Salesforce Quality Engineering Lead
Northern Trust7 days ago
Base Salary
$83k - $141k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate QA activities and testers across Salesforce projects and releases.
- Define test strategies, test plans, test cases, regression suites, and testing standards.
- Coordinate manual, automated, API, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing.
- Establish consistent QA processes and quality standards across Salesforce teams.
- Coordinate platform-level implementation and use of Copado Robotic Testing.
- Identify opportunities to automate critical business processes and increase reusable regression coverage.
- Manage defect tracking, triage, retesting, and release-readiness activities.
- Test Salesforce configuration, Flows, security, Apex, Lightning components, APIs, and system integrations.
- Partner with development and business teams to identify testing risks, dependencies, and quality concerns.
- Provide visibility into testing progress, defects, risks, and overall release quality.
Requirements
- Strong Salesforce quality assurance and testing experience, including experience leading or coordinating QA teams.
- At least 7 years of hands-on experience in manual and automated testing, including test planning, execution, regression testing, and test automation.
- At least 7 years of hands-on API testing experience, including system integration validation, request and response data, error handling, and end-to-end workflows.
- Experience with functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Good understanding of Salesforce objects, data relationships, security, automation, configuration, and custom development.
- Experience with database/query or development tools such as Oracle SQL Developer or Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Experience with Copado Robotic Testing is strongly preferred.
- Experience with Salesforce DevOps, CI/CD, or other test automation tools is a plus.
- Strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies and experience coordinating QA activities across sprints, releases, and cross-functional delivery teams.
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and coordination skills.
- Salesforce Administrator, Platform App Builder, Platform Developer, or relevant Copado certifications are a plus.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits include retirement benefits with 401(k) and pension, medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, disability coverage, paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life and accident insurance, and voluntary and well-being benefits.
- The company offers a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.
- The work culture is described as flexible and collaborative, with internal mobility and accessible senior leaders.
- Reasonable accommodations are available during the employment process.
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About Northern Trust
Northern Trust is a financial services company that provides asset servicing (custody and fund administration), asset management, wealth management, and banking/treasury services to institutions, corporations, and affluent families. Its business model centers on fees for assets under custody/administration and management, plus banking services. Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Chicago, it is publicly traded on Nasdaq (NTRS) and serves clients across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.