Salesforce Development Intern
Macmillan Learning, Austin, TX, United States
Pay & Details
Pay Rate:
$16.50/hour Length:
12 weeks Hours:
30 hours/week Location:
Remote, USA
Internship Overview The Salesforce Developer Intern will play a crucial role in improving the efficiency and maintainability of our Salesforce environment by analyzing, optimizing and cleaning up obsolete code. This internship provides hands‑on experience in Salesforce development, Apex programming and system performance optimization. The intern will collaborate with Salesforce Developers, Administrators, Business Analysts and QA teams to identify technical debt, refactor legacy code and enhance system functionality.
Key Learning Opportunities
Gain practical experience with Apex, SOQL, Lightning Web Components and Salesforce development best practices.
Develop skills in code optimization, debugging, performance tuning and deployment processes.
Learn about Salesforce security, governor limits and scalable architecture.
Work closely with an experienced team in an enterprise Salesforce environment, gaining real‑world experience in software development lifecycle and DevOps.
Major Responsibilities
Code Analysis & Documentation: Review existing Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages and Lightning components to identify obsolete or inefficient code. Document findings and suggest improvements.
Refactoring & Optimization: Rewrite and optimize legacy code to align with Salesforce best practices, ensuring better maintainability, performance and compliance with governor limits.
Technical Debt Reduction: Identify deprecated features, unnecessary hardcoded values and redundant logic. Assist in modernizing and consolidating business logic.
Testing & Validation: Develop and execute Apex unit tests to maintain code quality and achieve optimal test coverage. Work with QA teams to validate functionality.
Declarative Automation Review: Assist in replacing outdated Process Builders and Workflows with modern Salesforce Flow solutions where applicable.
Version Control & Deployment: Learn and assist with Git‑based version control, branching strategies and deployment processes using tools like Copado, Gearset, or Change Sets.
System Performance Monitoring: Monitor debug logs, analyze SOQL queries and optimize data retrieval methods to improve system efficiency.
Security & Compliance Considerations: Ensure that Apex and declarative solutions adhere to Salesforce security standards, including CRUD/FLS enforcement, sharing rules and secure coding practices.
Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Participate in team meetings, discuss development strategies and share insights on improving Salesforce development workflows.
Qualifications & Skills
You must be currently enrolled in a degree program (Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field).
We will accept applicants graduating from their degree in Spring 2026.
Recent graduates within the last 6 months will be considered.
Basic experience with Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, or other object‑oriented programming languages is preferred.
Understanding of Salesforce data structures, security model, and declarative automation (Flows, Process Builder, Workflows) is a plus.
Strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
Experience with Git, version control, and debugging tools is a plus.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Passion for learning, coding, and optimizing business processes.
Remote Eligibility This internship is eligible for remote participation, excluding the following locations: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Washington DC, Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington State, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Equal Opportunity Statement We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively seek applicants that reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, veteran, family and economic status and background, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staff, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. You can read more about our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion initiatives here.
Affirmative Action The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education's guidance. Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.
Know Your Rights Equal Opportunity Employer. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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$16.50/hour Length:
12 weeks Hours:
30 hours/week Location:
Remote, USA
Internship Overview The Salesforce Developer Intern will play a crucial role in improving the efficiency and maintainability of our Salesforce environment by analyzing, optimizing and cleaning up obsolete code. This internship provides hands‑on experience in Salesforce development, Apex programming and system performance optimization. The intern will collaborate with Salesforce Developers, Administrators, Business Analysts and QA teams to identify technical debt, refactor legacy code and enhance system functionality.
Key Learning Opportunities
Gain practical experience with Apex, SOQL, Lightning Web Components and Salesforce development best practices.
Develop skills in code optimization, debugging, performance tuning and deployment processes.
Learn about Salesforce security, governor limits and scalable architecture.
Work closely with an experienced team in an enterprise Salesforce environment, gaining real‑world experience in software development lifecycle and DevOps.
Major Responsibilities
Code Analysis & Documentation: Review existing Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages and Lightning components to identify obsolete or inefficient code. Document findings and suggest improvements.
Refactoring & Optimization: Rewrite and optimize legacy code to align with Salesforce best practices, ensuring better maintainability, performance and compliance with governor limits.
Technical Debt Reduction: Identify deprecated features, unnecessary hardcoded values and redundant logic. Assist in modernizing and consolidating business logic.
Testing & Validation: Develop and execute Apex unit tests to maintain code quality and achieve optimal test coverage. Work with QA teams to validate functionality.
Declarative Automation Review: Assist in replacing outdated Process Builders and Workflows with modern Salesforce Flow solutions where applicable.
Version Control & Deployment: Learn and assist with Git‑based version control, branching strategies and deployment processes using tools like Copado, Gearset, or Change Sets.
System Performance Monitoring: Monitor debug logs, analyze SOQL queries and optimize data retrieval methods to improve system efficiency.
Security & Compliance Considerations: Ensure that Apex and declarative solutions adhere to Salesforce security standards, including CRUD/FLS enforcement, sharing rules and secure coding practices.
Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Participate in team meetings, discuss development strategies and share insights on improving Salesforce development workflows.
Qualifications & Skills
You must be currently enrolled in a degree program (Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field).
We will accept applicants graduating from their degree in Spring 2026.
Recent graduates within the last 6 months will be considered.
Basic experience with Apex, SOQL, JavaScript, or other object‑oriented programming languages is preferred.
Understanding of Salesforce data structures, security model, and declarative automation (Flows, Process Builder, Workflows) is a plus.
Strong problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
Experience with Git, version control, and debugging tools is a plus.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Passion for learning, coding, and optimizing business processes.
Remote Eligibility This internship is eligible for remote participation, excluding the following locations: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Washington DC, Hawaii, Illinois, Mississippi, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington State, West Virginia, Wyoming.
Equal Opportunity Statement We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively seek applicants that reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, veteran, family and economic status and background, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staff, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. You can read more about our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion initiatives here.
Affirmative Action The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education's guidance. Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.
Know Your Rights Equal Opportunity Employer. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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