Salesforce Automated Test Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced

Salesforce Automated Test Engineer to design, implement, and maintain a scalable automated testing capability for Salesforce environments. This role is ideal for a hands-on QA Automation professional who has previously built an automation framework from the ground up, including selecting and configuring testing platforms, establishing standards, creating reusable components, and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

You will work closely with Salesforce Developers, Administrators, Business Analysts, Product Owners, and DevOps teams to transition from predominantly manual testing to a mature, reliable, and highly automated testing environment.

About the Client

You will be working with a technology-driven organisation that relies on Salesforce and enterprise applications to support critical business operations. The organisation is focused on strengthening software quality, release confidence, and delivery efficiency through modern testing and automation practices.

The team values technical excellence, collaboration, continuous improvement, and robust quality assurance practices, providing an opportunity to establish and shape a scalable Salesforce test automation capability.

Ideal Profile

Salesforce & Test Automation

Strong commercial experience as an Automation Test Engineer, QA Automation Engineer, or Salesforce Test Engineer.

Significant hands-on experience testing Salesforce applications.

Demonstrated experience building an automated testing framework or environment from scratch.

Strong understanding of Salesforce configuration and application architecture.

Experience developing automated functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites.

Experience testing complex Salesforce workflows, configurations, and integrations.

Automation Platforms

Strong hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca, TestRail, or comparable enterprise testing platforms.

Experience implementing and configuring testing platforms rather than simply operating an existing framework.

Experience creating reusable test automation components, libraries, and test suites.

Practical experience with automation technologies such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or Provar is highly desirable.

Salesforce Testing

Experience testing

Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Salesforce Flows, Lightning Web Components, and Apex.

Experience testing validation rules, approval processes, reports, dashboards, profiles, roles, permission sets, custom objects, and Salesforce applications.

Experience validating Salesforce APIs and third-party integrations.

Strong understanding of testing across different user profiles, permissions, and business workflows.

API, CI/CD & DevOps

Experience with REST and SOAP API testing and external system integrations.

Familiarity with Postman, REST clients, or automated API testing frameworks.

Understanding of CI/CD concepts and automated testing pipelines.

Experience with tools such as GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Gearset, Copado, or Salesforce DevOps Center is advantageous.

Strong understanding of Agile development and QA methodologies.

Personal Attributes

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Strong attention to detail and commitment to software quality.

Ability to work collaboratively with technical and business stakeholders.

Proactive approach to identifying test coverage gaps and improving QA practices.

Responsibilities

• Automated Testing Framework Development
• Design and implement a Salesforce automated testing framework from the ground up.
• Establish automation architecture, standards, naming conventions, reusable components, and governance practices.
• Configure and implement platforms such as Tricentis Tosca, TestRail with integrated automation, or equivalent enterprise testing tools.
• Develop automated functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end test suites.
• Build reusable automation components that can support multiple Salesforce applications and releases.
• Identify opportunities to replace repetitive manual testing with reliable automation.
• Establish effective processes for test data, environments, dependencies, and automation maintenance.
• Salesforce Testing
• Develop and execute automated tests across Salesforce functionality including
• Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Flows, Lightning Web Components, Apex, validation rules, approval processes, reports, dashboards, and custom applications.
• Validate Salesforce APIs, integrations, third-party applications, and connected business systems.
• Develop automated regression suites to ensure configuration and release changes do not negatively impact existing functionality.
• Validate functionality across different user profiles, permission models, and business workflows.
• Test Platform Implementation
• Take ownership of establishing the organisation's automated testing environment.
• Configure automation platforms, repositories, test-suite structures, access controls, and reusable test libraries.
• Establish test-data management processes and automation workflows.
• Integrate automated testing into development and deployment processes.
• Implement reporting and dashboards to provide visibility into test outcomes and quality metrics.
• Document the automation framework and train team members on the testing platform and processes.
• TestRail & Tricentis
• Establish
• TestRail projects, repositories, test-case structures, and regression suites where applicable.
• Integrate automated test execution results with TestRail.
• Develop and maintain Tosca modules, test cases, execution lists, and distributed execution where applicable.
• Support test-data management, regression testing, API testing, reporting, and CI/CD integration.
• API & Integration Testing
• Develop automated tests for Salesforce APIs and external integrations.
• Validate REST and SOAP API functionality and data integrity.
• Automate integration scenarios, exception handling, and error processes.
• Work with Postman, REST clients, and automated API testing frameworks as appropriate.