QA Automation Engineer

A recognized financial organization is seeking a QA Automation Engineer to join their growing team.

Responsibilities:

• Help create a culture that motivates teams to ensure zero defects leak into production


• Work across teams to understand enterprise quality requirements and ensure adoption of core processes and standards


• Implement the shift-left test strategy for each line of business


• Leverage open-source automation frameworks and tools across all levels of testing that integrate in the automated CI/CD pipeline


• Participate in the Agile (Scrum) team process, perform required standard testing activities keeping the customer experience top of mind during the testing process


• Work with internal teams to document test environment and test data management container strategies and provisioning for the different types of testing activities


• Comprehend and decompose user stories/requirements to identify what tests need to be created and automated across all levels of testing


• Automate tests for the full solution stack (unit, business logic, contract, usability, functional, performance)


• Perform other duties, as needed

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in testing automation engineering with both functional & API based testing


• Preferred BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject


• Proficiency writing code in Python


• Experience writing end to end test scripts utilizing multiple services and reporting results


• Experience using SQL to join and query data across multiple tables and schemas


• Experience with AWS services, including: S3, Lambda, Dynamo DB, Cloudwatch, etc.


• Experience with CI/CD supporting technologies


• Experience automating API tests


• Extensive knowledge of creating and leveraging mocks, stubs, and virtual services to fulfill test automation requirements


• Experience testing AI implementations and an understanding of the risks models pose to systems and the business at large

Desired Skills:

• Experience leaving feedback on Merge/Pull Requests to ensure teams follow best practices


• Experience with Financial Services Technology / Consumer Banking Testing


• Experience with Genesys IVR and Salesforce


• Extensive knowledge of White Box Testing practices


• Working knowledge of Commonly used ML/AI Python libraries/packages


• Experience in troubleshooting issues and root cause analysis


• Possesses a deep understanding of shift-left test practices and techniques along with the frameworks, and tools that support it