Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Salesforce

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Salesforce

Location

Hybrid

Employment Type

Full time

Compensation

• $140K – $160K

Ellipsis Health is located in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we are open to remote candidates within the United States.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks for functional, regression, and integration testing using Selenium, Playwright, or similar tools.

Develop and execute automated test scripts for Salesforce applications, including custom objects, workflows, validation rules, and Lightning Web Components (LWC).

Validate end-to-end business workflows, including Apex-driven logic, integrations, and data flows.

Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster release cycles.

Validate Salesforce API integrations (REST/SOAP) and ensure data integrity across systems.

Identify, document, and track defects using Jira (or similar tools), and partner with engineering to ensure timely resolution.

Create and maintain test plans, test data strategies, and reusable QA assets to improve coverage and efficiency.

Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) and contribute to quality-focused discussions.

Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and DevOps teams to triage issues, prioritize defects, and assess release risks.

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in SDET / QA Automation roles with strong exposure to Salesforce-based applications.

Strong expertise in test automation using Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, or similar frameworks (Java or Python preferred).

Experience testing Salesforce customizations, including Apex, LWC, Visualforce, Flows, and security models.

Deep understanding of Salesforce data architecture (standard & custom objects, relationships) with hands‑on experience writing and validating queries using SOQL.

Experience validating complex data models and ensuring data integrity across systems and integrations.

Experience integrating automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.

Experience testing web service integrations (REST/SOAP) using tools like Postman or SoapUI.

Strong understanding of Agile development processes and QA best practices.

Proven ability to design test strategies, test plans, and scalable QA processes.

Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Nice to Have:

Experience with Salesforce Health Cloud.

Experience in healthcare or medical applications, especially care workflows or patient engagement systems.

Familiarity with AI/LLM‑powered features and approaches to testing AI‑driven workflows.

Salary and Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary of $140-160k and benefits, including a 401k that matches up to 4% of your salary, health, vision, and dental insurance, and very flexible paid time off.

As a health technology company, we reserve the right to run a background check on any applicant to which we extend an offer and to re‑perform any such check at any time during the course of employment. Please know that there is no set policy on rejecting candidates due to certain background check results, and that we consider a candidate as a whole before making any decisions. We comply with all “ban the box” laws in applicable jurisdictions.