Advanced Quality Engineer

The Kroger Company is currently looking to hire an Advanced Quality Engineer on a full time, permanent basis. This opportunity offers a flexible hybrid remote/onsite work schedule and will be based out of any of the following locations within the United States: Cincinnati, OH (preferred), Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, or Boca Raton, FL.

Title: Advanced Quality Engineer

Location: Hybrid, based out of either Cincinnati, OH (preferred), Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, or Boca Raton, FL

Summary:

Lead and support quality assurance programs and processes in alignment with QA strategy and deliverables in an Agile/Scrum environment with minimal guidance. Responsible for providing feedback and coaching on artifacts developed during requirements and analysis phase within client projects; authoring test cases/scripts; and performing test execution. Demonstrate the company s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

Responsibilities:

• Guide testing efforts involving coaching, mentoring, code reviews, and contributing to improvements to frameworks, tools, processes, and best practices.
• Provide oversight to ensure automation test suites are well maintained and operational.
• Provide accurate estimates for QA efforts including test case design/scripting, test data management, execution, and defect correction.
• Understand Kroger s core quality metrics and how to utilize them to foster quality improvement.
• Design, develop, analyze, document and support CoE activities that drive continuous improvement across the organization.
• Manage quality assurance and testing projects, schedules, tasks, and deliverables.
• Communicate quality issues and recommendations to improve quality to senior level management.
• Consult with technical development leads on feature designs to ensure product testability and identify coverage gaps in existing test tools or technologies.
• Develop and maintain software quality dashboards aligned with committed software quality SLAs and KPIs
• Automate test cases and functional libraries using open source and commercial tools.
• Lead and coach CI/CD and SDLC/TDLC concepts: code review best practices, code coverage analysis, continuous test and delivery.
• Consult on automation tools/techniques, feasibility/implementation, process improvements and maintenance plans.
• Drive creative and innovative technical concepts to automate workflows from ideation to operational tools, designed with the capability to be reusable, maintainable, and efficient.
• Support complex systems with significant integration points, external Third-Party systems through RESTful, and other protocol APIs and multi-step authorization factors.
• Develop and/or recommend tools to assist test engineers in test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Exhibit strong stakeholder relationship, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Qualifications:

• Any experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Any experience with continuous integration tools
• Any proven experience managing test environments and data.
• Any proven experience with defect management and tools
• 1 year of experience using SQL or other query methods to validate data changes in the database.
• 3+ years of experience utilizing risk-based testing techniques.
• 3+ years of experience with test case management and tools
• 5+ years of experience working with automated test frameworks and runners.
• 5+ years of experience developing and executing automated test scripts.
• 5+ years of experience leading QA Process improvements
• 8+ years of experience in a QA and software testing position
• Experience mentoring and coaching others (remote & onsite)

Desired:

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or related information technology field
• Any experience with creating and using test data management tools.
• Any experience working in environments utilizing the OKR work process.
• Any experience with automated testing in a cloud environment
• Familiarity with NoSQL Databases

About The Kroger Company:

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we ve grown into what today is the nation s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America s grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities, AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.

Here, people matter. That s why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you re caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.

Whether you re seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we ve got a fresh opportunity for you.

Apply today to become part of our Kroger family!