Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Summary

The job is for a QA Engineer with focus on test automation, mobile testing, REST API automation testing, and working in an agile environment. The role involves developing and executing test plans, estimating test efforts, analyzing and communicating test results, and maintaining and improving the test frameworks.

Requirements

• Experience with mobile testing and automated test techniques with a strong focus on quality throughout the entire software development cycle
• Experience in REST and WebSocket API automation testing with Python/ Java
• Experience in working with different frameworks like Pytest, Pytest-bdd, Appium, Selenium, Cucumber etc
• Good knowledge of object oriented programming, along with requisite coding and debugging skills
• Design and development skills in Python/ Java
• Understanding of software design principles, patterns, algorithms, data structures and multi-threading concepts
• Proven ability to translate functional requirements and use cases into working test plans and test cases
• Strong customer focus, excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Some knowledge of continuous integration practices, Jenkins or CircleCI
• Experience working in an agile environment is preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans and test cases with a strong emphasis on using code to solve technical challenges and shorten the test cycle through automation
• Estimate test efforts, analyze and communicate test results and participate in day to day QA Activities
• Develop/Maintain and improve the test frameworks, tools and technologies used by the organization to maintain a high quality bar
• Work with Development, Test and Product Management to design and implement test and validation strategies
• Execute and manage test cases and results, report on test and defect metrics
• Create , execute and troubleshoot automated test scenarios across our systems
• Contribute to robust, scalable, and high quality test automation solutions for functional, regression and performance testing
• Contribute to the building of a Continuous Integration (CI) environment and ongoing process improvement activities
• Identify required improvements in the test and development processes; make contributions to our automation tools that address specific needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work across Windows, Linux is a plus
• Passion for improving code quality through interaction with the development team
• Demonstrated skill in using coding standards and being an active participant in code reviews