Job Title: Senior QA Automation Engineer (Salesforce / Frontend)

Full-time Permanent Opportunity | 3 days/week onsite in Burnaby, BC | Must hold a valid Canadian Work Visa

Our client is seeking a highly experienced Senior QA Automation Engineer to join an Agile product delivery team focused on enterprise Salesforce solutions. This role combines hands-on test automation, frontend/UI testing, and quality leadership within a fast-paced, release-driven environment.

You will bring deep automation expertise, a strong quality mindset, and the ability to assess business risk when designing test strategies. This role plays a key part in ensuring scalable, stable, and high-quality Salesforce releases through robust automation frameworks and thoughtful test design.

Responsibilities:

Test Strategy & Automation

• Develop and execute risk-based test strategies aligned with business value and system complexity.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks with high regression coverage.
• Identify critical test scenarios and automate where it delivers the greatest impact.
• Define short-, mid-, and long-term test automation architecture and tooling strategies.

Test Design & Execution

• Analyze product architecture and complex business requirements to derive effective test scenarios.
• Execute testing across multiple layers, including UI, integration, REST APIs, end-to-end business flows, database validation, and performance testing.
• Select optimal testing techniques and tools for both manual and automated testing.

Quality Leadership & Collaboration

• Partner closely with developers, product managers, and cross-functional teams throughout the SDLC.
• Establish QA processes, standards, and tooling across teams.
• Coordinate testing activities to support regular release schedules.
• Report defects clearly and support efficient root-cause analysis.
• Communicate test progress, quality risks, and release readiness to stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement & Mentorship

• Research and evaluate emerging testing tools and frameworks.
• Mentor team members and strengthen QA capabilities across the organization.
• Remain productive in ambiguous environments and adapt to change.
• Apply feedback constructively to improve processes and technical solutions.

Qualifications:

Required

• Diploma or degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience testing enterprise applications or large-scale system integrations.
• 4+ years designing and implementing QA best practices.
• 3+ years building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Strong hands-on experience with Selenium, Appium, Cucumber, TestNG, REST-Assured, and Java.
• Experience with Postman, Jenkins CI, Zephyr / JIRA plugins, ZAPI, JMeter, and SQL.
• Strong analytical skills and independent decision-making ability.

Preferred

• Experience testing Salesforce platform solutions.
• Salesforce-related development or QA experience.
• Exposure to CI/CD automation and release pipelines.
• Relevant technical or QA certifications.

Why Join:

• Competitive salary ($120,000/year).
• Opportunity to shape QA automation strategy for enterprise Salesforce platforms.
• Work in a mature Agile environment with strong engineering collaboration.
• High-impact role with mentorship and leadership opportunities.

NOTE: Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications are encouraged to apply directly. Due to the volume of applications, only those shortlisted will be contacted.