Sr. QA Engineer

Blackthorn is a growing company that transforms Salesforce CRM into event planning software. They are seeking a Senior QA Engineer to join their elite team, focusing on optimizing testing processes and ensuring high-quality product delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Review tickets (bugs, enhancements, new features) and other technical documents to engage in each phase of the software development lifecycle
• Create, run, repair, manual, and automated tests using frameworks like Playwright
• Plan and build automated testing frameworks that integrate with development workflows - determining what to automate (regression tests, API endpoints, critical user flows) and when to run which tests
• Estimate, prioritize, plan, coordinate, and perform quality testing activities
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional scrum teams and across the larger company
• Demonstrate best practices in everything you do, including meaningful test coverage and striving to ensure maintainability
• Mentor junior QA team members and advocate for quality standards
• Design and maintain test data strategies, including creating hundreds of thousands of Salesforce records for performance testing, managing data versions, and ensuring clean test environments
• Design and execute performance testing strategies to identify system bottlenecks, load limits, and optimization opportunities using appropriate testing tools
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Cumulus CI, MetaDeploy) to provide fast feedback on code changes and act as deployment gates

Requirements:

• 5+ years of software testing experience with demonstrated expertise in test automation
• 3+ years of testing on the Salesforce platform with a deep understanding of platform limitations
• Experience with test automation frameworks, particularly Playwright
• Proficiency in programming languages for test automation
• Experience with CI/CD tools and processes (GitHub Actions, Cumulus CI, MetaDeploy preferred)
• Performance testing experience with relevant tools
• Experience testing mobile applications using emulators, simulators, or cloud device farms with automation frameworks
• Experience managing test data lifecycles and keeping test environments synchronized with code deployments through version control systems
• Excellent English communication skills with proven ability to collaborate across departments, time zones, and remote teams
• Self-directed and adaptable: stays current with testing methodologies, maintains composure under pressure, and thrives in fast-paced remote environments
• Bonus: Salesforce admin or Blackthorn product experience