Production systems

Tools

SF CLI

Job description

Gusto is hiring for an experienced Salesforce-focused software engineer on the Application Engineering team, contributing to scalable Apex solutions and the use of AI coding assistants across the development lifecycle.

You’ll work on design, build, and deployment of Salesforce-based features, with a strong emphasis on architecture, release management, and maintainable code. On-site/off-site blend with travel for onboarding; compensation varies by location.