QA Automation Engineer (Lead)

Core Skills

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing automated testcases using test automation tools such as PlayWright, Karate, JMeter

• Ensure that testability and quality are embedded throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Work with product owners on defining acceptance criteria and ensuring that these are accurately and efficiently tested for

• Pro-actively contribute to strategy of improving overall delivery.

• Maintain metrics relating to test coverage and defects, seek paths to increase the former and decrease the latter.

• Define test reports and templates that are both comprehensive and clear.

• Ensure testing is cost and time efficient by establishing a continuous feedback loop for improvements, increasing coverage where required and cutting wasted effort wherever possible.

• Investigate techniques such as CI, TDD/BDD, automated testing - identifying and implementing where these would provide the greatest ROI.

• Develop and implement automated test solutions using Neighborly standards.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining custom software using Neighborly standard coding practices and techniques.

• Responsible for ensuring tasks assigned are completed in a timely manner.

• Fosters an environment of communication and problem solving, leveraging the Neighborly Code of Values.

• Assists the team in researching solutions and recommends solutions to meet business requirements.

• Maintain confidentiality of personal information.

• Interface with others in a professional manner and be a trusted go to person.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Required Attributes:

• 12+ years of software testing experience.

• Good team leadership and people skills

• Experience of working in a continuous delivery model

• Experience and proven ability to communicate (verbally and written) effectively with business and IT stakeholders and senior leadership.

• Significant experience developing automated test cases using tools like PlayWright, Karate, JMeter.

• Working knowledge of SQL

• Strong Knowledge and experience in common API technologies including SOAP and REST.

• Strong knowledge in JSON and XML.

• Experience in Java, JavaScript, or similar languages

• Experience of test planning, test estimation, risk analysis and test case design

• Experience in monitoring and reporting test progress and tracking/analysis of defect trends

• Experience of test requirement identification, tracking and analysis

• Ability to determine and dictate relevant test types, methods and approaches (e.g. appropriate uses of automation)

• Excellent working knowledge of test methodologies and development approaches such as Kanban and Waterfall

• Experience working with offshore testing resource / resource centers in a service delivery model.

• Customer focused, goal oriented, and have a passion for success.

Preferred Attributes

• Web application automation using PlayWright.

• API Automation using Karate.

• Performance testing using Gatling Karate and JMeter.

• Mobile App automation testing using Appium.

• Browser Compatibility testing using BrowserStack.

Education Experience:

• Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience

• 12+ years of proven work experience

EXPERIENCE

• 11-12 Years

SKILLS

• Primary Skill: SDET
• Sub Skill(s): SDET
• Additional Skill(s): HTML, Automated Testing, Selenium, API Testing, Cypress, Appium, JMeter, Karate Automation Testing