Trade Me is one of New Zealand's most popular websites with over four million members and more than 650,000 Kiwis visiting our site every day.
We are on a mission to unlock the potential of our systems and platforms. We want our B2B CRM platform to be a powerful, intuitive and trusted tool that supports the day-to-day operations of our sales teams, and helps to empower our sales people in partnering with their customers. This role is critical to support the transformation of our B2B CRM platform and will play an important part in determining, implementing and supporting the future architecture of this platform
You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:
#Flexible
Flexible working is the new normal. We have a guideline for our people to be in the office 60% of the time, with the remaining time being flexible. We support you with a home office setup and a utilities allowance to ensure you can work comfortably
#Wellness
Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, we offer lots of resources to help you along the way.
#Leave
We support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.
#Social
Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for company paid lunches. Friday drinks and nibbles every fortnight, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more.
#Learning
Whether it's on the job, formal training, mentoring or something else, you'll grow with us from Day 1.
Here's what you can expect from this role:
* Own the operational health of the Salesforce platform; supporting, maintaining and improving existing Salesforce applications for optimal functionality.
* You'll be the lead engineer for our Salesforce Sales Cloud architecture, utilising 2nd generation packaging and building anything that's needed to complement the out-of-the-box functionality of Salesforce Sales Cloud, whether it be simple LWC wire components, 3rd party JS libraries or complex integrations.
* Create custom solutions by designing and developing Salesforce applications that take advantage of existing Salesforce functionality.
* Participate in the entire software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing and deployment.
* Create and maintain integrations with other applications and systems using web services and APIs.
* Develop and maintain custom applications on the Salesforce platform using Apex, Visualforce and other technologies.
* Create technical documentation, user guides, release notes and design documents that support ongoing work on our platforms.
* Participate in code reviews to ensure that the best practices for the existing and new Salesforce solutions are implemented.
* Stay updated with new Salesforce features & capabilities and recommend best practices to enhance the existing Salesforce platform.
* Collaborate with your colleagues and key stakeholders to collect and document requirements for Salesforce solutions, facilitate complex technical and architectural designs and execute against the platform roadmap.
* Ensure we balance investment and maintenance in the platform and practices with work on product initiatives that support sales strategies.
* Advocate for continuous delivery and observability practices across teams.
What you will bring to our team:
* Salesforce certifications, like Platform Developer I or II, App Builder or Administrator.
* Proven experience in designing and implementing Salesforce solutions in an enterprise environment.
* Solid understanding of Salesforce best practices, including security models and governor limits.
* The ability to balance tradeoffs between the ideal technical solution and efficient delivery.
* Strong proficiency in Apex programming, including triggers, batch jobs, and schedulable classes.
* Extensive experience with Salesforce customization, including custom objects, fields, workflows, and processes.
* Energy, drive and enthusiasm for excellent results and a genuine desire to engage with our internal customers.
* The ability to explain technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
* 5+ years of relevant demonstrable experience in software development.
* Proficient understanding of the Salesforce lightning framework & Salesforce Sales Cloud.
* Understanding of the Salesforce data model, including standard and custom objects, relationships and fields.
* Experience with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.
* Ability to work with Salesforce Community Cloud or other collaboration tools.
* Knowledge of DevOps and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) processes.
We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you.
Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.
