Staff Engineer, QA Automation

Job description

REQUIREMENTS:

• Total experience 7+years.
• Strong experience in software testing e, including experience in automating test cases for web applications.
• Strong proficiency in Java programming.
• Familiarity with cloud environments like Azure or AWS.
• Use tools such as Selenium, Cucumber BDD, TestNG,and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Experience with Rest Assured and/or Karate for API automation
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and testing
• Good hands-on knowledge of Linux/Unix systems
• Expertise in SQL, NoSQL databases, and pub-sub platforms (e.g., Kafka)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Git, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork capabilities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Understanding the projects functional and non-functional requirements and the business context of the application being developed. Understanding and documenting requirements validated by the SMEs
• Interacting with clients to identify the scope of testing, expectations, acceptance criteria and availability of test data and environment. Working closely with product owner in defining and refining acceptance criteria.
• Preparing test plan/strategy
• Estimating the test effort and preparing schedules for testing activities, assigning tasks, identifying constraints and dependencies
• Risk management identifying, mitigating and resolving business and technical risks. Determines the potential causes of problems and analyses multiple alternatives.
• Designing and developing a framework for automated testing following the project's design and coding guidelines. Set up best practices for test automation.
• Preparing test reports to summarize the outcome of the testing phase and recommending whether the application is in a shippable state or not
• Communicating measurable quality metrics, with the ability to highlight problem areas and suggest solutions
• Participating in retrospective meetings, helping identify the root cause of any quality related issue and identifying ways to continuously improve the testing process
• Conducting demos of the application for internal and external stakeholders
• Reviewing all testing artifacts prepared by the team and ensuring that defects found during the review are tracked to closure
• Working with team and stakeholders to triage and prioritize defects for resolution
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations.