Senior Automation Engineer - Salesforce & Copado
First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026. Inspired Testing scores B on the Alion truth index.
About Us:
Inspired Testing is a leading innovative and forward-thinking Quality Engineering and Software Testing consultancy. Our teams of exceptional consultants and engineers provided solutions that helps our customers deliver quality software faster, more effectively, and more frequently. Our brand is trusted and highly respected globally, and we are looking for experienced highly skilled and technically driven Senior Automation Engineer with strong Salesforce and Copado experience to join our Quality Engineering team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced automation professional who is passionate about building robust automation solutions, improving software quality and contributing to successful Salesforce implementations and releases.
The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks across Salesforce applications, while leveraging Copado DevOps to support continuous testing, deployment validation and reliable software delivery.
We are looking for someone who combines strong hands-on automation engineering expertise with a solid understanding of Salesforce architecture, business processes, integrations and DevOps practices.
The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in complex enterprise environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams and taking ownership of automation solutions from design through to delivery.
The Team:
We're at an exciting point where there's ample opportunity to make a big impact in scaling the people, processes, and technology in service of that mission. Our team’s strength is in its diversity and its acceptance of new ideas and new ways to look at old challenges. We know humans are not one-dimensional, and we celebrate the uniqueness everyone brings to the problems we solve and the culture we create.
Duties & ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities:
Salesforce Test Automation
- Design, develop, implement and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for Salesforce applications.
- Build comprehensive automated regression, functional, integration, end-to-end and smoke test suites.
- Automate complex Salesforce business processes across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and applicable Salesforce products.
- Validate Salesforce Lightning Experience, Lightning Web Components, custom objects, Flows, validation rules and approval processes.
- Develop reusable, scalable and maintainable automation components.
- Ensure appropriate automation coverage across critical business workflows and Salesforce integrations.
- Investigate test failures, identify root causes and resolve automation-related issues.
- Continuously improve automation reliability, efficiency and execution speed.
Copado DevOps & CI/CD
- Utilise Copado DevOps to support Salesforce deployment and release management processes.
- Integrate automated testing into Copado pipelines and continuous delivery workflows.
- Implement automated quality checks and deployment validation processes.
- Support Salesforce release testing across multiple environments.
- Collaborate with Salesforce Developers and DevOps Engineers to resolve deployment-related defects.
- Support version control, branching strategies and release management best practices.
- Contribute to improving deployment quality, stability and release confidence.
API & Integration Testing
- Design and execute automated API tests for Salesforce integrations.
- Validate REST and SOAP API functionality, data exchange and system integrations.
- Perform backend data validation using SOQL and other appropriate techniques.
- Verify data integrity, business rules and integration workflows.
- Identify and investigate defects across interconnected systems.
- Develop reusable API automation utilities and validation scripts.
Quality Engineering & Collaboration
- Analyse business requirements and user stories to define appropriate automation coverage.
- Contribute to test strategies, automation planning and risk-based testing approaches.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, QA engineers and other stakeholders.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to provide early and reliable quality feedback.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical discussions and defect triage sessions.
- Provide clear reporting on test execution, defects, automation coverage and release readiness.
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of automation standards.
- Mentor junior and intermediate engineers where required.
Essential Skills & Experience:
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- Proven hands-on experience as a Senior Automation Engineer, SDET or Senior Quality Engineer.
- Strong practical experience in Salesforce test automation.
- Hands-on experience with Copado DevOps, including Salesforce deployment and release workflows.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, configurations and customisation.
- Experience testing Salesforce Lightning Experience, Flows, validation rules, objects and integrations.
- Advanced experience designing, developing and maintaining automation frameworks.
- Strong programming skills in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python or a comparable language.
- Hands-on experience with a relevant automation tool such as Selenium, Playwright, Provar or Copado Robotic Testing.
- Experience with API automation and integration testing.
- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of Git, version control and branching strategies.
- Experience with SOQL and Salesforce data validation.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities.
- Solid understanding of Agile methodologies, software development lifecycles and quality engineering principles.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.
Advantageous Skills & Experience
The following would be beneficial:
- Experience with Provar or Copado Robotic Testing.
- Salesforce certifications, such as Platform Administrator or Platform App Builder.
- Copado DevOps certifications.
- Knowledge of Apex and Lightning Web Components.
- Experience with Salesforce DX.
- Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
- Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise Salesforce environments.
- Experience mentoring automation engineers and providing technical leadership.
Qualifications
A relevant qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field is advantageous. Equivalent practical experience will also be considered.