QA Analyst 5 (Senior QA Automation Engineer/ Senior SDET)

Job Title: QA Analyst 5 (Senior QA Automation Engineer/ Senior SDET) Req ID: 81363-1 Location: Remote Duration: 12 months Position's Contributions to Work Group: • This position will fulfill the role of a full time automation engineer working with several developers across the Value Simulation Team • Roles and responsibilities of this position will be listed in great detail below Typical task breakdown: • Review Pull Request code from peers • Attend a small number of team meetings and stay in touch • Read, understand and refine requirements for their work items, and sync up with the team • Test their own work, clean up, and refactor code • Estimate effort required to complete work items • Help refine requirements for their work items, sync up with team • Read and understand technical requirements • Read and understand business need behind work items • Iterate on work until it is deemed done by the team • Write automated tests (UI/API) Education & Experience Required: • Years of experience: 10+ • Degree requirement: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or relevant field required • Do you accept internships as job experience: Yes • Are there past or additional job titles or roles that would provide comparable background to this role: we are open to reviewing past or additional job titles or roles that would provide us the right level of experience we are looking for Top technical skills: • API/UI automation (3y, strong) • Playwright (3y, competent) • C# or similar (3y, strong) • HTML, CSS (2y, strong) Top soft skills: • Get things done, the right way, stay in touch • Critical thinking, problem solving, attention to detail • Positive, "can do" attitude, integrates well into a team • Diligent, responsible, self-sufficient • Great communication all round Additional Technical Skills • Angular (bonus) • C# (3y, competent) • ASP.NET (bonus) • SQL (2y, competent) • Azure Cloud (bonus) • JavaScript (2y, competent) • TypeScript (2y, competent) • HTML (2y, strong) • CSS (2y, strong) • CosmosDB (or any noSQL database + SQL language) (bonus) • JSON (2y, competent) • REST API (2y, strong) • Figma (bonus) • Git (2y, strong) • Unit tests (bonus) • UI automation using Playwright (3y, strong) • Mobile automation (1y, competent) • API automation (3y, strong) • Visual testing (1y, competent) • Manual testing (2y, strong) • Programming / scripting (3y, strong) • CI pipelines. Azure DevOps Pipelines YAML (which we use), or others (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc) (2y, strong) • Powershell (bonus) • Windows (FYI) • Test data management (2y, strong) Soft Skills • Habitually writes clean code: thoughtful naming, separation of concerns, documentation • Carefully handles complex logic that deals with numerous business requirements • Has highly developed UI/UX intuitions • Thinks of many use cases, failure cases, and edge cases • Suggests improvements to requirements when needed • Clarifies requirements in a timely manner • Feels comfortable with an Agile-spirited workflow • Enjoys problem solving and excels at it • Has excellent communication skills (verbal and text) • Provides regular, timely updates on the progress and issues • Has a positive, "can do" attitude • Takes pride in ensuring the quality of their work • Willing to follow existing solutions, processes and procedures, and challenge them when necessary • Determined to become a power user of the app in the near future • Continuously engaged with the project for the full amount of agreed hours • Makes decisions on their own and knows when it's best to consult with the team • Can organize a productive day for themselves and are mindful of commitments to other team members • Takes an active part in discussions, and speaks out if something does not feel right • Completes long stretches of work on their own efficiently and engages the team when necessary • Handles disagreement in a professional manner Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications: • Don't offer candidates located between GMT+4 to GMT+7 (inclusive) due to team meeting schedule Apply tot his job Apply To this Job