Salesforce QA - AVP

Role Description

The SalesForce Program Development Team within DWS Global Technology is aiming to recruit a Senior Salesforce QA Engineer. This role is ideal for an experienced Salesforce QA Engineer who is seeking a challenging and rewarding engagement, with the potential to grow both their career and their understanding of this strategic system.

In DWS Asset Management, Salesforce is used for Client Relationship Management (CRM), Know Your Customer (KYC) and to support the DWS Asset Management Sales organisation to conform to regulatory requirements such as MiFID or GDPR (EU Data Protection Rules).

Your key responsibilities

Reporting to the Salesforce Application Development Manager, the key objective of this role is to provide QA expertise for all levels of testing to the development scrum team for a given sprint/release. Working with the business and technical delivery teams through the end to end software development lifecycle, to deliver a high quality solution that meets the clients needs. Specific responsibilities of the role include ensuring that:

• Work with Business Analysts, Developers and Project Managers to understand functional requirements at a high level and set development expectations as needed for specific project deliverables.
• Develop and execute test plans tailored to Salesforce-specific functionalities that use Flows, Triggers, Apex Jobs, and others.
• Perform other testing-related tasks as required, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Partner with developers, product owners, and business analysts to ensure a comprehensive understanding of business processes, software implementation, and their testing requirements.
• Clearly communicate testing progress, challenges, and resolutions to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
• Work with Agile development methodologies.
• Monitor, maintain, and enforce quality metrics.
• Collaborate with the team to improve documentation and testing processes.
• Stay updated on the latest industry trends, tools, and best practices related to QA

Your skills and experience

This role will suit a candidate who is comfortable operating within a team and is able to see the bigger development picture, as well as being immersed in the detail. It requires a dynamic, enthusiastic, self-starter, with a strong work ethic, who has a passion for delivering tangible business value. The skills and experience that are most relevant to the role are:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Math, or a related Engineering field, or equivalent industry experience.
• At least 2-5 years of experience in software testing, with a focus on Salesforce applications preferred.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Java).
• Strong foundation in Apex and familiarity with Salesforce-specific metadata (e.g., Flows, Triggers) and Apex Jobs.
• Experience in Salesforce query languages (SOQL and SOSL) and API technologies (SOAP and REST).
• Knowledge of Salesforce development tools and ecosystems, including Lightning Web Components, Aura.