GEHA (Government Employees Health Association, Inc., pronounced G.E.H.A.) is a nonprofit member association that provides medical and dental benefits to more than two million federal employees and retirees, military retirees and their families. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

GEHA has one mission: To empower federal workers to be healthy and well.

Offering one of the largest medical and dental benefit provider networks available to federal employees in the United States, GEHA empowers health and wellness by meeting its members where they are, when they need care. We serve our members with products they value and a personalized customer experience, sustained by a nimble and efficient organization.

As a Salesforce Senior Developer, you will be responsible for designing, coding, and implementing Salesforce applications to enhance our business functionality and improve user experience. You will work closely with our marketing, sales and dental insurance operations teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions. In this role you will be responsible for the participating in the development life cycle from participating in requirements refinement to deployment and maintenance. You will also be responsible for mentoring other Salesforce developers.

SKILLS

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical expert on Salesforce.com implementations
Design elegant user experiences, utilizing advanced functionality, while ensuring long-term maintainability. Develop, test, deploy and maintain high-quality solutions
Work closely with Team Lead and Solution Architect to develop these solutions
Create technical specifications for new projects based on business unit requirements. Make recommendations to the business unit.
Administrator work will also be required, i.e. managing user permissions and access
Provide technical support to business units by answering questions about product features or helping with use cases. This may include training
Provide recommendations for Salesforce process improvements
Operate within the devops process, create roll back contingencies and manage backup solutions
Handle multiple projects simultaneously
Work closely with business analysts, project managers, and other developers
Communicates work progress and status to the Team Lead
Manage applications after they have been launched to ensure that they are performing as expected
Create and maintain documentation for new and existing applications to ensure that business units and other members of the development team can effectively use them
Participates in sessions, presentations and meetings
Learn new/enhanced features and grow your Salesforce expertise
Mentor less-experience ed roles with responsibility for their technical development
Stay up to date on Salesforce releases and new/enhanced features related to declarative development tools
Other duties as assigned

Skills

Technical skills

Write Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages, and components
Maintain 90% code coverage with appropriate assertions
Design and develop Lightening Web Component based solutions, Reusable across lightening pages, flows and external sites
Collaborate with app builders and administrators, blending declarative and programmatic capabilities, to develop well rounded solutions
Assess security vulnerabilities, manage Salesforce Shield configuration and ensure code compliance
Collaborate with data teams across the organization to use middleware tools and design effective data flows or application integrations
Independently build advanced batch and real time services for pushing/pulling data to/from other systems
Adhere to coding standards, deployment governance and best practices

Communication skills

Ability to train and mentor junior team members
Communicate with business units and other Salesforce developers to solve problems and answer questions
Collaboration with multiple cross-functional team members and stakeholders
Ability to train the business partners on functionality

Problem-solving skills

Ability to troubleshoot issues and provide solutions to problems
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
Must be able to work in a stressful environment

Leadership skills

Motivate and inspire others
Positive attitude
Set an example by asking questions and clarifying business requirements

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and/or 6+ years equivalent work experience
Minimum of 6+ years Salesforce development experience preferred.
2 years of leading a group of developers preferred.
Minimum five years of experience working with Apex, LWC, Java and/or Javascript as well as Lightening Web Components and Flows
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I and II required
Salesforce Administrator certified required
Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder required
Salesforce Certified Administrator required
Proven ability to design and develop scalable programmatic solutions in an enterprise environment.
Strong understanding of the platform, with the ability to configure custom objects, formula fields, workflows, custom views, and other content of advanced complexity.
Strong understanding of Salesforce best practices and functionality.
Experience working with the Salesforce APIs and building services to connect Salesforce with other systems.
Experience developing within a framework and complying with defined standards.
Familiarity with event driven development preferred.
Experience in a Healthcare setting preferred.
Previous experience working in a SCRUM or agile environment preferred.
Experience managing third party resources
Understanding of end-user needs and requirements
Effective communication and presentation skills

Work-at-home requirements

Must have the ability to provide a non-cellular High Speed Internet Service such as Fiber, DSL, or cable Modems for a home office.
A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 30x5 (30mpbs download x 5mpbs upload) is required.
Latency (ping) response time lower than 80 ms
Hotspots, satellite and wireless internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

How we value you

Competitive pay/salary ranges
Incentive plan
Health/Vision/Dental benefits effective day one
401(k) retirement plan: company match – dollar for dollar up to 4% employee contribution (pretax or Roth options) plus a 6% annual company contribution
Robust employee well-being program
Paid Time Off
Personal Community Enrichment Time
Company-provided Basic Life and AD&D
Company-provided Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Assistance Program

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. GEHA considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer.

The annual base salary range for this position is $106,041 - $149,479 USD.

GEHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we will not discriminate against any individual based on sex, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, military status, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity, and sexual orientation, as well as all other characteristics and qualities protected by federal, state, or local law. GEHA will not discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their compensation or the compensation of another employee or applicant. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our diversity drives innovation deepens connections and strengthens our organization.

GEHA is headquartered in Lee's Summit, Missouri, in the Kansas City area. We recognize the importance of balance and flexibility and offer hybrid and work-from-home options for many of our roles.