Salesforce Developer Jobs: Where to Find Them and What Employers Want

Hey friends,

The quickest way to find Salesforce developer jobs is to search a few boards under several titles (Salesforce Developer, Salesforce Engineer, Software Engineer - Salesforce), then read what the postings actually ask for. On Oct 28, 2026 I read 12 current postings. All 12 wanted Apex, Flow and integration work, 10 wanted Lightning Web Components, and certifications were mostly "preferred."

This isn't a survey. It's a snapshot of 12 postings from the first results of a LinkedIn search, so treat the counts as a feel for the market, not statistics. Where I give a number, it's out of those 12. I've kept pay in its own post: see Salesforce developer salary for that, and the developer career path for how people get here.

Where to find Salesforce developer jobs

No single board has everything, so I'd use two or three and set up alerts. These are the four I checked:

• LinkedIn: the biggest pool. The public search for Salesforce Developer in the United States showed 5,000+ results when I looked. Results mix several titles, and each posting shows how long ago it went up.
• Built In: tech jobs, with filters for remote and hybrid, and pay shown on many listings.
• Dice: heavy on staffing agencies. On the first page of results I loaded (34 listings), 25 were contract roles and 9 were full-time. If you want contract work, start here.
• sForceJobs: a Salesforce-only board. You can filter by role (Developer) and by remote location, and create a job alert.

Once a company shows up, check its own careers page too. That's where you'll apply anyway, and you can see all of its Salesforce openings in one place.

Which titles to search

"Salesforce Developer" is the obvious one, but it isn't the only title. In my 12 postings the titles were Salesforce Developer, Senior Salesforce Developer, Senior Salesforce Engineer and Senior Software Engineer - Salesforce. If you only search one, you'll miss the rest.

Salesforce's own Trailhead page on the developer role describes the job as building solutions for a business problem using Salesforce technologies: analyzing requirements, choosing between low-code and code, and integrating with external systems. It also lists related developer roles for Commerce, Marketing Engagement, Slack, MuleSoft and Tableau, so try those titles too if one of them is your background.

Who's hiring

The 12 postings were mostly in-house Salesforce teams at large companies that aren't software companies: two health insurers (Humana, Univera Healthcare), a dental insurer (Delta Dental), banks and lenders (Fannie Mae, Huntington National Bank, Mutual of Omaha Mortgage), an airline (United), a drug distributor (McKesson), a state attorney general's office, a government contractor (Peraton), a consulting firm (Tata Consultancy Services) and one software company (MongoDB).

So don't only look at tech brands. In this sample the Salesforce developer openings sat mostly inside insurance, banking, healthcare, travel and government.

What employers actually ask for

What the 12 postings I read named. Counts are postings that mentioned it, out of 12.

• Apex, Flow and integrations, in every posting. Employers want you to write code and also know when a Flow is the better tool. Several named REST or SOAP APIs, Platform Events or integration patterns.
• Lightning Web Components in 10. The two that didn't name it were Huntington and Peraton. If you're an Apex-only developer, LWC is the skill I'd add first.
• Delivery habits. Agile or Scrum came up in 10, source control (Git, GitLab, Bitbucket or GitHub) in 9, and CI/CD or DevOps in 8. Postings mentioned Salesforce CLI, Salesforce DX, Copado and Gearset.
• Platform judgment. Governor limits or bulk processing were named in 5, all of them senior roles. It's the kind of thing you'll be asked about in an interview even when the posting doesn't say it.
• AI in 6. They asked for things like applying AI use cases in Salesforce, working with Agentforce, or building features on LLM APIs. Nobody asked for it as the whole job, but it's showing up in requirements. My Agentforce guide is a good starting point.
• Communication in 7. Working with business users, explaining tradeoffs and writing things down. Trailhead's developer-role page lists these soft skills too.

Experience, pay and where you'll work

Experience: It depends heavily on level. Univera's single posting spans four levels, asking for 1, 2, 4 and 8 years of Salesforce development experience. Among the senior titles that gave a number, the minimum ran from 2 years (Fannie Mae) up to 8 (MongoDB), with 3 to 5 years the middle of the pack (United 3, McKesson 5, Humana 5).

Pay: 9 of the 12 listed a range. Across them the lowest bottom was $86,000 and the highest top was $231,000, so level, company and location move the number a lot. I break that down in the salary post.

Where: Remote was the exception. MongoDB said it was open to candidates anywhere in the USA. Four (Mutual of Omaha, Delta Dental, Humana and Huntington) described hybrid arrangements, and Fannie Mae said most roles expect regular onsite work unless the posting says remote. Univera said remote work "may be possible."

Do you need a certification?

Less than people think. Nine of the 12 postings named Salesforce certifications. Six of those called them preferred or highly preferred (United, MongoDB, Fannie Mae, Huntington, Peraton and McKesson). Delta Dental labeled Platform Developer I, Platform Developer II and Administrator as required, and Mutual of Omaha and Univera put a certification in their list of qualifications. The other three postings didn't name one.

The ones named most were Platform Developer I and II, then Application Architect, JavaScript Developer and Administrator. So I'd treat Platform Developer I as the useful first credential for developer jobs: it shows you can do the work, and it's the one that appears in the most lists.

If you're working on it, I wrote an Platform Developer I study guide and an 8-week study plan. I also built the Platform Developer Cert Lab at nickfrates.com for this exam, but a certification alone won't land the job, so keep the next section in mind.

How to show you can do the job

Because the postings ask for experience as much as credentials, a short list of things you can show is worth more than another badge. Based on what the postings named, I'd aim for:

• An Apex trigger with tests that handles bulk data. The free Apex practice sites I wrote about are a good place to get reps.
• One Lightning Web Component that calls Apex. If JavaScript is your gap, start with my post on JavaScript promises.
• A REST callout or inbound API. Integrations were in every posting.
• A repo with Salesforce DX. Put it in Git and deploy it from the command line. This covers source control and the start of CI/CD in one go.

If you're coming from admin work, the same list applies. Entry-level Salesforce admin jobs is a better fit for your search if you don't write code yet, and how to break into Salesforce covers getting started from zero.

Mistakes that waste your search

• Searching one title. Developer, Engineer and Software Engineer - Salesforce all showed up in the same results.
• Skipping a posting because of a preferred certification. Most of the certification mentions I read were preferred, not required.
• Leaving Git and deployment off your resume. Source control came up in 9 of 12, and it's easy to add if you've already done it.
• Not checking the posting date. Several results on the LinkedIn page I loaded were three to six months old, and older postings may already be filled.
• Ignoring contract roles. On Dice, contract roles outnumbered full-time ones on the page I loaded. They're a way in, even if you want a permanent role later.

FAQ

Where can I find Salesforce developer jobs? Start with LinkedIn, Built In, Dice and sForceJobs, and set up alerts. Search several titles, since Developer, Engineer and Software Engineer - Salesforce all appear.

What do employers want from a Salesforce developer? In the 12 postings I read, all asked for Apex, Flow and integrations, and 10 asked for Lightning Web Components. Source control, Agile and CI/CD came up often, too.

Do I need a certification to get a Salesforce developer job? Usually not. Nine of 12 postings named certifications, and six of those called them preferred. Platform Developer I was the one named most.

Are Salesforce developer jobs remote? Some, but fewer than hybrid or onsite in the postings I read. One of the 12 said it was open to anyone in the USA.

How much experience do I need? It varies by level. Univera's posting covered four levels from 1 to 8 years, and senior roles that gave a number asked for 2 to 8 years, most often 3 to 5.

What does a Salesforce developer do? According to Trailhead, they build solutions for business problems with Salesforce technology, choosing between low-code and code and integrating with other systems.

Hope this helps!

Best,

Nick