Principal Engineer - Salesforce

AIA Hong Kong; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance and financial services provider in Auckland is seeking a Principal Engineer with expertise in Salesforce to enhance digital experiences. The role involves leading a team to deliver software solutions, ensuring quality outcomes, and fostering an innovative engineering culture. Ideal candidates will have significant Salesforce experience and a strong background in software development, along with a collaborative mindset.

Benefits

Internal mobility opportunities

Competitive employee benefits

Membership to AIA Vitality

Supportive and inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in application development.
• Multiple Salesforce certifications.
• Excellent knowledge of Salesforce technologies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee solution design and ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Lead and mentor development teams.
• Define technical solutions based on business requirements.

Skills

Salesforce Service Cloud

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Salesforce Apex development

Mentoring

Software Development

Education

Bachelor or Technical Degree in Technology

Job description

BELIEVE IN BETTER

Do you believe in shaping a better, healthier, more sustainable future through the power of digital?

At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone. It's finding new ways to not only better people's lives, but to better the communities and environments we live. As pioneering innovators for over 100 years, we’re now transforming our organisation to be faster, simpler, and more connected. Because we want to be even better equipped to develop digital solutions and experiences that help more people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

And to get there, we need people with tech/digital/analytics expertise and passion to help develop positive sustainable change through digitally enhanced experiences that will impact the lives of millions of people and create a healthier future for everyone.

Sound like you? Then read on.

The opportunity:

AIA New Zealand’s Technology team is seeking a Principal Engineer - Salesforce with strong leadership capabilities and hands-on expertise to drive the development of engaging digital experiences using Salesforce technologies such as Omnistudio, Lightning, Experience site, and Marketing Cloud.

This role is ideal for a technical expert who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about delivering scalable solutions. The Principal Engineer will champion engineering excellence by enhancing technical practices and cultivating a strong engineering culture. They will simplify technology through strategic leadership across Salesforce and frontend teams, ensuring solutions are designed with a “build once, use for all” mindset to streamline business processes. Responsibilities include overseeing solution design, providing accurate development estimates, and leading technical implementation to ensure high-quality outcomes and smooth deployments.

The role also involves close collaboration with internal and external teams to establish best practices, clarify expectations, and mentor team members across both project and BAU contexts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Software delivery and technical development
• Leading and Mentoring Development Team
• Application Architecture

Software delivery and technical development includes requirement analysis, solution design and development estimation, technical design for assigned projects, and designing, coding, unit testing, building, and deploying complex software components.

Leading and Mentoring Development Team involves working collaboratively with the AIA business SME’s, Project Managers, Development Teams, and vendors to deliver required software solutions, and leading the review and redesign of processes or procedures to deliver improved team productivity and efficiency.

Application Architecture requires taking full responsibility for defining a technical solution based on detailed Business Requirements and aligned to the solution architecture.

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Bachelor, Technical Degree or Tertiary qualifications in Technology or related discipline, or 5+ years’ experience in application development
• Multiple Salesforce certifications
• Excellent knowledge of and experience at least one of the following technologies: Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Industries and Omnistudio, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Salesforce Platform Apex development, Salesforce Visualforce, Aura and LWC development, Salesforce AI Agentforce and Einstein
• Strong commercial experience of working within software development projects

Why choose AIA?

At AIA, we believe in empowering every one of our people to find their 'better'. We do this by offering opportunities to grow within the business through internal mobility, competitive employee benefits, membership to AIA Vitality, and a supportive and inclusive workplace.

AIA NZ values diversity in the workforce. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional mental health needs, chronic health conditions and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of who we are and what we do. Our commitment to these values is unwavering and they are central to our mission.

We are a 2025 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.