Salesforce QA Functional Jira or Azure Devops

xchange; United States; Remote; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

xchange is seeking a Senior Salesforce QA Engineer to lead QA across Salesforce platforms remotely. The role bridges manual functional testing with automation, ensuring quality, reliability, and performance of our Salesforce ecosystem, including standard configurations and integrations.

The candidate will champion QA best practices, lead work independently, and collaborate with DevOps and admin teams in an agile setting. Strong testing background and Salesforce knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software QA experience with 3–5 years testing Salesforce apps.
• Deep understanding of functional, non-functional, manual and automated testing plus STLC.
• Strong Salesforce architecture knowledge, security models, data modeling and release management.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum with Jira, Confluence and test management tools.
• Hands-on in building UI and API automation frameworks; programming in Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to explain complex issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Testing Strategy: Design, develop, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on requirements and specs.
• Salesforce Ecosystem Testing: Conduct functional and regression testing on Salesforce and Lightning interfaces; validate objects, Apex, LWC, flows, and rules.
• Manual & Functional Testing: Perform exploratory, smoke, and UAT testing for complex workflows where automation isn’t ready.
• Integration & API Testing: Verify data flow between Salesforce and third-party apps using API testing tools.
• Defect Management: Identify, document, and track defects in Jira; collaborate with developers and admins for root cause analysis.
• Automation Framework Management: Build and maintain automation frameworks for Salesforce; not mandatory.
• Release Management: Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and manage sandbox testing.
• Agile Leadership: Participate in agile ceremonies; advocate QA best practices and estimate testing effort.

Skills

QA experience

STLC

Salesforce testing

Release management

Automation frameworks

Java

Python

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Communication skills

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Zephyr

TestRail

Job description

Salesforce QA Functional

Remote

Long term Contract

Rate max we have $20 per hour USD without any benefit

We are seeking a strong and detail-oriented Senior Salesforce QA Engineer to lead QA work across Salesforce platforms. In this role, resoruce will bridge the gap between manual functional testing and automated test execution. Candidate is responsible for validating and ensuring the fucntionality, quality, reliability, performance of our Salesforce platform, testing both standard configurations and integrations. The ideal candidate will champion quality best practices, independently lead the work, and ensure accountability

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Testing Strategy: Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on business requirements and technical specifications.
• Salesforce Ecosystem Testing: Conduct rigorous functional and regression testing on Salesforce platforms, and Lightning interfaces. Validate Custom Objects, Apex classes, triggers, Lightning Web Components (LWC), flows, and validation rules.
• Manual & Functional Testing: Perform exploratory, smoke, and user acceptance testing (UAT) for complex business workflows where automation is not yet implemented or feasible.
• Integration & API Testing: Verify seamless data flow between Salesforce and third-party applications using API testing tools like Postman, SoapUI, or REST Assured.
• Defect Management: Identify, document, and track software defects to resolution using Jira (or similar tools). Work closely with developers and Salesforce Administrators to perform root-cause analysis.
• Automation Framework Management: Build, scale, and maintain automated testing frameworks for Salesforce using industry-standard tools (any automation experience) not mandatory.
• Release Management: Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Copado, GitHub Actions) and manage sandbox testing environments.
• Agile Leadership: Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Stand-ups, Retrospectives). Advocate for QA best practices and provide test estimates to ensure timely delivery of features.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years of software Quality Assurance experience, with a minimum of 3 to 5 years specifically focused on testing Salesforce applications.
• Testing Methodologies: Deep understanding of functional, non-functional, manual, and automated testing methodologies, as well as the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Salesforce Knowledge: Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, user roles, security models, data modeling, and release management.
• Agile/Tools: Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments using Jira, Confluence, and test management tools (e.g., Zephyr, TestRail).
• Automation Skills: Hands-on experience building UI and API automation frameworks from scratch. Proficiency in at least one object-oriented programming language (Java, Python, C#) or Javascript/TypeScript.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.