Test Automation Engineer

This is a remote position and the candidate will hold these responsibilities.

• Play a crucial part in a technical test lead role to help drive quality and to build and implement test approaches, automation improvements and monitoring earlier in the development cycle.
• Collaborate closely with our development teams to enhance our existing software development processes.
• Partner with developers and Solutions designers to improve and automate test and release processes.
• Help make Quality an integral part of the development process.
• Acts in Lead Software Testing Engineer capacity for medium to large initiatives, prioritizing and assigning tasks, providing guidance and resolving issues.
• Integrate with Agile development teams to test new feature development and identify software defects.
• Responsible for code analysis, debugging, review and execution of unit/integration tests.
• Create test automation scripts.
• Responsible for delivering clean, secure, performant code / technology components that meets all the non-functional requirements.
• Drive Verification and Validation activities, which encompass reviews of stories, test automation and manual verification as necessary, and report test traceability thereof.
• Sets up application jobs, creates test data, and supports deployment, all at a medium to high level of complexity.
• Refactor existing tests and extend test frameworks as needed.
• Participate in SQA code reviews.
• Integrate automation with continuous integration (Jenkins) and test reporting systems (TestRail, Allure) and any other available tools.
• Build new tests using our current framework (Eggplant DAI, IntelliQA robotics, as well as ALM/UFT to run older test cases).
• Participate in product technical design discussions, and product design reviews.
• Refactor existing tests and extend test frameworks as needed.
• Providing feedback on usability and serviceability, trace the result to the quality risk and report it to concerned people.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or computer engineering.

• 5+ Years of experience in a software-related field, including at least 1 year of test automation.

• Experience with API Testing including API Automated testing, UI Testing.

• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.

• Strong knowledge of software development life cycle.

• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.

• Experience with Agile testing methodologies.

• Hands-on experience with both white-box and black-box testing.

• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools.

• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors.

• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.

• Experience with performance and/or security testing.

• Communication in English is required.

• Analytical skills.
• Decision-making ability.
• Problem-solving mindset.
• Attention to details.
• Ability to work in a team as well as an individual.
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain deadlines.