Automation Quality Engineer

About the role

The Engineer Automation Quality will design, develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts to validate software application functionality and data pipelines. This role works with a high degree of independence and partners with cross functional teams to support quality assurance strategies, improve test coverage, and help ensure applications meet business and technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain moderately complex automated test scripts for UI and API, and data/ETL validations.
• Execute moderately complex automated test cases and report test results.
• Identify, document, and track software defects through resolution using defect tracking tools such as JIRA.
• Create clear and concise documentation for test cases, test results using Zephyr.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to understand application functionality and testing requirements.
• Update existing automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver in IntelliJ to align with application changes and enhancements.
• Follow automation best practices and recommend improvements.
• Provide guidance to associate automation quality engineers to support skill development and understanding of automation.
• Perform manual testing when needed.
• Validate ETL tables and data pipelines using SQL. Perform data reconciliation.
• Test and monitor AWS batch jobs on EMR, Step function, and Lambda. Verify job execution status and validate S3 output files and Redshift loads.

Requirements

• 2 to 4 years of overall testing experience with 1 to 2 years of automation testing experience, or equivalent automation training.
• Proficiency in Java programming language core concepts.
• Strong understanding of and experience with requirements analysis.
• Experience with automation testing tools such as Selenium, Karate, JUnit, and TestNG, along with debugging skills.
• Knowledge of version control systems such as Git.
• Knowledge of BDD frameworks such as Cucumber.
• Experience validating ETL tables/data using SQL.
• Knowledge of AWS service for testing batch jobs: S3, EMR, Step function, Lambda, CloudWatch.
• Experience in UI and API functional testing.
• Experience using JIRA and Zephyr management tools.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including the ability to analyze test results and identify issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Good understanding of design and estimation techniques.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Knowledge of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies.

Skills

• Java programming language core concepts.
• Requirements analysis.
• Selenium, Karate, JUnit, and TestNG.
• Git version control system.
• Cucumber BDD framework.
• SQL for ETL validation.
• AWS services for batch job testing: S3, EMR, Step function, Lambda, CloudWatch.
• UI and API functional testing.
• JIRA and Zephyr management tools.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
• Roth and Traditional 401(k) plans with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year.
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans.
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year.
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year.
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $72,200.00 - $101,975.00

Schedule

Remote - Nationwide