Leads enterprise quality engineering across squads and vendor teams by defining test architecture, automation frameworks, risk-based strategies, and CI/CD quality gates. Designs API, UI, integration, and end-to-end automation using Playwright and TypeScript, oversees test environments and data, conducts code reviews, and mentors quality teams. The role requires Salesforce Service Layer testing and collaboration across product, architecture, development, DevOps, and platform teams.
Test Architect
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Test Architect to lead quality engineering across multiple squads and vendor teams within a complex enterprise environment. This role is responsible for defining and governing the end-to-end testing strategy, driving automation excellence, and embedding quality throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in API and UI automation using Playwright, strong experience in CI/CD pipelines, and a proven track record in delivering quality outcomes across large-scale, integrated platforms. Experience with Salesforce Service Layer is mandatory, while exposure to other Salesforce Clouds is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and govern enterprise-wide test architecture, automation frameworks, and quality engineering practices.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple agile squads and vendor delivery teams.
- Act as the Quality Engineering representative, influencing quality decisions from requirements through to production.
- Design, review, and optimise automation frameworks for API, UI, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Conduct code reviews and establish engineering standards to improve maintainability, scalability, and reusability of automation assets.
- Drive CI/CD quality gates and integrate automated testing into delivery pipelines.
- Continuously improve test execution efficiency through parallelisation, framework optimisation, service virtualisation, and intelligent test selection.
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Development, DevOps, and Platform teams to embed quality into every stage of the SDLC.
- Define and implement risk-based testing strategies across complex distributed systems and environments.
- Mentor and uplift Quality Engineers, Test Leads, and vendor teams through coaching and technical guidance.
- Provide oversight for environment, test data, and release testing strategies.
- Champion best practices across functional, integration, API, performance, accessibility, security, and operational testing.
Mandatory Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of Quality Engineering and Test Automation experience, including Test Architecture leadership roles.
- Expert-level experience in Playwright (TypeScript) for UI automation.
- Strong experience designing and implementing API automation frameworks.
- Extensive experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, Git, and automated quality gates.
- Proven experience leading testing across multiple squads, programs, and third-party vendor teams.
- Strong understanding of modern test architecture patterns, automation framework design, and enterprise-scale quality engineering.
- Experience working in complex environments involving multiple applications, integrations, and deployment pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce Service Layer testing (mandatory).
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with Salesforce Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Sales Cloud, or other Salesforce products.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Knowledge of performance, accessibility, security, and contract testing.
- Experience with service virtualisation and microservices testing.
- Exposure to AI-assisted testing and modern Quality Engineering practices.
XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd Melbourne, Victoria, AUS Office
Melbourne, Australia
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