Associate Staff Engineer, QA Automation

Summary

Join Nagarro, a rapidly growing Digital Product Engineering company, as a QA Tester with 5+ years of experience. You will be responsible for understanding project requirements, interacting with clients, preparing test plans, designing automation frameworks, and preparing test reports. Strong experience in BFSI and investment banking, specifically investment management, is required. Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, Selenium, and various testing tools is essential. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, communicate effectively, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Total Experience 5+ years
• Hands on experience in Java, JavaScript, Selenium, Test Complete
• Strong working experience in BFSI and investment banking domain
• Must have experience in Investment Management
• Strong experience in testing frameworks and tools such as Selenium, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, Appium, Espresso, Postman, Rest Assured, and JMeter
• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and best practices, including build and source control automation tools like Jenkins, Git, and MS Azure DevOps
• Hands on experience with API/Web Service testing
• Strong knowledge of Test monitoring and control, Risk Management, Preparing Quality Metrics and Defect Management
• Expertise in Test Estimation, review of Test cases, Test Reporting, Test case creation & Execution and Testing process models like Agile /V-model
• In-depth knowledge of different testing types
• Should have experience in Understanding of Test architecture and Test design, Debugging and Troubleshooting Skills, Testing Process for Agile, V-Model, Waterfall
• Develop and present QA defect and status reports, Knowledge and application of Bug Tracking and Performance testing
• Review and assessment of test programs Skillset for Manual/QA Tester
• Knowledge of Functional and Regression Test Script Preparation
• Ability to simplify solutions, optimize processes, and resolve escalated issues efficiently
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for continuous improvement
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and staying updated on industry trends
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Understanding the projects functional and non-functional requirements and the business context of the application being developed. Understanding and documenting requirements validated by the SMEs
• Interacting with clients to identify the scope of testing, expectations, acceptance criteria and availability of test data and environment. Working closely with product owner in defining and refining acceptance criteria
• Preparing test plan/strategy
• Estimating the test effort and preparing schedules for testing activities, assigning tasks, identifying constraints and dependencies
• Risk management identifying, mitigating and resolving business and technical risks. Determines the potential causes of problems and analyses multiple alternatives
• Designing and developing a framework for automated testing following the project's design and coding guidelines. Set up best practices for test automation
• Preparing test reports to summarize the outcome of the testing phase and recommending whether the application is in a shippable state or not
• Communicating measurable quality metrics, with the ability to highlight problem areas and suggest solutions
• Participating in retrospective meetings, helping identify the root cause of any quality related issue and identifying ways to continuously improve the testing process
• Conducting demos of the application for internal and external stakeholders
• Reviewing all testing artifacts prepared by the team and ensuring that defects found during the review are tracked to closure
• Working with team and stakeholders to triage and prioritize defects for resolution
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations

Preferred Qualifications

Good to have Creation of Test Plan/Test Strategy/ Test Approach