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Blackthorn · 14 hours ago

Sr. QA Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$5,750/mo - $7,000/mo

5+ years exp

Blackthorn is a growing company with a focus on developing native apps for the Salesforce AppExchange. As a Senior QA Engineer, you will be integral to ensuring high-quality products by optimizing testing processes and mentoring junior team members.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

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

Qualification

Test automationPerformance testingSalesforce testingCI/CD toolsTest automation frameworksSelf-directedCommunicationMentoring

Required

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