Remote Senior QA Automation Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a Sr. QA Automation Engineer (Cypress) and take on a challenging contract role that requires strong expertise in software test automation, continuous integration, and deployment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related field or comparable industry experience
• 5+ years of software test automation experience with a focus on building and maintaining test automation frameworks
• Experience in Agile software development methodology and using tools such as Rally, Jira, TFS, or ServiceNow required
• Strong expertise in JavaScript, C#, Java, TypeScript, or other applicable languages as needed required
• Advanced understanding of open source web frameworks such as Angular, Bootstrap, Node.js, and Express required
• Advanced understanding of web application testing tools such as Selenium, Jasmine, Protractor, Cucumber, Appium, or Cypress required
• Solid understanding of object-oriented principles and Service Oriented Architecture required
• Solid understanding of source control tools such as Git or Subversion required

Responsibilities

• Designing test scenarios, breaking down software features and developing automated test strategies
• Coaches and mentors Software Test Engineers in execution of automated testing efforts
• Leads effort to review product specifications and work with others to develop appropriate test strategies, detailed test plans, and test architectures
• Leads formal reviews of test plans, designs, and requirements with cross-functional teams
• Participates in the evaluation of new tools and technologies to continue enhancing the automation framework

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing applications that integrate with other systems through RESTful API's preferred
• Experience designing test scenarios, breaking down software features and developing automated test strategies required
• Strong understanding of continuous integration and deployment preferred
• Experience with test management tools such as qTest, ALM, TFS or similar tools preferred
• Experience in reviewing and providing feedback to team members during pull requests preferred
• Experience with API testing frameworks such as Karate, Gatling, JMeter, or Postman preferred
• Experience with load and performance testing preferred
• Knowledge of Cloud platforms and services such as Amazon AWS, Azure, Heroku, Perfecto Mobile, and SauceLabs preferred
• Advanced level experience with SQL preferred
• Experience with test-driven development and behavior-driven development preferred