Senior QA Automation Engineer

Job Description

The ideal candidate is an experienced QA Automation professional with an eye for detail and a passion for quality. Prepared to elevate our software testing processes and broaden our coverage, all while ensuring the highest standards of quality. The ideal candidate will:

• Possess extensive knowledge of QA with over 10 years of experience in software testing, demonstrating strong proficiency in various testing methodologies, including manual testing and at least 5 years of automated testing.
• Have a strong analytical mind, being able to dissect complex systems, identify potential issues, and provide effective solutions.
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver complex workstreams and projects, effectively navigating intricate tasks even in the face of ambiguity.
• Be proficient in tools like Selenium, JIRA, IntelliJ, and other QA technologies. Possess strong coding skills in Java language to create and maintain automated test scripts.
• Can clearly articulate code, testing strategies, concepts, processes, and issues, along with their impact, to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Possess a continuous improvement mindset, staying current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies to continually enhance the QA process, while also improving their business acumen and overall knowledge.
• Able to thrive in a team-oriented environment and work seamlessly with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to achieve common goals.

The right candidate is responsible for:

• Assist in designing and implementing test automation frameworks in Java to support complex system testing.
• Perform functional, regression, security, operational, and system integration testing when required.
• Automate technical and operational test cases to reduce manual regression testing.
• Help evaluating high-level system requirements that can be translated into detailed technical test cases.
• Aid in quality assurance testing and analysis throughout the life cycle of all systems integration, software, database, and infrastructure changes.
• Develop, implement, and maintain test plans and test scripts to ensure quality and mitigate risk.
• Understanding the full system architecture to help with testing.
• Perform manual testing when required.
• Utilize proven quality assurance techniques, best practices, standards and troubleshooting methods.
• Document defects and communicate them to the relevant teams.
• Communicate closely with Development and Infrastructure teams to understand planned changes.
• Identify inefficiencies in the quality assurance process and propose improvements.
• Create or update Confluence pages when required.

Skills & Abilities:

• Proficient in IntelliJ IDEA, Selenium for automated testing, and JUnit 5 as a testing framework. Experienced in Maven for project management and build automation.
• Hands-on experience with TeamCity for CI/CD processes and Linux operating systems.
• Familiarity with Selenoid, Spring, or Spring Boot frameworks, NSQL, and AWS instances is a plus.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, identify interdepencies, prioritize and plan accordingly.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining automated test scripts for both GUI and API.
• Perform manual testing to identify defects and/or to inform the development of automated test scripts.
• Leverage personal expertise, business insights, and product knowledge to develop comprehensive test cases ensuring thorough coverage.
• Accurately document and report bugs, providing clear steps to reproduce and other critical detail to aid in its resolution.
• Have strong self-motivation, work ethic, and teamwork mentality with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.
• Experience working in team environment. Being able to work closely with developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure quality standards and tasks are met.
• Continuously improve test processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintain thorough documentation of test cases, test results, and any issues encountered.
• Proactive in communication, and effectively explain and articulate work to team members and other stakeholders.
• Strong time management skills to ensure tasks are completed efficiently within reasonable timeframes.
• Finance industry experience/knowledge is a plus.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology
• Minimum 10 years in Quality Assurance Software Testing.
• Minimum 5 years in Automation Testing with Java.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in writing Linux BASH scripts and SQL queries.
• Must be able to work full time in New York City or Calgary, or remotely with occasional travel.

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