SDET (Salesforce)

SDET (Salesforce)

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Remote, Canada

Reporting To: Software Engineering Manager


Description

As a Salesforce SDET, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our Salesforce solutions.

What that means day-to-day:

  • Test Planning: Collaborate with the development, business analysis, and project management teams to understand project requirements, define test strategies, and develop comprehensive test plans.
  • Test Case Development: Design, document, and maintain detailed test cases and test scenarios to validate Salesforce functionality, customizations, and integrations.
  • Manual Testing: Perform thorough manual testing of Salesforce applications, identifying and documenting defects, and working closely with developers to ensure timely resolution.
  • Automation Testing: Develop and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard tools and frameworks to improve testing efficiency, coverage, and repeatability.
  • Regression Testing: Conduct regression testing to ensure that existing functionalities are not adversely affected by new changes or updates.
  • Performance Testing: Evaluate the performance and scalability of Salesforce applications, identify potential bottlenecks, and recommend optimizations to improve performance.
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Coordinate and conduct UAT sessions with business stakeholders to validate that the solutions meet their needs and expectations.
  • Defect Management: Track, manage, and report defects using a defect tracking system, ensuring that all issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.
  • Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest Salesforce features, best practices, and industry trends to continuously enhance testing processes and methodologies.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of high-quality Salesforce solutions.
  • Documentation: Prepare and maintain comprehensive documentation of test plans, test cases, test results, and defects to ensure transparency and traceability.
  • Risk Assessment: Identify potential risks and issues related to Salesforce implementations and provide recommendations for mitigation.
  • Training and Mentoring: Provide guidance and support to junior testers and team members, sharing knowledge and best practices to enhance the overall testing capability of the team.
  • Test Environment Management: Set up and manage test environments, including configuring Salesforce sandboxes and ensuring data integrity.
  • Reporting: Generate and distribute test execution status reports, highlighting key metrics, test coverage, and defect trends.


What you’ll need to be successful:

Experience: 
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in software testing, with at least 2 years focused on Salesforce QA testing.

Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in testing Salesforce applications, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and custom solutions.
  • Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, tools, and processes.
  • Ability to write clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
  • Familiarity with defect tracking systems, such as Jira or Bugzilla.

Soft Skills:
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with the capability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Certifications: Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Advanced Administrator, or Salesforce Platform App Builder certification.
  • Experience: Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and participating in Agile development teams.
  • Technical Skills: Familiarity with Apex, Visualforce, and Lightning components, Knowledge of Salesforce integration tools and techniques, such as REST/SOAP APIs and middleware solutions.

What you’ll get in return:

Personal Health & Wellbeing 

>🧠 Integrated mental health & wellbeing support 

>🌴 Vacation – starting at 3 weeks 

>💟 Wellness Days & Annual Giving Day – an extra to give back to yourself or your community

>🩺 Comprehensive medical and dental coverage 

> 😴 End of the year, company-wide shut down for you to relax and recharge

 Future Planning

>🏫 LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development 

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements? 

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we consider applications that might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work.

We are proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves. 

What you can expect if you apply:
  • A response to your application within 15 working days
  • An interview process consisting of:
  • An initial discovery call with the recruiter
  • A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams 
  • Additional interview with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role
We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.
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