Application Developer Intern - Salesforce

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

• Assist in the design, development, and customization of Salesforce applications under the guidance of senior developers.
• Build and update Lightning Web Components (LWCs), Apex classes, triggers, and validation rules.
• Support configuration tasks including page layouts, flows, automation rules, and reports/dashboards.
• Participate in requirement-gathering sessions to understand business needs and translate them into technical tasks.
• Test and debug Salesforce solutions to ensure functionality, performance, and data accuracy.
• Support integrations with external systems using APIs (REST/SOAP), middleware, or platform events.
• Document development work, including technical specifications, test cases, and deployment notes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (BA, QA, architects) to ensure solution alignment with project goals.
• Assist in deployments using CI/CD pipelines or change sets.
• Learn and apply Salesforce best practices for security, data management, and coding standards.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Professional Skills

• Strong problem-solving abilities and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to understand business processes and translate them into technical solutions.
• Attention to detail, documentation, and structured thinking.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Technical Skills

(foundational knowledge, not mastery)

• Basic understanding of Salesforce platform concepts (objects, fields, relationships, automation).
• Familiarity with Apex programming and SOQL/SOSL.
• Basic exposure to Lightning Web Components (LWC) or JavaScript frameworks.
• Understanding of data modeling and database concepts.
• Awareness of APIs, integration basics, and JSON/XML formats.
• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) is a plus.
• Understanding of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Salesforce Trailhead badges or relevant coursework (preferred but not required).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Client-provided location(s): Cairo, Egypt

Job ID: IBM-81868

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-12-17T18:53:49