Senior Development Engineer in Test - AI Tooling & Automation

Salesforce.com, inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, a leader in AI-powered CRM, is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test to advance AI tooling and automation within the RAO team. You will design scalable testing frameworks, validate LLM-driven features, and drive quality across enterprise-grade sales forecasting and automation tools.

The role emphasizes AI/ML-powered product validation, collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and engineers, and delivering robust, reliable software in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Strong Java fundamentals: data structures and algorithms.
• Hands-on experience evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI evaluation frameworks.
• Proven track record delivering automation in fast-paced CI/CD environments.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across product, AI, and engineering teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify quality gaps.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, AI-first testing frameworks and automation suites for RAO workflows.
• Translate quality strategies into actionable automation plans, validating LLM integrations and prompt accuracy.
• Perform white-box testing and help fix code and test flakiness.
• Support evaluation of subjective AI quality dimensions like relevance and safety.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and AI/ML teams to bake quality in early delivery.

Skills

Java fundamentals

AI/LLM validation

CI/CD automation

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical problem-solving

Job description

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test - AI Tooling & Automation

Software Quality Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS)

Job Category: Software Engineering

About Salesforce
We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+Data+CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too - driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

We are infusing AI into every aspect of our software engineering. While AI is accelerating how we build, the depth of intelligence and reliability of our systems is what sets us apart at enterprise scale. We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Engineer who takes an AI-first approach to help build and evolve our Sales Agent and Forecasting capabilities within the Revenue Action Orchestration (RAO) organization.

This individual will work on cutting-edge AI-powered products that tackle one of the most critical problems for enterprise sales teams - accurate revenue forecasting and intelligent sales automation. You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable systems that bring AI-driven insights directly into the hands of sales teams worldwide.

As a member of the RAO team, you will collaborate with cross-functional partners across product development, data science, and AI teams to deliver Salesforce's AI-driven Sales Agent and Forecasting solutions to the highest quality standards for enterprise applications. The ideal candidate has a strong engineering foundation, a passion for AI/ML-powered products, and the drive to be a multiplier - helping the team accelerate velocity and accuracy through modern AI tooling and practices. Prior experience on a Data Science, ML Science, or ML Engineering team is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Innovation & Adoption: Design, build, and maintain scalable, AI-first testing frameworks and automation suites to validate complex RAO workflows and agentic capabilities.
• Execute Quality Strategies: Translate high-level quality strategies into actionable automation plans, focusing heavily on validating LLM integrations, prompt accuracy, and deterministic system behaviors.
• Hands-on Code Quality & White-boxing: Dig deep into the application code to understand system architecture, identify quality gaps, perform white-box testing, and actively contribute to fixing code and test flakiness.
• Human-in-the-Loop & Model Evaluation: Implement and support evaluation processes for subjective quality dimensions of our AI features, including response relevance, user safety, and contextual accuracy.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with developers, product managers, and engineers within the RAO ecosystem to ensure quality is integrated early and continuously throughout the agile delivery lifecycle.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong Java Skills: Strong technical fundamentals of Java, particularly in data structures and algorithms.
• AI/LLM Validation Mindset: Hands-on experience evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs) for quality response, including familiarity with GPT-like models and AI evaluation frameworks is a big plus.
• Agile Delivery at Pace: Proven track record of delivering automation solutions in a fast-paced CI/CD environment, supporting rapid deployment schedules without compromising quality.
• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functional with product managers, engineers, AI/ML engineers, and data scientists.
• Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on identifying quality gaps and driving improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• A software engineer with a strong coding background and understanding of delivering software at pace in Agentic PDLC.
• Strong experience with white-box testing and fixing code is a huge plus.
• Experience working with public cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) and/or foundational knowledge of the Salesforce platform (Salesforce Certifications are a plus).
• Prior experience testing autonomous agents, conversational UIs, or generative AI workflows.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

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At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.
The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 annually.
In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $178,900 - $246,000 annually.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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