Description
The Senior Quality Assurance engineer will own and evolve the test structures by working with development, QA, and product management to align with application modules and use cases. They will be responsible for driving innovation & streamlining the overall testing process, with a focus on developing automated regression tests and test automation frameworks.
This role can be based in Syndigo’s office in Chicago, San Francisco, or Waukesha (WI).
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsibilities include but are not limited to: White-box, Functional, Test Automation and Performance testing
- Develop automated regression tests and test automation frameworks
- Create test plans and execute manual tests for PHP/Python applications and APIs
- Work closely with the engineering team to quickly isolate, record, and report issues.
- Design and construct data-agnostic tests that can be used as reference implementations that others can follow
- Create test plans and execute manual tests for PHP/Python applications and APIs
- CICD: Deploy/Install backend applications on Linux servers and/or Cloud
- Mentor team by evangelizing best practices and to conduct brown bags/on-boarding training for everything automation related
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- 8 +years in a technical or software engineering position (preferably Test Automation and/or QA)
- Technical leadership, team lead experience preferred
- Strong working knowledge of test automation patterns, test techniques, preferably in a Software as a Service or consumer internet experience industry
- Proven experience with delivering high quality software products within a full development lifecycle
- Experience with one or more of the following applications is expected: TestNG, JMeter, LoadRunner, Cucumber, Selenium
- Experience with testing web services with tools such as SoapUI, LoadUI, Postman
- Familiarity with web services standards: XML, XML Schema, SOAP, WSDLKnowledge and experience with programming and scripting languages (PHP & Python preferred)
- Ability to Code Automated Tests
- Experience with databases like PostgreSQL
- Proficient with Git, Unix/Linux commands
- Strong communication skills, analytical skills and problem-solving ability
- Work efficiently in a fast-paced team environment, multi-task and flexible with working hours
- Education in Engineering/Computer Science (BSc in Computer Science or equivalent)
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.