QA Automation Engineer

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build test automation best practices and frameworks for functional, integration, and backend testing.
• Provide automated testing training/guidance (design, scripting, and maintenance) to support test engineers and developers.
• Execute daily QA test cases for the enterprise-level platforms with multiple accounting solutions.
• Collaborate with other QA members, developers, and product team members to identify coverage areas, design tests, and integrate QA processes and automation part of the deployment in the release process.
• Track QA metrics.
• Own, develop, and execute test plans.
• Document defects with a high level of detail, accuracy, and informative recreation steps.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver a high-quality product.
• Monitor defect resolution efforts and track successes.
• Perform root cause analysis of errors and/or trends to improve error reduction.
• Document test cases, reproduce software problem reports and implement process improvements.
• Support software development through planning, designing, and executing different software quality processes within the Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Bring a commitment to quality and expertise in identifying flaws.
• Other duties as assigned to meet the business needs.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• At least 4 - 8 years of experience in a QA Automation role
• A thorough understanding of the SDLC, specifically the automated QA process in Agile Development environments.
• Strong working knowledge of software testing fundamentals such as TDD and BDD
• Experienced in bug tracking and test management toolsets to support the development process
• Experienced in working with relational databases such as SQL Server and the creation of dynamic dataset to support testing
• Experienced writing, executing, and monitoring of automated test suites using a variety of technologies
• including Selenium, Postman, Appium or similar tools
• Ability to write scripts and automate process(es) by leveraging CI/CD pipelines for deployment and testing.
• Experience in Agile development methodologies.
• Experience or knowledge of operational research / mathematical analysis highly regarded.

CANDIDATES MUST HAVE

• Experience with one the ff: Cypress, Selenium, or Robot framework to build automation test scripts. Cypress is highly preferred.
• Mobile testing and automation experience
• Extensive experience in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), its methodologies, and its process.
• Comprehensive understanding of all phases of the Test Life Cycle, including requirements gathering, test planning, documenting test cases, test execution, defect tracking, and reporting.
• Expertise in automated testing, manual testing, smoke testing, GUI software testing, performance testing, functional testing, system testing, and regression testing.
• Experience with test case management tools, such as JIRA.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as in a team-oriented environment.

DESIRED SKILLS BUT NOT REQUIRED

• Ability to blend into an Agile Development Team.
• Presentation skills is also a plus.
• Drive to learn from other related disciplines (i.e. arts, interaction design, business analysis, customer experience)