
Senior QA Engineer
Blackthorne
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Arizona • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $5,750 - $7,000 per month
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- 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
Requirements
- 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
- Bonus: Salesforce admin or Blackthorn product experience
Benefits
- An incredible team of smart and supportive people
- A deep feeling of satisfaction and completion
- Fully remote global team working from home
- Stock options for every employee
- Flexible work week
- $400 office stipend
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Student loan debt assistance
- Pledge 1% - time off during the year for helping nonprofits
- Health insurance contribution (if in the US)
- Children's 529 college fund assistance (if in the US)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
test automationtest planstest casesautomated testsperformance testingprogramming languagestest data strategiestest automation frameworksregression testsAPI endpoints
Soft Skills
collaborationmentoringcommunicationadaptabilityself-directedorganizational skillsproblem-solvingattention to detailtime managementcomposure under pressure
Certifications
Salesforce adminBlackthorn product experience