Software Developer

Department of Education Victoria; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education Victoria in Melbourne is seeking a Salesforce Developer to design and build scalable solutions using Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning components. You will contribute to requirement workshops, estimation, and backlog refinement while maintaining technical documentation and platform health.

The role requires a Bachelor's in IT, a Salesforce Platform Developer Certification, and 3+ years on Salesforce, with desirable experience in Education Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Public

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology is required.
• 3+ years' experience as a Salesforce developer is desirable.
• Salesforce Platform Developer Certification is required.
• Desirable: Experience with Salesforce Education Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Public Sector Solutions and Omnistudio.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Salesforce solutions from inception to production readiness.
• Uphold architecture, design and implementation principles including configuration management and coding practices.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, developers and analysts on requirements.
• Provide estimates for the scope of work and discuss options.
• Review code and drive initiatives to improve platform health.
• Review Salesforce seasonal releases and identify new features to enable for the business.

Skills

Salesforce development

Requirements gathering

Agile

Stakeholder collaboration

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

Salesforce Platform Developer Certification

Tools

Apex

Visualforce

Lightning Components

Lightning Web Components

Omnistudio

Salesforce Education Cloud

Marketing Cloud

Public Sector Solutions

Job description

Department of Education Victoria – Melbourne VIC

This role is to develop and customise Salesforce solutions using various technologies such as Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Components, and Lightning Web Components.

The role will also take part in requirements gathering workshops, estimation, addressing the agile product backlog through development sprints and delivery and maintenance of technical documentation.

In this role, you will also contribute to support applications built on the Salesforce platform.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Designing and developing Salesforce solutions from inception to ready for business use in production.
• Uholding architecture, design and implementation principles including configuration management and coding practices.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders, architects, developers and functional analysts on functional and technical requirements.
• Providing estimates for the scope of work, discussing options and recommending solutions.
• Reviewing code and run initiatives to improve the overall health of the platform.
• Reviewing Salesforce seasonal releases and identify new features that can be enabled for the business.

Attributes

To be successful in this Software Developer, Salesforce role you will be able to demonstrate your skills and experience across the following capabilities.

• Personal Attributes – flexibility and adaptability with systems and processes. Ability to work collaboratively with others and identifies ways to overcome barriers.
• Meaningful Outcomes – system thinker who diagnoses trend and coaches' others to solve problems and create solutions. Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement.
• Enabling Delivery – considers how to derive value from collection of data to enable immediate and future decision making. Obtains a balance between technology and strategy in the delivery lifecycle.
• Authentic Relationships – can influence and persuade in getting agreement to proposals and ideas to achieve an outcome. Builds strong relationships with stakeholders to have a mutually beneficial partnership.
• People Leadership – Seen a leader who lives the VPS values and performance standards. Helps others improve skills through providing constructive feedback and coaching, always willing help others and learn.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

We are looking for someone who looking for that next step in their career as a Salesforce developer, looking to work in a team that will provide opportunities to learn and grow.

• Essential : Bachelor's degree in Information Technology
• Desirable: 3+ years' experience as a Salesforce developer
• Essential : Salesforce Platform Developer Certification
• Desirable: Salesforce Education Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Public Sector Solutions and Omnistudio experience

About the Department

The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.

About the Division

The Information Management and Technology Division guides the Departments' digital capability and is leading digital transformation for the Department including Victorian government schools. The Division architects, manages and supports the largest technology network in Victoria, supporting a user base of approximately 750,000 staff and students.

IMTD provides innovation and leadership in the transformation and management of the Department's digital capability through the implementation of solutions on the department's cloud environment (IaaS), enterprise cloud platforms (PaaS) and software (SaaS), using agile practices with a focus on user experience, security, and integration.

As a valued member of the diverse IMTD team, you will have the opportunity to be part of influencing the new way of working for the department through your strong technical skills and customer centric approach.

This role is in the Digital Design and Innovation Branch.

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Shyam Prasad – Senior Squad Lead Salesforce via (03) 7022 0*** or ************@education.vic.gov.au

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on Sunday 27 September 2026.

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