GRAIL
Senior Software Salesforce Engineer, Test (Menlo Park, CA or Durham, NC) - #4658
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The role involves ensuring the quality of the Salesforce ecosystem through automated testing frameworks, collaborating with engineers and managers, and ensuring regulatory compliance in a healthcare environment.
Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.
We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.
GRAIL is headquartered in the bay area of California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.
For more information, please visit grail.com
GRAIL is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, Salesforce to join our Commercial Technology organization. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of our Salesforce ecosystem, which includes Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Account Engagement, Marketing Cloud, and related enterprise integrations. You will play a critical role in supporting commercial and service workflows in a regulated healthcare environment by designing and implementing scalable automated testing frameworks and quality processes.
This is an opportunity to directly impact mission-critical systems that enable early cancer detection at scale. You will collaborate closely with Salesforce Engineers, Product Managers, QA, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality, compliant releases in alignment with SDLC and regulatory expectations.
Flexible - MPK or RTP (3 days in office) – This is a hybrid role based in either Menlo Park, CA (moving to Sunnyvale, CA in Fall 2026) or Durham, NC. Our current flexible work arrangement policy requires that a minimum of 60%, or 24 hours, of your total work week be on-site. Your specific schedule, determined in collaboration with your manager, will align with team and business needs and could exceed the 60% requirement for the site.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable automated test frameworks across the Salesforce ecosystem (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Account Engagement, Marketing Cloud).
- Develop and maintain canonical test data sets to support comprehensive end-to-end testing scenarios.
- Build and integrate full-stack automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
- Create end-to-end test scenarios across functional and non-functional requirements, including integration testing with internal and external systems.
- Test Salesforce integrations including asynchronous event-driven and synchronous real-time API interactions.
- Collaborate with Developers, Salesforce Engineers, and Product Managers to ensure requirements are traceable and adequately validated.
- Triage defects, reproduce issues, perform root cause analysis, and partner cross-functionally to resolve defects efficiently.
- Ensure testing practices and documentation align with regulatory requirements (e.g., GxP, FDA expectations).
- Contribute to continuous improvement of testing methodologies, automation coverage, and SDLC best practices.
- Document, track, and escalate issues using JIRA and related tools while maintaining strong stakeholder communication.
These responsibilities summarize the role’s primary responsibilities and are not an exhaustive list. They may change at the company’s discretion.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in software quality engineering or SDET roles.
- 3+ years of experience testing Salesforce applications with strong functional knowledge of Salesforce Platform.
- 3+ years of experience building automated test frameworks and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Salesforce testing frameworks including Apex testing, Jest, and Flow testing.
- Experience testing Salesforce integrations including asynchronous event-driven architectures and synchronous real-time APIs.
- Experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Playwright (Python), ChromeDP, JavaScript, or Golang.
- Strong understanding of mock object frameworks and reusable test fixtures.
- Knowledge of bulkification concepts in Flow and Apex.
- Experience using bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA).
- Strong programming and scripting skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated industries.
- Working knowledge of GxP and regulated software documentation requirements.
- Experience testing Salesforce managed packages.
- Knowledge of AWS services and infrastructure.
- Experience with Docker and containerization technologies.
- Familiarity with MuleSoft and MUnit testing frameworks.
- Salesforce certifications (Administrator, Advanced Administrator, Platform App Builder).
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and performance testing concepts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment.
Why Join Us
- Join a mission-driven company focused on detecting cancer early when it can be cured.
- Work in a collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact patients.
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
- Opportunity to modernize and scale Salesforce quality engineering practices within a regulated healthcare environment.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technology at the intersection of healthcare, data science, and enterprise systems.
The expected, full-time, annual base pay scale for this position is $136k-$180k.
This role may be eligible for other forms of compensation, including an annual bonus and/or incentives, subject to the terms of the applicable plans and Company discretion. This range reflects a good-faith estimate of the range that the Company reasonably expects to pay for the position upon hire; the actual compensation offered may vary depending on factors such as the candidate’s qualifications. Employees in this role are also eligible for GRAIL’s comprehensive and competitive benefits package, offered in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. This package currently includes flexible time-off or vacation; a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match; medical, dental, and vision coverage; and carefully selected mindfulness programs.
GRAIL is an equal employment opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a workplace where every individual can thrive, contribute, and grow. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, , or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. Additionally, GRAIL will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with applicable law and provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at [email protected] if you require an accommodation to apply for an open position.
GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace. We welcome job-seekers from all backgrounds to join us!
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