SalesForce Developer - Hybrid in Phoenix, AZ - Contract to Hire role - Need only local candidates in Arizona

Salesforce Application Developer – Salesforce / MuleSoft

Location: Phoenix, AZ – Local Candidates Only

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Office & Remote

Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire

Eligibility: Must be eligible to convert to FTE. No visa sponsorship available.

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Application Developer to join a cross-functional development team supporting mission-critical applications and technology solutions.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Salesforce development, configuration, and administration, along with MuleSoft integrations and relational databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. This role will work closely with Business Analysts, functional users, internal teams, and external stakeholders to design, develop, maintain, and enhance applications.

The developer will also be responsible for analyzing and reverse-engineering existing applications, implementing fixes and enhancements, and ensuring solutions follow established architecture, coding, testing, and development best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain applications across platforms including Salesforce, MuleSoft, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle.
• Develop and support Salesforce Public Sector Solutions applications and APIs.
• Serve as a lead developer on Salesforce implementations and application development projects.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and functional users to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Perform deep-dive analysis and reverse engineering of existing code to identify issues, implement fixes, and develop enhancements.
• Assess existing systems and refactor or redesign solutions to improve performance, maintainability, and overall effectiveness.
• Design and develop MuleSoft integrations and APIs.
• Participate in the planning, design, development, testing, and implementation of new applications.
• Maintain and enhance existing applications and interfaces to comply with technology directives, agency requirements, regulations, and standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish and support application development and test environments.
• Follow Agile development methodologies, source-control practices, coding standards, and software development best practices.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, application specifications, and development artifacts.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal teams, government entities, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Manage multiple development activities and priorities while meeting project deadlines.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience as a Lead Developer on one or more Salesforce implementations – REQUIRED
• Strong Salesforce Development, Configuration, and Administration experience.
• Experience with Salesforce Public Sector Solutions.
• Strong experience developing Salesforce APIs and integrations.
• Advanced MuleSoft development and integration experience.
• Strong experience with relational databases, including Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle.
• Strong SQL experience.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and source-control practices.
• Ability to analyze, reverse-engineer, refactor, and enhance existing applications.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical and regulatory information into clear documentation and presentations.
• Strong customer-service and stakeholder-management skills.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, OR
• 7+ years of software/application development experience.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands-on Salesforce Developer with lead-level implementation experience who can work across Salesforce, MuleSoft, SQL/Oracle, APIs, and enterprise application integrations. Experience supporting public-sector or government environments is highly valuable.

Local Phoenix candidates only. Candidates must be eligible to convert to a full-time employee. The State is unable to sponsor visas.