Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Description Summary

Responsible for testing a feature and or a small feature set with ability to work independently, break down problems and estimate time for quality related tasks.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Break down problems and estimate time required for quality related tasks
• Demonstrate increasing expertise in application domain and functional areas
• Apply various testing types and methodologies effectively during SDLC
• Take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary
• Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques
• Work independently and delivers testing and use case creation which meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project
• Write effective tests according to best practices so that crucial functional requirements are verified and tests remain valid when code is refactored
• Begin to collaborate with development team in bugs fixing and build plans
• Collaborate with Quality Leaders in creating test plans
• Implement and configures testing tools and at times help junior staff
• Implement system-level integration testing
• Be skilled in core data structures and algorithms
• Define quality metrics, best practices and coding patterns, and provides deep expertise on the coding

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with mimimum 3+ years of experience.

• Experience in automation and testing Microservices with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with Linux based applications.
• Experience in automation tools (Katalon Studio/Playwrite/Selenium etc)
• Experience in scripting/languages (Groovy,Python,Java/C#)
• Has a solid understanding of the underlying infrastructure needed to run a large distributed Services
• Designed and maintained a complete test automation framework
• Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks
• Has the ability to make basic technology choices based on experience
• Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry

• Has the ability to take ownership of small tasks and deliver without supervision while using their discretion to seek help when necessary
• Voices opinions and presents clear rationale. Uses data or factual evidence to influence
• Recognizes collaborative behaviour and participates in collaborative activities
• Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision

• Demonstrates the ability to help team members
• Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions. Asks questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present
• Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas. Takes the initiative to experiment with new software frameworks
• Adapts to new environments and changing requirements. Pivots quickly as needed. When coached, responds to need & seeks info from other sources