Quality Assurance Engineer II
Role Overview
As a Software Quality Engineer II, you will serve as a senior quality engineering professional responsible for driving testing strategy, automation excellence, and release confidence across complex Salesforce and Agentforce implementations. You will play a critical role in ensuring scalable, high-quality solutions by partnering with product, engineering, architecture, and business teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
This role requires advanced expertise in test planning, automation strategy, risk management, integration testing, AI solution validation, and quality governance. The successful candidate will be recognized as a trusted quality leader who influences engineering practices and continuously improves quality outcomes.
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Job Summary
As a Software Quality Engineer II, you will serve as a senior quality engineering professional responsible for driving testing strategy, automation excellence, and release confidence across complex Salesforce and Agentforce implementations. You will play a critical role in ensuring scalable, high-quality solutions by partnering with product, engineering, architecture, and business teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
This role requires advanced expertise in test planning, automation strategy, risk management, integration testing, AI solution validation, and quality governance. The successful candidate will be recognized as a trusted quality leader who influences engineering practices and continuously improves quality outcomes.
Quality Strategy & Test Leadership
Define comprehensive testing strategies for Salesforce, Agentforce, and integrated enterprise solutions.
Lead test planning activities across multiple initiatives and releases.
Establish quality objectives, coverage models, and release-readiness criteria.
Identify quality risks early and drive appropriate mitigation strategies.
Provide informed recommendations regarding release readiness and production deployment decisions.
Advanced Testing & Engineering
Design and oversee test coverage for complex end-to-end business processes.
Lead integration, API, data validation, and cross-platform testing efforts.
Validate AI-powered capabilities, including Agentforce workflows, conversational experiences, prompt-driven interactions, guardrails, and decision logic.
Drive adoption of risk-based testing and quality engineering best practices.
Automation & Innovation
Lead development of scalable automation frameworks and continuous testing solutions.
Improve automation coverage, execution efficiency, and quality metrics.
Introduce AI-assisted testing approaches to improve productivity and effectiveness.
Establish testing standards and reusable frameworks supporting enterprise delivery.
Mentorship & Collaboration
Mentor and coach Quality Engineers across testing methodologies, automation, and quality practices.
Provide technical leadership during defect triage, root cause analysis, and release activities.
Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Developers, and Delivery Leaders to establish shared ownership of quality.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the quality engineering function.
Quality Governance
Define and monitor quality metrics, defect leakage trends, automation effectiveness, and release health indicators.
Contribute to quality audits, governance reviews, and organisational quality initiatives.
Support continuous improvement efforts aimed at reducing production defects and increasing delivery confidence.
Technical Skills
- Test Strategy and Planning
- Advanced Quality Engineering Practices
- Automation Framework Design
- API and Integration Testing
- Risk-Based Testing
- Release Validation and Governance
- Test Data Management
- Defect Prevention and Root Cause Analysis
- Quality Metrics and Reporting
Preferred Technical Experience
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Salesforce Platform Architecture
Agentforce
CI/CD Pipelines
Postman/Testfully
Selenium, Playwright, Provar, Tosca or equivalent
SOQL or SQL
Azure DevOps
Jira
Pearson Power Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Leadership and Influence
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Continuous Learning
- Adaptability
- Artificial Intelligence Literacy
Qualifications (Education & Experience)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Typically 4+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance or Quality Engineering.
- Proven experience leading testing efforts for large-scale enterprise systems.
- Strong experience with Salesforce platform testing and enterprise integrations.
- Demonstrated experience driving automation initiatives and quality improvements.
- Experience mentoring and developing Quality Engineers.
- Salesforce certifications and automation certifications are highly desirable.
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Who we are
At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing [email protected].
Job: Engineering
Job Family: TECHNOLOGY
Organization: OCTO
Schedule
- FULL_TIME
Workplace Type
- Req ID: 25996
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