Software Engineer

Software Engineer (Salesforce)

• SNSW Grade 7/8 - base salary ranging from $105,986 to $124,957
• Location - Haymarket, Gosford or Parramatta
• 1 x Ongoing Full-Time

About Our Team

Join our dynamic Technology Services & Platform team, where we're revolutionizing digital service delivery for millions of customers. We deliver best-in-class self-service platforms and cutting-edge technologies that enable rapid product development and seamless customer experiences. With a relentless focus on security, resilience, and cost optimization, we empower development teams to build trusted, secure, and efficient products.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary package
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• Access to latest DevOps tools and technologies
• Collaborative and innovative environment
• Make a meaningful impact on NSW digital services
• Career progression pathways

About the role

Working as an Software Engineer in our Salesforce Platform Squad, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing digital products and services that deliver value to both internal stakeholders and partnering agencies. Working within an agile team, you'll help build high-quality, reliable, and scalable systems that form the backbone of our CRM capabilities.

You'll be part of a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement, clean code, and shared learning. With guidance and support from Senior Engineers, you'll have the opportunity to deepen your Salesforce expertise while contributing meaningfully to product outcomes.

Key responsibilities include

• Assist in the development, technical design, deployment and operation of features and improvements for our products and services.
• Work with engineers, product managers, designers and leadership teams to maintain a high level of quality in a fast-paced and iterative environment.
• Drive efficiency by designing products that work at scale, reducing duplication and optimising development and delivery pipelines.
• Support the end-to-end development, release, and maintenance of Salesforce features, ensuring high-quality, tested, and reliable solutions.
• Assist with platform management, issue resolution, and user support to maintain a secure and seamless Salesforce experience.

Your skills and experience

• Salesforce certifications are highly regarded.
• Good understanding of SDLC principles and the software development lifecycle, including Agile and DevOps release management practices and methodologies.
• At least 2+ years' experience in a similar software engineering role.
• Proven experience of Apex, Triggers, Classes and Lightning Web Components, API Web Services and Salesforce declarative programming techniques.
• Experience in Jira and Confluence
• Collaborative approach and an ability to work alongside senior engineers, product managers and designers

Your technical skills

• Proven experience as a Salesforce Engineer with hands-on experience in managing and customising the Salesforce platform.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce administration, customisation, automation, and integration with experience in flows, Apex, validation rules, system automation, sharing & security settings, permissions management, formula fields and a strong grasp of the underlying platform behaviour.
• Proficient in both frontend and backend application development, including accessible frontend interface building, API design and cloud data storage technologies.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Salesforce integration using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware (MuleSoft) and ETL tools
• Demonstrated experience with Salesforce Service Cloud, ideally with Public Sector Solutions (PSS)
• DevOps experience including the use of GitLab

How we work

At Service NSW we encourage XP practices (including TDD, pair programming and CI/CD) to design and build fast, stable software and release it to our customers quickly. We are committed to iterative delivery using the build, measure, learn paradigm and we pride ourselves on being responsive to customers' needs.

Our teams collaborate to design and implement the right solutions, applying lean problem-solving to deliver value within a complex ecosystem.

Support office roles will be headquartered across McKell, Parramatta and Gosford. We will consider role headquarters outside of the above locations where the role can reasonably be performed from that location taking into consideration the operational, financial and customer requirements of the role, and an ability to attend a NSW Government workplace as required.

Salary Service NSW Grade 7/8, with the base salary for this role starting at $105,986 base plus superannuation

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Closing Date: Thursday 25th September at 9:59am

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