Salesforce QA Automation Engineer – Hybrid (Mostly Remote) – Phoenix, AZ – $71/hr W2 at AZ State
Phoenix, AZ
$71/hrfrom the description
Jul 26, 2026
Phoenix, AZ
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A six-month W2 contract role supporting a state agency's IT modernization effort in Phoenix, focused on migrating legacy systems to Salesforce (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Public Sector Solutions). Day-to-day work centers on building and maintaining test automation frameworks, developing end-to-end and API test suites, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines, and owning regression and release-cycle quality assurance. Suits an experienced QA automation engineer with several years of hands-on Salesforce platform testing.
Mid level · 3+ years · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 7–25
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $102,955 (middle half $78,346–$126,185). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
This is a 6-month W2 contract (no C2C); the posting explicitly states W2 only and no sponsorship.
The role is hybrid: 2-3 onsite onboarding days in Phoenix, then approximately once a month onsite — remote=false reflects the onsite requirement.
Arizona-local candidates only; the posting requires a current Phoenix-area address on the resume and availability for an in-person interview within one week of posting close (July 29, 2026).
Experience requirement is stated as '3-5+ years in QA automation, including 2-3+ years focused specifically on the Salesforce platform' — the overall years minimum is set to 3 (the lower bound of the overall range); the Salesforce-specific 2-year minimum is captured on the Salesforce skill.
The automation tools (Provar, Selenium, Playwright, UTAM, Cypress) and programming languages (Java, JavaScript, Python, C#) are listed as 'or' alternatives in the Required section — one from each group is a hard gate; alternatives are populated accordingly.
Cucumber/BDD appears alongside the automation tools in the Required section and is treated as a hard gate, though it is listed as an alternative framing ('or Cucumber/BDD') rather than a standalone requirement.
Salesforce-specific clouds (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud) and Visualforce appear in the responsibilities narrative rather than the explicit Required section — marked preferred.
Copado and AutoRABIT appear both in the responsibilities narrative and the Required DevOps list; the DevOps list frames them as 'or' alternatives to Jenkins/GitHub, so they are captured as alternatives on the Jenkins skill. A separate preferred skill for Copado/AutoRABIT/Salesforce DevOps Center is also noted from the CI/CD pipeline context.
Salesforce certifications (Certified Administrator, Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect) are listed under 'Nice to Have' — marked preferred.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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