Salesforce Engineer – Sales Cloud

apeirum is recruiting on behalf of maxon for a Salesforce Engineer in Barcelona. This is a permanent position employed directly by maxon; apeirum runs the selection process.

maxon is a global provider of world-class precision drive systems. Its drives are used wherever extreme precision and the highest quality standards matter – on Earth, and on Mars. maxon offers creative minds and passionate doers a global yet trusted environment, where people who question what is possible and challenge themselves can grow.

As Salesforce Engineer you build, enhance and run maxon's Sales Cloud – the platform behind its global sales processes. The role combines strong Apex back-end engineering with hands-on configuration and Lightning Web Components where a custom experience is needed. You join a small Salesforce team in Barcelona and Switzerland, work closely with an external development partner and the Sales process owners, and own your features from refinement to production. Hybrid in Barcelona (3 days office, 2 remote), with occasional travel to Switzerland for onboarding and workshops.

Tasks

• Build and maintain Sales Cloud features for leads, accounts, contacts, opportunities, activities, quoting and approvals.

• Develop Apex classes, triggers, asynchronous processing and platform events, and Lightning Web Components where standard UI is not enough.

• Configure Sales Cloud with objects, Flow, validation rules, permissions, Lightning App Builder and reports – standard first, code where it pays off.

• Provide the Salesforce side of integrations (data model, Apex services, events, APIs, authentication) together with a dedicated Integration Engineer.

• Ship through Git, Salesforce DX and CI/CD, with automated tests for Apex, Flow and LWC and peer code reviews.

• Troubleshoot production issues, find root causes and fix them for good.

• Work with AI coding assistants as part of the team's daily workflow – and stay fully accountable for everything you deliver.

Requirements – must have

• Around 3+ years delivering production Salesforce solutions, with substantial Apex development and Sales Cloud work.

• Strong Apex: SOQL/SOSL, triggers, asynchronous processing and test classes.

• Practical Sales Cloud expertise: lead-to-opportunity, accounts and contacts, activities, approvals, sharing.

• Hands-on Lightning Web Components, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

• Solid Salesforce security and data model: profiles and permission sets, sharing, CRUD/FLS, governor limits.

• Integration basics: REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, authentication and API limits.

• Git, Salesforce DX and CI/CD; automated testing and production troubleshooting.

• A standard-first mindset and ownership of production quality.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or software engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

• Fluent English.

• Based in Spain (Barcelona).

Nice to have

• Practical experience with AI coding assistants in your engineering work.

• Salesforce certifications (Platform Developer I/II, Sales Cloud Consultant, Platform App Builder).

• ERP and pricing integrations in a manufacturing environment.

• Large data volumes, Bulk API 2.0, event-driven integration.

• Azure DevOps pipelines, Experience Cloud, Jest or TypeScript.

• Experience in multi-site teams or with external implementation partners.

• Spanish/Catalan or German.

What maxon offers

• A permanent employment contract directly with maxon, competitive compensation, and flexible working hours supporting work–life balance.

• End-to-end ownership of features in a small team where your work goes straight to production.

• A dynamic and friendly workplace in maxon's Barcelona tech hub, combining startup energy with the stability of a Swiss industrial leader.

• International collaboration with teams in Switzerland and an external development partner.

• Continuous learning and growth through the maxon academy and professional development programs.

• Additional benefits such as Club Natació de Barcelona membership and the Cobee program.

Interested? Apply with your CV. apeirum reviews every application personally and will get back to you; shortlisted candidates then interview with the maxon team, and the offer and contract come from maxon.