Associate Software Engineer - QA
Cargill
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Associate Software Engineer - QA at Cargill
We are seeking a talented and experienced Salesforce Quality Engineer to join our dynamic team. As a Salesforce QA Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the functionality, security, and performance of Salesforce applications through rigorous testing, including functional, regression, and UAT. In this role, you will define testing strategies, create detailed test plans, automate workflows, and validate Apex code to ensure 75% or higher test coverage. You will bring order to ambiguous scenarios and apply in-depth knowledge of engineering practices to ensure your solutions are scalable, resilient and robust.
Key Accountabilities
- Test planning and design: Translating user stories into detailed test cases and creating robust, documented test strategies, including documenting bugs and requirements traceability matrices.
- Functional and technical Validation: Testing Salesforce customizations like workflows, Apex triggers, Lightning components, validation rules, and page layouts.
- Automation: Designing, developing, and maintaining automated test scripts using tools like Selenium to reduce manual testing.
- Defect management: Identifying, documenting, and tracking issues in tools like ADO, and working with developers to resolve bugs.
- Environment management and data setup: Preparing data and testing within Salesforce sandboxes to simulate production environments before deployment.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborating with business analysts, developers, and stakeholders in Agile ceremonies (scrum, sprint planning) to ensure quality standards are met.
- Security and compliance: Performing profile and permission set testing to ensure proper data access.
Qualifications
- 3 years in Quality Assurance; 1+ year in Salesforce; experience with Selenium.
- Salesforce Associate or Platform App Builder certification.
Key skills/competency
- Salesforce Quality Assurance
- Test Planning and Design
- Functional and Technical Validation
- Test Automation
- Selenium
- Defect Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Security Testing
- Salesforce Platform App Builder
- Apex Code Testing
How to Get Hired at Cargill
- Tailor your resume: Highlight your Salesforce QA experience, Selenium skills, and certifications.
- Showcase your expertise: Emphasize your ability to translate user stories into test cases and your experience with defect management tools like ADO.
- Demonstrate your knowledge: Prepare to discuss your understanding of Salesforce customizations, Apex code, and test automation strategies.
- Research Cargill's values: Understand their commitment to quality and how your QA skills align with their mission.
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