Fulcrum Digital - Senior Performance/Automation Tester (6-9 yrs)

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Quality Engineer with a strong foundation in performance testing and a passion for automation.

In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring the quality and performance of our software solutions.

Responsibilities :

- Actively participate in requirements gathering, test planning, test scenario/case creation, and test data creation.

- Execute testing plans in accordance with established standards, processes, and best practices.

- Collaborate with the project team to meet deadlines while proactively identifying and resolving issues.

- Design and develop comprehensive test automation suites for APIs, UI, performance, compatibility, and security testing.

- Implement complex automation efforts, including code refactoring as needed.

- Conduct both automated and manual exploratory testing to validate software against business, security, and established quality requirements.

- Generate and maintain test data for defined test cases.

- Manage and oversee defect tracking and escalation.

- Translate complex system requirements into detailed test requirements and testing methodologies.

- Develop and maintain clean, high-quality automated test scripts.

- Champion best quality testing practices for cloud-native applications, adhering to 12-factor principles.

- Demonstrate a strong understanding of automated test suites and service layer automation testing.

- Analyze user stories to understand testing requirements at all levels (unit, functional, integration, smoke, regression).

- Drive best practices in Quality Assurance, including Functional Testing, Exploratory Testing, and the adoption of Development Services (Development Collaboration, CI/CD).

- Advocate for and implement acceptance test automation, quality gating reviews, and continuous integration.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, product) to optimize automation workflows.

- Actively participate in scrum activities and discussions with Product/Business stakeholders.

Skills & Qualifications :

- Programming Languages : Strong proficiency in Java and Python for writing automated tests and APIs.

- Performance Testing Tools : Expertise with JMeter, Gatling, or similar tools.

- Test Automation Frameworks : Proven experience with frameworks like Karate, Rest Assured, Cucumber, or equivalent.

- DevOps : Working knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins for integrating automated tests into the pipeline.

- Performance Testing : Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze performance metrics, generate reports, and recommend performance improvements.

- API Testing : In-depth knowledge of RESTful APIs, SOAP, and web services testing using tools like Postman, SoapUI, and custom scripts.

- Bug Tracking & Reporting : Experience with issue tracking systems (e., Jira) and creating clear, concise test reports.

- 6+ years of relevant experience in software testing