Quality Assurance Engineer II

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Closely partners with the SW Engineers at the onset of a project to develop product requirements, test specifications, and build test frameworks and cases to rigorously test product functionality.
• Performs analysis on applications/stories, writes manual and/or automated tests and executes on test suites. Identifies system or architecture limitations from analysis of performance test results.
• Can use established automation frameworks and automated test suites.
• Reviews and provides input on the accuracy, clarity, and testability of requirements; asks questions to improve software design.
• Able to work with cross-functional teams when directed. Builds and maintains good business relationships that help drive ideas and solutions.
• Applies AGILE concepts and works collaboratively and closely with Software Engineers in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Identifies, implements, and applies best practices.
• Mature at implementing Quality Assurance concepts and metrics.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and possesses a proven track record of high-quality deliverables.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to technical staff and work effectively with cross-functional departments with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Understands and explains up and downstream impacts across products, teams, and the organization.
• Is able to engage in discussions around changing the status quo; supports the implementation of innovative and creative solutions. Iterates and improves across multiple business domains.
• Displays flexibility in adapting to changing conditions and helps lead others through change.
• Thinks strategically, displays a high degree of emotional maturity, and demonstrates a positive outlook.
• Strong team player, makes a valuable contribution to team objectives, displays trust and mutual understanding, accepts constructive feedback, and handles confrontation constructively.

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate / Post graduate degree preferred.
• Any QA certification like ISTQB will be an added advantage

Required Skills:

• Develop automation scripts in Java, JavaScript and TypeScript programming languages.
• Utilize tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Bamboo, and Git for CI/CD testing and version control.
• Use Jira for maintaining test scenarios / cases, defect tracking, issue management, collaboration
• Knowledge on any database technologies like MySQL, SQL, MongoDB
• 3 years of experience in QA Engineering
• 2 years working experience with Automation frameworks.
• 1 year working experience with Bamboo.
• 1 year working experience with software CI/CD testing and version control.
• Ability to write basic SQL queries
• Basic Knowledge on cloud technologies like AWS
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Prior working experience in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team on multiple overlapping projects.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large projects.
• Demonstrated ability to understand implemented automated frameworks and tests.
• Mature understanding of Software Development Life Cycle methodologies.

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or other containerization technologies.
• Exposure to performance testing and monitoring tools like JMeter.
• Knowledge of API testing using tools like Postman, RestAssured