Quality Assurance Engineer II

Pearson; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Software Quality Engineer II in Chennai with a focus on testing strategy, automation excellence, and release confidence across Salesforce and Agentforce implementations.

The role requires advanced test planning, integration testing, AI solution validation, and governance. You will mentor engineers and collaborate with product, architecture, and delivery teams to raise quality across the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering.
• Proven experience leading testing efforts for large-scale enterprise systems.
• Strong experience with Salesforce platform testing and enterprise integrations.
• Demonstrated experience driving automation initiatives and quality improvements.
• Experience mentoring and developing Quality Engineers.
• Salesforce certifications and automation certifications highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Define comprehensive testing strategies for Salesforce, Agentforce, and integrated enterprise solutions.
• Lead test planning activities across multiple initiatives and releases.
• Establish quality objectives, coverage models, and release-readiness criteria.
• Identify quality risks early and drive mitigation strategies.
• Provide recommendations on release readiness and production deployment decisions.
• Design and oversee test coverage for end-to-end business processes.
• Lead integration, API, data validation, and cross-platform testing efforts.
• Validate AI-powered capabilities, including Agentforce workflows and guardrails.
• Drive adoption of risk-based testing and quality engineering best practices.
• Lead development of scalable automation frameworks and continuous testing solutions.
• Improve automation coverage, execution efficiency, and quality metrics.
• Introduce AI-assisted testing approaches to improve productivity.
• Establish testing standards and reusable enterprise frameworks.
• Mentor and coach Quality Engineers across testing methodologies.

Skills

Test Strategy

Automation

Quality Engineering

API & Integration Testing

Risk-Based Testing

Release Validation

Test Data Management

Defect Prevention

Metrics & Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field

4+ years in Software QA/Quality Engineering

Tools

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Service Cloud

Salesforce Experience Cloud

Salesforce Platform Architecture

Agentforce

CI/CD Pipelines

Postman

Playwright

Selenium

Provar

Tosca

SQL

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Role: Software Quality Engineer II Location: Chennai - Hybrid (3 days in office per week)

Job Summary

As a Software Quality Engineer II, you will serve as a senior quality engineering professional responsible for driving testing strategy, automation excellence, and release confidence across complex Salesforce and Agentforce implementations. You will play a critical role in ensuring scalable, high-quality solutions by partnering with product, engineering, architecture, and business teams throughout the software development lifecycle.

This role requires advanced expertise in test planning, automation strategy, risk management, integration testing, AI solution validation, and quality governance. The successful candidate will be recognized as a trusted quality leader who influences engineering practices and continuously improves quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Strategy & Test Leadership

• Define comprehensive testing strategies for Salesforce, Agentforce, and integrated enterprise solutions.

• Lead test planning activities across multiple initiatives and releases.

• Establish quality objectives, coverage models, and release-readiness criteria.

• Identify quality risks early and drive appropriate mitigation strategies.

• Provide informed recommendations regarding release readiness and production deployment decisions.

Advanced Testing & Engineering

• Design and oversee test coverage for complex end-to-end business processes.

• Lead integration, API, data validation, and cross-platform testing efforts.

• Validate AI-powered capabilities, including Agentforce workflows, conversational experiences, prompt-driven interactions, guardrails, and decision logic.

• Drive adoption of risk-based testing and quality engineering best practices.

Automation & Innovation

• Lead development of scalable automation frameworks and continuous testing solutions.

• Improve automation coverage, execution efficiency, and quality metrics.

• Introduce AI-assisted testing approaches to improve productivity and effectiveness.

• Establish testing standards and reusable frameworks supporting enterprise delivery.

Mentorship & Collaboration

• Mentor and coach Quality Engineers across testing methodologies, automation, and quality practices.

• Provide technical leadership during defect triage, root cause analysis, and release activities.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Developers, and Delivery Leaders to establish shared ownership of quality.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the quality engineering function.

Quality Governance

• Define and monitor quality metrics, defect leakage trends, automation effectiveness, and release health indicators.

• Contribute to quality audits, governance reviews, and organisational quality initiatives.

• Support continuous improvement efforts aimed at reducing production defects and increasing delivery confidence.

Required Skills and Competencies

Technical Skills

• Test Strategy and Planning

• Advanced Quality Engineering Practices

• Automation Framework Design

• API and Integration Testing

• Risk-Based Testing

• Release Validation and Governance

• Test Data Management

• Defect Prevention and Root Cause Analysis

• Quality Metrics and Reporting

Preferred Technical Experience

• Salesforce Sales Cloud

• Salesforce Service Cloud

• Salesforce Experience Cloud

• Salesforce Platform Architecture

• Agentforce

• CI/CD Pipelines

• Postman/Testfully

• Selenium, Playwright, Provar, Tosca or equivalent

• SOQL or SQL

• Azure DevOps

• Jira

Pearson Power Skills

• Strategic Thinking

• Leadership and Influence

• Collaboration

• Communication

• Critical Thinking

• Continuous Learning

• Adaptability

• Artificial Intelligence Literacy

Qualifications (Education & Experience)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Typically 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering.

• Proven experience leading testing efforts for large-scale enterprise systems.

• Strong experience with Salesforce platform testing and enterprise integrations.

• Demonstrated experience driving automation initiatives and quality improvements.

• Experience mentoring and developing Quality Engineers.

• Salesforce certifications and automation certifications are highly desirable.

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

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