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Salesforce Engineer
Salesforce Engineer
Christie’s, the world’s largest Art Business, is an incredibly exciting & enriching place to start or continue your career. Whether you work within one of our Specialist Art Departments or in one of our Operational teams, we are all working together with one common goal in mind: to continue the success of this 260-year-old company, steeped in history, whilst delivering fresh ideas and upholding our shared values: Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Responsibility & Relationships.
Colleagues across all departments are truly passionate about what they do, inspiring each other by working with industry leaders across our business.
Why This Role Matters
The Salesforce Engineer will work closely with the Technical Lead, Product Manager, and wider engineering teams to design, build, test, and support Salesforce solutions.
We are looking for a strong engineer who:
- Excited to learn Salesforce
- Enjoys solving complex business problems
- Takes ownership of delivery
- Seeks to grow into a senior technical role over time
If you demonstrate solid engineering fundamentals, show curiosity, and have a track record of learning new technologies quickly, we’d love to hear from you.
This role is ideal for an engineer with:
- Strong technical fundamentals
- Desire to develop deep expertise on the Salesforce platform
- Contribution to large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives
Proactive problem solver who: ✔ Enjoys learning new technologies ✔ Takes ownership of technical delivery ✔ Collaborates effectively with technical and business stakeholders
Key responsibility: forming scalable, maintainable solutions while helping evolve the technical standards, frameworks, and best practices across the Salesforce estate.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Solution Delivery
- Build, configure, test, and deploy Salesforce solutions
- Develop custom functionality using Salesforce platform technologies
- Assist in designing and implementing integrations with internal and external systems
- Investigate and resolve technical issues across development, testing, and production environments
- Support ongoing enhancements and development of Salesforce applications
- Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
Technical Ownership
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Product Owners, Technical Leads, and the Architecture Team to oversee technical work items from refinement to deployment
- Work closely with the Technical Lead to understand architectural patterns and implementation standards
- Contribute to technical documentation (solution designs, sequence diagrams, process flows)
- Identify opportunities for automation, simplification, and technical improvement
- Participate in root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities
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Engineering Excellence
- Follow established development standards, DevOps processes, and coding best practices
- Contribute to internal frameworks, reusable components, and technical accelerators
- Ensure scalable, maintainable, secure solutions
- Support testing activities and framework designs (unit, integration, user acceptance)
- Continuously develop knowledge of Salesforce and broader software engineering practices
- Collaborate with broader teams across Christie’s Technology to understand the full development and application lifecycle
- Gain exposure to considerations in Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Data Privacy, Product Ownership, and Application Support
What You’ll Bring to the Team
Qualifications
- Degree-level education preferably in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related subjects
- Training and Certification in Salesforce technologies is advantageous
Experience
- 2+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, or application development (with a focus on Salesforce)
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Java, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Apex, or similar)
Technical Understanding
Core Software Engineering Fundamentals
- Understanding and experience with:
- APIs (softwareтахна)
- Data modelling
- Version control systems
- Testing methodologies
- CI/CD practices
- Object-oriented design principles
Salesforce Specialised Skills
- Configuration-based automation (Salesforce Flows, validation rules, formula fields)
- Apex trigger-based automation
- Apex programming language
- Salesforce-specific protocols (SOQL/DML and best practices relevant to them)
- UI/UX features including:
- Standard Salesforce UI components (Flexipages, Layouts)
- Custom Lightning Web Components
- Complex Lightning Component structures
Non-Technical Competencies
- Experience working within Agile-teams
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication abilities
- Demonstrable capacity to produce clear, concise, detailed documentation
- Ability to deliver accurate estimates and meet deadlines
- Methodical and collaborative approach:
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to build and strengthen stakeholder and peer relationships
- Flexibility, pragmatic mindset, and comfort working with incomplete information
- Ability to function effectively under pressure
- Awareness of business drivers
- Self-motivation to learn continuously
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What’s Great About Working for Us
Leave & Time Off
— 25 days annual leave + 1 birthday day — Christie’s Christmas office closure: Extended break between 25 Dec – 1 Jan (additional two weeks alongside annual leave) — 1 additional week annual leave for each five-year service anniversary (5th, 10th, 15th, etc.)
Community & Culture
— Volunteering paid day off to contribute to a chosen charity — Donation matching programme of up to £500 per year (to support organisations you care about) — Chorentic Fitness Fund: £400 expense allowance per year (taxable) for health and wellness activities
Career Growth & Benefits
— Regular earnings review scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus (dependent on company and personal performance payable in March)
- Generous pension plan: 100% Christie’s match on up to 5% of basic salary (total max contribution 10%) — Private Health Insurance policy with no employee contribution, subsidised option for dependents
- Dental Insurance (extendable options available)
- Comprehensive Income Protection coverage (after 12 months)
- Extensive Life Insurance from day one
- Employee Assistance Programme: Confidential access to counselling, personal advice, and support services
- Annual eyecare vouchers
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
Christie’s Extras
- Discounts on 800+ retailers, holiday packages, dinners, and weekly shopping
- SeniorCare by Lottie: Fully-fledged eldercare support system
Family-Friendly Policies
- 16 weeks full pay during Maternity Leave
- Flexible return: Ability to return at 80% of normal weekly working hours while being paid at 100% of salary (after guaranteed 16 weeks leave)
- Dependent care support: Up to 10 sessions or days of childcare/eldercare annually
- Christie’s Family Network: Regular parent gatherings between office events
Christie’s reserves the right to adjust company benefits at any time.
Application Notes
- Closing Date: Sunday 12 July
- Idexation: #LI-Hybrid
About Christie’s
Christie’s is the world’s leading art business. Since 1766, dedicated to extraordinary art, unparalleled service, and expertise, as well as offering international glamour.
Each year, we conduct around 350 live and online auctions across over 80 specialist categories, covering:
- Fine and decorative arts
- Asian art
- Luxury collectables
- Private sales strategy
Our presence spans:
- 46 countries
- 10 international salerooms in London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Amsterdam, Dubai, Zürich, and Shanghai.
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