Salesforce Engineer II

About Kindsight: 
Kindsight builds technology that helps fundraisers make a difference. For decades, Kindsight has supported the education, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors with fundraising tools and the largest charitable giving database on the market. And as the giving sector evolves, so does Kindsight. As the leader in fundraising intelligence, Kindsight leverages real-time data and AI to help thousands of organizations around the world identify, manage, and engage with donors - at any scale. With purpose-built CRMs that corral all of that donor information and campaign tracking into one place, donor prospect research tools that offer proactive insights and real-time donor intel, and generative AI that creates personalized, meaningful content drafts at scale, Kindsight’s product suite is truly changing the game for donor fundraising.
 

Position Summary:

Kindsight is seeking a Salesforce Product Engineer to join our Product Engineering team.seeks a Salesforce Developer. A successful candidate will work in our Product Engineering department and contribute to our products.  They will have Salesforce platform and managed package experience. 

This role is for a software engineer first, you must have developer driven experience vs platform admin. You will work in a managed package / ISV environment where coding practices, design, scalability, governor limits, versioning, and CI/CD discipline matter.

This is not a admin role. We are looking for engineers who design, write, and review production-grade Apex and LWC code.

This role does not involve Salesforce instance administration or client instance management/admin. We are focused on building and maintaining enterprise-grade managed packages.Our products are installed into complex higher education and nonprofit Salesforce orgs through structured implementation cycles. 

The candidate will work in our Product Engineering agile team and will thrive in a culture of continuous change and innovative disruption while operating in a highly collaborative and collegial culture. They will work cross-functionally from the most strategic to the most detailed level.

Individuals who thrive will exhibit the following success skills - Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Presence, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity, Accountability, and Results Focus.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and develop scalable Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL, and Flows
• Write bulk-safe, governor-limit-conscious Apex code
• Build and maintain Salesforce managed package components
• Participate in pull request reviews and contribute to architectural discussions
• Work within Git-based CI/CD pipelines (SFDX, automated deployments, versioned releases)
• Build and maintain integrations using REST/SOAP APIs

• Debug complex cross-class issues in production
• Contribute to technical documentation and long-term maintainability

• Develop scalable Salesforce solutions using Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), SOQL, and Flows.
• Collaborate with Product Management, QA, and internal stakeholders to understand business requirements and deliver thoughtful solutions.
• Contribute to the maintenance, improvement, and support of existing Salesforce-based applications and managed packages.
• Build and maintain integrations with third-party systems using REST/SOAP APIs. 
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, reviews, stand-ups) and collaborate closely with peers on a remote team. 
• Write clean, efficient, and testable code; contribute to code reviews and technical documentation. 
• Support product releases through testing, deployment, and post-release monitoring. 
• Ensure solutions comply with Salesforce governor limits, data model best practices, security and performance standards.

What We’re Looking For:

• This role does not involve Salesforce instance administration or client configuration. We are focused on building and maintaining enterprise-grade managed packages.Our products are installed into complex higher education and nonprofit Salesforce orgs through structured implementation cycles. This requires defensive coding, scalability, and strong platform design discipline.
   
• You will join a dedicated Salesforce development team within a product-led B2B SaaS organization.
• 3+ years’ experience with Salesforce software development best practices (Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, Flows, and SOQL) including unit testing and code review processes.
• 3+ years’ of Salesforce CICD tools, processes, and usage.
• 2+ years’ in product development.
• Familiarity with Salesforce DX and SFDX CLI.
• Experience in Product development of managed packages. 
• Demonstrable knowledge of various SDLCs and CI/CD concepts and processes.
• Passion for setting and enforcing Salesforce best practices and coding standards that promote code reusability, maintainability, and performance.
• Experience in higher education advancement, fundraising, or CRM systems.

• 3+ years hands-on Apex development in production environments
• Strong understanding of object-oriented principles (inheritance, virtual/abstract classes, interfaces, encapsulation)
• Experience designing bulk-safe triggers and managing governor limits at scale
• Experience building or contributing to Salesforce managed packages (ISV experience strongly preferred)
• Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD (e.g., SFDX, Copado, Gearset, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Comfortable navigating and debugging across multiple Apex classes and Lightning components
• Experience participating in structured code reviews
   

Preferred

• Experience in product engineering and NOT client consulting-only environments
• Experience shipping versioned releases to multiple subscriber orgs
• Familiarity with fundraising, higher education, or CRM systems
   

Compensation Range: $100,000 - $120,000 CAD or $73,500 - $88,000 USD OTE annually, based on experience, market benchmarks and role complexity. We aim to offer fair, competitive pay that reflects your skills and the market.

This advertised position is for an existing vacancy at Kindsight. At Kindsight, we’re proud to be a place where everyone belongs and has an equal opportunity to contribute, thrive and grow. We hire based on skills, potential, and impact, and we believe our differences fuel innovation. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. We’re building a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to do meaningful work and make a difference.

We leverage artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support certain aspects of our recruitment process. These tools may help with resume screening, drafting job descriptions, creating interview questions and occasionally identifying potential candidates. All hiring decisions are made by our people, not AI. Our intent is to use AI thoughtfully to streamline administrative tasks, improve the candidate experience and support fair, unbiased hiring practices consistent with industry standards.