Salesforce Platform Engineer: AI-Driven & Scalable

Xero; Burwood; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero is seeking an experienced Salesforce Engineer to deliver well-structured features across our Salesforce platform and connected sales tools over a 3-6 month horizon. You will tie each feature to customer outcomes, using data, insights, and AI to balance speed and quality.

You will collaborate with sales and engineering teams, clarify technical designs, improve engineering practices, and mentor teammates.

Qualifications

• Experience developing software using Apex, LWC, SOQL, and declarative Salesforce tools.
• Practical AI usage across feature development, debugging, and log analysis.
• Deep expertise in a Salesforce area such as Sales Cloud, CPQ, Data Cloud, or integrations.
• REST APIs and platform event integrations building/maintaining.

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering Salesforce features using Apex, LWC, and declarative tools.
• Supporting connected sales tools and upgrades (PandaDoc, Gong, Outreach).
• Setting up production monitoring, SLOs, and release deployments.
• Mentor team members and contribute to incident response.

Skills

Apex

LWC

SOQL

Declarative tools

AI in development

REST APIs

Platform events

Salesforce CLI

Git

TDD

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Salesforce CLI

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Xero is seeking an experienced Salesforce Engineer to deliver well-structured features across our Salesforce platform and connected sales tools over a 3-6 month horizon. You will tie each feature to customer outcomes, using data, insights, and AI to balance speed and quality.

You will collaborate with sales and engineering teams, clarify technical designs, improve engineering practices, and mentor teammates.