QA Automation Engineer

Summary

Join DaCodes, a high-impact software and digital transformation firm, and become a QA Automation Engineer. You will operate as a self-sufficient QA Automation Engineer, designing, implementing, and maintaining automated test frameworks. Responsibilities include building automation tests, supporting manual QA testing, working with the TechOps team on CI/CD, and participating in reporting. You will collaborate with the development team, investigate and debug automation problems, and ensure quality standards are met. The role requires a Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of experience in QA automation testing in a cloud-based environment. DaCodes offers remote work, flexible hours, and various benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or similar engineering major
• 2+ years of Quality engineering automation testing experience in a cloud-based environment, excluding internships
• Manual and automated testing experience in user interfaces, web services, and API’s
• Experience with QA automation frameworks, scripting, and coding
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Ability to work across the full technology stack (front-end plus back-end)
• Experience engineering in linux and/or MacOS environments
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

Responsibilities

• Operate as a self-sufficient, T-shaped, QA Automation Engineer
• Review technical architecture documentation for the project and ensure that the engineering team’s deliverables are implemented accordingly
• Design, implement, maintain, and administer automated test frameworks with results reporting
• Build new QA automation tests in parallel with development of new user interfaces
• Support manual QA testing efforts and the conversion of manual test cases into automated test cases
• Work with the TechOps team to deploy automation tests as part of the CI/CD process
• Participate in reporting metrics for both manual and automated testing
• Author and maintain technical documentation and how-to instructions on automation frameworks and scripts
• Participate in functional and technical reviews
• Assist in identifying process improvements and application enhancements
• Create test plans
• Collaborate with the development team to plan, create, manage and execute the overall test plan per feature
• Maximize test coverage for the most critical features and most critical systems. Prioritize automation scenarios based on associated business risk
• Investigate, debug and triage problems in automation, and work towards solutions independently or with others in the department, as necessary
• Identify and report bugs, with clear, efficient steps to reproduce
• Investigate customer problems referred by technical support
• Dive into code as technical challenges arise to perform root-cause analyses and implement resolutions
• Track the progress of defects and work closely with developers or system administrators to ensure they are fixed in a timely manner
• Ensure quality standards are being met throughout the development and release cycle
• Participate as a team-player that works together with your fellow team members to deliver commitments on time
• Work effectively with an internationally-distributed team across multiple time zones
• Develop proofs of concepts as needed
• Keep current with QA automation engineering best-practices, design principles, technology, security, and compliance in order to apply that knowledge to all of the responsibilities above

Preferred Qualifications

• Insurance industry experience, preferably in distribution
• Healthcare technology industry experience
• Master of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar engineering major
• Experience working as a member of a highly-collaborative engineering team
• Experience with automated CI/CD environments and tools
• Experience documenting test plans and results with TestMo
• Experience with UI testing frameworks and tools like Selenium
• Experience as a developer
• Experience engineering a SaaS product/platform
• Experience with cloud-based deployments
• Experience with performance testing in highly scalable cloud applications
• Experience engineering with containers
• Experience with multiple languages, frameworks, databases, services, and tools
• Experience engineering with TDD
• Experience engineering with message/event queues
• Experience with agile/scrum process methodology
• Active participation in widely-used open source projects

Benefits

• Work with global brands and disruptive startups
• Remote work / Home office
• If a hybrid or on-site model is required, you will be informed from the first session
• Work schedule aligned with the assigned project/team
• Monday to Friday schedule
• Legal benefits (Applicable for Mexico)
• Day off on your birthday
• Private health insurance (Applicable for Mexico)
• Life insurance (Applicable for Mexico)
• Multicultural teams
• Access to courses and certifications
• Meetups with industry experts and top universities
• Virtual networking events and interest groups
• English classes
• Opportunities within our different business lines
• Proudly certified as a Great Place to Work