Qa Automation Engineer

Job Summary The Software Tester is responsible for giving a testing perspective from business and functional requirements to implementation as a part of an Agile team. Goals and Objectives Continually look for ways the team can do a better job of producing high:quality softwareKey Responsibilities Collaborate with the team to estimate the backlog and help the product owner to prioritize the backlog Plan the testing approach and testing activities for the projectSetup the test environments and create the test data Interact with the Product Owner to understand the requirements and work with the team to have clear user stories with well defined acceptance criteria Create and execute tests at different levels: unit, component, system, regressionCommit and follow QA best practices from both the company and the customersUnderstands and implements companies mission, vision, values, policies and processes Tasks and Duties Select and apply the adequate test techniques and tools for the given project using automated testsReport bugs and collaborate with the team to get them fixedShare the status of the testing activities keeping useful metrics for the team Job Requirements Testing experience: Test Planning, Estimation, Test Case creation, Test Execution, Test Automation.Education: Software Engineering / B.S in Computer Science or equivalent experience.Experience testing software applications of any kind: API Testing, Mobile Apps, Web Apps, Embedded Software.Knowledge of testing conceptsLevels: Unit Testing, Integration Testing (E2E), System Testing, Acceptance Testing.Methods: Black:box, White:box, Gray:box, Agile, Ad:hoc.Types: Smoke, Functional, Usability, Regression, Performance, Security, Compliance.Artifacts: Test plan, Test case, Test script.Tech stack: Selenium, ReadyAPI, OO programming (C preferred, Groovy), SoapUI, JUnit, NUnit, TestNG, Cucumber, Specflow, Gerkin, Jenkins, Postman, Jenkins and Azure DevOps (desired). Summary Skills Attention to detailsStrong communications skillsUnderstanding of software life cycles and test processesStrong customer service orientationIntermediate/Advanced English Level