Salesforce Automation QA Lead

Typical Day in Role:

• Develop Test Strategies for Salesforce project delivery.
• Develop Test scenarios and queries for frontend, DB level, and Integrations (API (Rest/Soap), ETL, etc.)
• Execute test plans, scenarios, scripts or procedures
• Ability to produce dashboards and reports for sprints or code releases. Reporting frameworks like Allure, Extent reports
• Document software defects and report to software developers
• Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes
• Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates

Must-haves:
1. 8 years of experience as a previous QA and Automation Lead.
2. 5+ years of experience in Salesforce
3. 3 + years’ experience in tools like Selenium and Java.
4. 2 + years’ experience with JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket/Git suite, and managing test cases, test plans using Jira plugins like X-ray.
5. 3+ years of experience with large Canadian banking or other FI experience

Nice to have:
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with APIs (SOAP and REST), ETL from a quality assurance and testing perspective
• Prior Scotiabank experience – asset
• Ncino experience
• Some experience in database/backend testing. (writing and verifying results of medium to high complexity SQL & PL/SQL queries)
• Experience working on end-to-end Software Testing Life Cycle projects

Soft Skills
• You stay up to date with industry best practice
• You have excellent communication skills, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail

Best vs Average
The best candidate is someone with hands-on experience using nCino, combined with strong automation skills. They should be capable of writing complex queries and have a solid understanding of Salesforce integration from a functional perspective.
What sets them apart is their ability to build solutions that are not only technically sound but also scalable, user-friendly, and aligned with both QA testing needs and business requirements.

Education and Certifications:

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or a related field