Job Title : Salesforce Test Engineer
Location : Bangalore, India
Experience : 4 - 6 Years
Employment Type : Full-time
Role Overview :
We are seeking a Salesforce Test Engineer with strong expertise in functional and automation testing of Salesforce applications. The role involves end-to-end test planning, execution, and automation across Salesforce modules, ensuring high-quality releases in fast-paced Agile environments. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Salesforce environments, automation frameworks, and defect management tools, coupled with excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases for Salesforce applications (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Lightning, Custom Apps).
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and product owners to define acceptance criteria and ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, UAT, and system testing within Salesforce environments (Sandbox, QA, Staging, Production).
- Analyze Salesforce release notes to assess the impact on existing test scripts and update automation suites accordingly.
- Set up, configure, and maintain test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Provar, or TestNG) integrated with Salesforce.
- Execute API testing for Salesforce integrations (REST / SOAP services, middleware, third-party connectors).
- Log, track, and resolve defects using JIRA or similar tools, ensuring traceability across requirements, test cases, and defects.
- Create and manage test data, test environments, and test execution schedules.
- Generate and review test execution reports, dashboards, and KPIs for continuous quality improvement.
- Support CI / CD integration of automation suites with pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI / CD).
Mandatory Skills (Must-Have) :
Hands-on Salesforce testing experience : Functional, Regression, Integration, and System testing.Proficiency in test automation : scripting, maintaining, and executing automated test cases.Strong knowledge of Salesforce environments (Sandbox, UAT, Production) and deployment practices.Solid experience with defect tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail, qTest).Expertise in framework setup & maintenance (e.g., Selenium / TestNG, Provar, or other Salesforce testing tools).Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills during test execution.Ability to write and execute SOQL queries for data validation and backend testing.Good to Have (Preferred Skills) :
Knowledge of Salesforce-specific testing tools (Provar, Copado, Panaya).Experience with API & integration testing (Postman, REST Assured).Familiarity with Agile / Scrum methodologies and tools (Confluence, Rally).Exposure to CI / CD pipelines for test automation integration.Experience in performance and security testing for Salesforce applications.Salesforce certifications (Admin, Platform App Builder, or QA-related certs).(ref : hirist.tech)