Principal Applications Developer – Salesforce

Why Orthofix?
    

Guided by our organizational values – Take Ownership | Innovate Boldly | Win Together – we collaborate closely with world-class surgeons and other partners to improve people’s quality of life. At Orthofix, we want team members who build relationships and share knowledge, challenge the status quo, and deliver results every day to help us achieve our vision to be the unrivaled partner in Med Tech.  

Our global team of over 1,600 employees brings to market highly innovative, cost-effective, and user-friendly medical technologies that heal musculoskeletal pathologies for patients and the healthcare professionals who treat them. Looking to change people’s lives? Look no further.

JOB PURPOSE

The Principal Applications Developer – Salesforce will be responsible to develop and support both Salesforce and MuleSoft applications for the Commercial Systems team within IT.  The position will support systems that interact with our patients, physician clients, hospital clients, sales force, payers, and supply chain partners.  The primary focus is Salesforce development & Platform Ownership; additional responsibilities may include development in .Net and Sql Server development support tasks.  The position will work with business users and other developers to understand and evaluate functional requirements, review technology/application alternatives, and develop technical solutions that support our business needs. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This role is Salesforce‑centric (approximately **60–70% Salesforce / 30–40% MuleSoft**) and is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys building scalable platform solutions while contributing to enterprise integrations through MuleSoft.  You will work closely with architects, admins, product owners, and integration teams to deliver secure, maintainable, and high‑performing solutions across the Salesforce ecosystem. 

Salesforce Development & Platform Ownership (Primary Focus - 70%)

• Lightning Web Components (LWC), advanced Apex development, data model ownership, security architecture, and release management
• Design, develop, and maintain complex Salesforce applications using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and declarative automation (Flows).
• Own and evolve Salesforce data models, including object design, relationships, indexing strategies, and data lifecycle management.
• Build reusable LWC frameworks and components with a strong emphasis on performance, accessibility, and user experience.
• Implement advanced Apex patterns: Bulkified triggers and services, Asynchronous processing (Queueable, Batch, Scheduled Apex), Transaction management and error handling
• Define and enforce Salesforce security architecture, including:
• Profiles, permission sets, permission set groups
• Sharing rules, role hierarchy, manual sharing
• Field‑level security (FLS), CRUD, and secure Apex patterns
• Partner with Salesforce Admins and Architects (determine when to use Flow vs. code) and to reduce technical debt.
• Drive SalesForce code reviews, automated testing (unit, integration, deployment validation and monitoring.
• Mentor other developers and provide code reviews with a focus on quality and scalability
• Collaborate with product managers, BAs, QA, and DevOps teams in an Agile environment
• Support production software operations during normal business and off-hours, providing root-cause analysis for issues and reviewing with the team
• Research external software solutions

MuleSoft & Integration Development (Secondary Focus – 30–40%)

• Design and develop integrations using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform (Mule 4, DataWeave, Yaml) to connect Salesforce with external systems.
• Implement API‑led connectivity patterns (System, Process, Experience APIs).
• Develop RESTful APIs and integration flows.
• Apply security and reliability best practices: OAuth2 / JWT, Error handling and retries, Logging, monitoring, and alerting (MuleSoft, DataDog)
• Collaborate with integration architects to ensure Salesforce integration patterns align with enterprise standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues related to performance, data integrity, and automation conflicts.
• Collaborate with other team members to perform code reviews and ensure stability, performance, and security best practice is maintained
• Maintain advanced technical skills and stay abreast of current technologies and trends that can be applied to enterprise solutions
• Work with business partners to research and resolve system issues

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

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