Salesforce Developer​/SDET; Automation & AI

About the role

As a Salesforce Developer / SDET (Automation & AI), you will make an impact by designing and delivering high-quality, scalable testing solutions across Salesforce and AI-driven ecosystems. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with product managers, developers, UX designers, and cloud teams to ensure seamless and high-quality feature delivery.

• Design and build automation frameworks, integration tests, and end-to-end testing solutions with a strong quality-first mindset
• Conduct code and design reviews, mentoring developers and junior SDETs to uphold engineering best practices
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and UX teams to ensure quality across the entire development lifecycle
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies including functional, integration, regression, and cross-cloud testing
• Validate complex backend systems, APIs, and distributed architectures, ensuring reliability and scalability
• Work with Salesforce platform architecture (Sales Cloud/Lightning) to design effective test scenarios
• Test and validate AI-driven workflows, agent-based systems, and dependencies within Salesforce and integrated ecosystems

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 2–3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Hartford, CT. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

• Salesforce Platform Developer I (PD1) Certification (mandatory)
• Agentforce Specialist Certification (mandatory)
• 3–5 years of hands‑on experience with Salesforce technologies including Apex, SOQL, Visualforce, Lightning components, workflows, and integrations
• 1+ year of experience with Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC) development
• Strong programming skills in Apex, Java, and Java Script
• Experience with Salesforce tools such as  IDE, Apex Data Loader, ANT, and AutoRABIT
• 1+ year of experience in test automation frameworks and modern QA tools
• 2+ years of experience in API testing, data validation, and distributed systems testing
• Experience building and validating Agentforce-based AI agents

• Experience using AI-driven testing tools (e.g., test generation, anomaly detection, synthetic data)
• Hands‑on experience in validating AI workflows and agent‑based architecture
• Familiarity with Salesforce Test Center
• Strong understanding of cloud-based architecture and cross-platform integrations
• Ability to troubleshoot and test complex enterprise systems with multiple dependencies

The annual salary for this position is between $53,477 to $104,500, depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

* Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*