Summary of position:
This position will be a part of product engineering team with a fast paced, highly collaborative start up like environment, which will have the responsibility for the quality of software development and deployment, developing and performing automated tests to ensure the features developed are fit for purpose.
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Duties & Responsibilities:
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Analyze user stories and use cases/requirements for validity and feasibility using test automation frameworks.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Write moderately complex code/scripts to test end-to-end functionality spanning multiple services that includes front-end applications, middle and backend services across a variety of architectures and cutting-edge technologies, implementing test harnesses and infrastructure as necessary, automate repeated tasks and build test coverage through existing or new infrastructure.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Grey box testers rather than black-box testers, able to understand software internals, troubleshoot and debug problems using log files etc information, and write automated tests with scripts and/or user-level automated tools.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Collaborate with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and test plans.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Test systems at the user level, both manually and with automation including performance and securityย testing.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Detect, report and track software defects and inconsistencies.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Lead/collaborate on improving engineering team's test coverage, release velocity and production health.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Collaborate with partner teams to understand customer usage patterns and develop test plans and suites that approximate real-world environments.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Help drive the software development process towards quality-centric methodologies, always seeking to avoid defects or find them at the earliest stage possible
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Should possess the skills to handle pressure and challenging deadline.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Apply agile quality engineering principals throughout the Agile product lifecycle.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Conduct post-release/post-implementation testing.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Provide support and documentation as needed.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Position will have significant influence on our overall strategy by helping define product features, drive the system design and architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.
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Skills Required:
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related engineering field.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Must have minimum 5 โ 8 years of experience in automation.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Solid experience working with Java, and automation tools (e.g. Selenium).
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer or similar role.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Proven hands-on Software development experience and knack for writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code and strong knowledge of professional software engineering best practices like coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency, and drive.
โขย ย ย ย ย ย Motivation to drive tasks to completion and take ownership of quality of features.