Salesforce QA Lead: CRT & Playwright Automation Architect

xelerate.tech; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly environment

International career opportunities

Attractive salary and benefits

Job summary

xelerate.tech is seeking a senior QA leader to own quality strategy for Salesforce initiatives, including CRT frameworks and Playwright automation. You will shape end-to-end automation for UI and Lightning components, and drive CI/CD integration for rapid, reliable releases.

You’ll guide a QA team, champion shift-left quality, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and release managers to ensure top-notch delivery across Service Cloud and Sales Cloud ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Proven QA leadership with hands-on Salesforce testing experience.
• Experience designing CRT frameworks and Playwright automation for Salesforce UI.
• Strong API testing and integration validation capabilities.
• Ability to drive CI/CD integration and quality gates across pipelines.
• Experience with performance, security, and accessibility testing.
• Mentor and grow QA teams, aligning talent with delivery goals.

Responsibilities

• Own QA strategy for Salesforce initiatives across Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, and integrations.
• Design and implement CRT frameworks tailored to Salesforce processes.
• Architect Playwright-based end-to-end automation for UI and LWC/Visualforce.
• Enforce test automation standards and reusable libraries.
• Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines and monitor release health metrics.
• Lead API testing across REST/SOAP and event-driven architectures.
• Drive performance, security, and accessibility testing as needed.
• Lead defect triage and root-cause analysis with SLAs for remediation.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, and release managers to shift-left quality.
• Mentor a high-performing QA team and shape hiring plans.

Skills

QA strategy

Salesforce testing

Playwright

API testing

CI/CD

Performance testing

Security testing

Leadership

Mentoring

English fluency

Education

ISTQB Advanced

Salesforce Administrator Certification

Salesforce Platform Developer I

Tools

Postman

Newman

REST-assured

Selenium

Cypress

Jest/Mocha

Job description

xelerate.tech is seeking a senior QA leader to own quality strategy for Salesforce initiatives, including CRT frameworks and Playwright automation. You will shape end-to-end automation for UI and Lightning components, and drive CI/CD integration for rapid, reliable releases.

You’ll guide a QA team, champion shift-left quality, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and release managers to ensure top-notch delivery across Service Cloud and Sales Cloud ecosystems.