Senior Salesforce Platform Engineer: Scale, Secure & Deliver

K1 Industries; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Salesforce Platform, based in Melbourne. The role emphasizes hands-on development, incident response, design reviews, and building proofs of concept to scale the platform’s reliability and security.

You will own CI/CD pipelines, contribute to release engineering across major cycles, and mentor others while leveraging AI tooling to drive improvement across teams.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Salesforce development at enterprise scale.
• Experience owning CI/CD pipelines and release engineering (GitHub, SFDX, test automation).
• Proven ability to secure platforms and drive post-incident learning.
• Ability to write RFCs and design docs to align multiple teams.
• Promotes code review standards and mentors others.
• Comfort using AI tooling and evolving own practice.
• Translates business goals into technical plans with Product and challenges unclear scope.

Responsibilities

• Write and review code on the Salesforce platform and contribute to production support.
• Respond to incidents and participate in post-incident reviews to implement lasting fixes.
• Join design reviews and help shape platform security, releases, and operations.
• Build proofs of concept to explore new ideas and approaches.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across regions and time zones.
• Foster observability and proactive health of the platform.

Skills

Salesforce development

CI/CD pipelines

Security of platforms

RFCs & design docs

Code reviews mentoring

AI tooling usage

Product collaboration

Tools

GitHub

SFDX

Test automation

Job description

Xero is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Salesforce Platform, based in Melbourne. The role emphasizes hands-on development, incident response, design reviews, and building proofs of concept to scale the platform’s reliability and security.

You will own CI/CD pipelines, contribute to release engineering across major cycles, and mentor others while leveraging AI tooling to drive improvement across teams.