Senior Software Qa Engineer Remote

Senior Software QA Engineer

Our client is looking to hire a Senior Software QA Engineer to join their team.

Duties & Responsibilities

What you will be doing:

• Maintain the high quality of the company's software.

• Define, monitor and improve upon the Quality Assurance process and practices, including our quality assurance architecture, frameworks, policies, standards and tools at all stages of the SDLC.

• Execute the quality control process, including taking ownership of product acceptance testing.

• Enhance test data as new product features are established.

• Collaborate with product stakeholders to ensure that problems discovered will be investigated and the quality assurance process will be adapted to address these problems moving forward.

• Train the team members on quality assurance control process and policies.

• Initiate and own the handover of acceptance testing from the customer success team to Quality Assurance.

• Define, document and maintain the product acceptance testing strategy / approach and expand the depth of testing as your product knowledge improves.

• Keep abreast of the expectations of the product stakeholders, engaging with the Quality Assurance Manager for assistance in managing these expectations.

• Execute day-to-day testing related to deliverables planned for each sprint.

• Define and execute the Predictor IBP test automation strategy, considering any needs for alignment with the Predictor IA engineering team as well as the broader company automation strategy.

• Grow and continually update your product knowledge.

• Take the Quality Assurance Manager with you on the journey.

Desired Experience & Qualification

What we are looking for:

• 5 or more years of experience in test analysis, design and execution at a senior level.

• Proven experience in balancing between hands-on and tool-based testing activities.

• Confident in working with knowledgeable individuals.

• Meticulous at planning for, and recording the outcome of meetings and discussions pertaining to the product engineering process.

• Previously been responsible for, or been involved in the process, of defining a Quality Assurance framework for a team, or have a clear understanding of what this requires.

Knowledge that will support your success in the role:

• Managing test environments installed on a Linux operating system.

• Managing test data in flat files and in MySQL/Postgres RDBMS using SQL DDL and DML.

• Using Git repositories to manage source code, including experience in using a Git platform such as GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket in an IDE as well as on the command-line.

• Using Postman to explore, document and test APIs.

• A proven track record in building automated acceptance tests using tools such as Selenium WebDriver with Cucumber and/or Microsoft Playwright.

• Having performed testing within a Java development team.

• Using and maintaining GitHub or GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

• Using and maintaining Docker containers within a cloud environment such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform.

Skills and aptitudes:

• High level of attention to detail.

• Able to prioritize your own work within agreed deadlines and manage stakeholder expectations where necessary.

• Ability to think quickly, be agile, solution driven, innovative, problem solve and have the confidence to make decisions.

• Great communication skills.