Senior Software Engineer - Automation Testing
Caterpillar16 hours ago
Chennai, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using Playwright and Selenium.
- Acquire client requirements and resolve workflow issues through automation optimization.
- Develop and execute automated functional, regression, and integration test cases.
- Integrate automated tests into continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
- Implement efficient test data management and provisioning strategies.
- Customize Playwright reports and libraries and maintain automated testing tools.
- Troubleshoot automated test issues and analyze results to identify trends and improvement areas.
- Lead end-to-end testing of Salesforce applications, releases, integrations, APIs, middleware, and third-party systems.
- Validate Salesforce workflows, approval processes, validation rules, Apex, Lightning Components, Flows, custom objects, and configuration changes.
- Establish quality metrics, defect trends, release governance, environment strategies, and release readiness practices.
- Mentor junior team members and collaborate with developers, administrators, architects, product owners, and business stakeholders.
- Use AI-assisted developer and testing tools and apply intelligent test generation, test optimization, and automated defect analysis concepts.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in software testing, including at least 5 years focused on test automation using Java and a testing tool.
- Proficiency with Playwright, Selenium, Cucumber, and other automation tools.
- Experience with Java, JavaScript, or other functional programming languages.
- Experience testing web services, web UI, APIs, mobile applications, and Salesforce applications.
- Extensive experience testing Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and custom Salesforce applications.
- Experience validating Salesforce integrations, business processes, workflows, approval processes, validation rules, automation logic, Apex, Lightning Components, Flows, and custom objects.
- Experience writing SQL queries and working with Postgres and Snowflake.
- Experience leveraging AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda for test automation.
- Understanding of software testing methodologies and strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience using AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, and ChatGPT for test design and automation development.
Benefits
- Posting dates are September 7, 2026 through September 20, 2026.
- Caterpillar is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified applicants of any age to apply.
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About Caterpillar
For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. With 2024 sales and revenues of $64.8 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Caterpillar does business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation – and provides financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.