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Avacend Inc

QA Automation Engineer (Salesforce Lightning)

Hybrid

Charlotte, United states

Mid level

Freelance

03-11-2025

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Skills

Communication JavaScript TypeScript Salesforce GitLab CI/CD DevOps Docker Version Control Test Test Automation Scrum CRM Training git Organization node.js AWS Software Development api testing Postman Agile

Job Specifications

Top 3 Hard Skills: Typescript with Playwright and Cucumber Version control Technical troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

· Help create a culture that motivates teams to ensure zero defects leak into production.

· Work across teams to understand enterprise quality requirements and ensure adoption of core processes and standards.

· Implement the shift-left test strategy as the organization rearchitects our technology platform.

· Partner with DevOps engineers to fully automate testing throughout the release & delivery processes in the CI/CD pipeline.

· Leverage market-leading automation frameworks and tools across all levels of testing that integrate in the automated CI/CD pipeline.

· Participate in the Agile (Scrum) team process, perform required standard testing activities keeping the customer experience top of mind during the testing process.

· Participate in product design reviews ensuring quality practices are baked into the software development and deployment life cycle.

· Work with internal teams to document test environment and test data management container strategies and provisioning for the different types of testing activities.

· Comprehend and decompose user stories/requirements to identify what tests need to be created and automated across all levels of testing.

Qualifications

· 6+ years of experience in testing automation engineering with both UI based & API based testing.

· Preferred BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject.

· Required Skills & Experience

o Proficiency writing code in JavaScript ES6/TypeScript

o Experience with Cucumber BDD testing framework (Gherkin syntax)

o Experience with Node.js or other JavaScript runtime environments

o Experience with continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) supporting technologies:

§ GIT, GitLab, Docker

· Preferred Skills & Experience

o Experience with testing frameworks/libraries like MS Playwright, Cypress, Jest or other cross-browser automation libraries

o Experience with JSforce or other Salesforce API libraries

o Experience in SOQL language is a plus

o Experience with market tools:

§ REST-assured, Postman, SoapUI, CA DevTest

§ Swagger Hub > SoapUI Pr

o Experience automating API testing and extensive knowledge of creating and leveraging mocks, stubs, and virtual services to fulfill test automation requirement

· Major plus with direct experience in the following:

o Contact center services applications

§ Salesforce Lightning CRM – for customer interaction management, case management, workflow management, and 3rd party application integrations.

§ Open Span (Pega Systems) – for desktop automation, DOM manipulation, web data scraping, and computer-telephony integration (CTI)

o Financial services technology/ consumer banking testing experience

o AWS and Rest Services

o Automating tests for the full solution stack (unit, business logic, contract, usability, functional, performance)

· Extensive knowledge of:

o White Box Testing practices.

o Software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build and release processes, continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts (CI & CD), and test suite development and maintenance.

· Working knowledge of:

o Automated Test-Driven Development (ATDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD) or Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

· Must be able to provide hands-on training for existing testers in writing and using automation scripts and ensuring best practices are followed.

· Experience in troubleshooting issues and root cause analysis

· Possesses a deep understanding of shift-left test practices and techniques along with the frameworks, and tools that support it.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills.

· Enthusiastic and energetic with an inherent curiosity to break code.

About the Company

Avacend's core services offerings provide a unique combination of Telecommunications and Information Technology expertise that are leveraged to offer new award winning Converged Communications services. Our primary focus areas are broadband network engineering services, Telecom-IT systems integration services, next-generation business intelligence & analytics. Avacend services prestigious clients for projects in North America, South America and Asia Pacific. Our client portfolio covers telecom carriers, global telecom equ... Know more