Lead Quality Software Engineer

Job Category:
Software Engineering

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. Innovation is a way of life. The world of work is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

As a member of the Salesforce Quality team, you will use agile methodologies to plan, coordinate, and lead customer engagements that result in automated tests and input to product teams. You will extract user scenarios from conversations and data, then translate your findings into automatable test plans. You bring a strong quality mindset and a natural curiosity to learn our customers' business, ensuring everyone receives high-quality deliverables.

This role is 1‑3 days per week in office.

• Plan and deliver test automation and automation frameworks with a quality‑first mindset, including end‑to‑end, cross‑cloud integration automation using both UI and API approaches.
• Partner with engineers, product managers, and design leads to ensure features meet business and quality requirements, and participate in Test Design Review Boards across clouds.
• Communicate with customers to understand real‑world usage, build test cases, and advocate for customer‑driven enhancements.
• Mentor and coach team members across scrum teams, and monitor feature‑level quality health metrics including test coverage, test health, and testability.

• 10+ years of software engineering, quality assurance and engineering, usability, or business analysis experience.
• Proficiency in JavaScript and Java, with hands‑on experience writing functional automation for both UI and API layers.
• Solid understanding of Object‑Oriented Programming, relational databases, and SQL.
• Experience with agile development methodology and the ability to communicate technical information clearly across teams.

• Professional experience applying AI in an enterprise software context.
• Salesforce platform experience or Salesforce certifications.
• Familiarity with developer tools such as git, Maven, or Eclipse IDE.
• A related technical degree.

When you join Salesforce, you'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package that supports work‑life balance and well‑being, including time‑off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 – $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range is $207,800 – $285,800 annually. This range represents base salary only and does not include company bonus, incentive, equity, or other benefits, as applicable.

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request via the Accommodations Request Form.

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