Senior Software Engineer in Test

Full stack Senior software engineer in quality who participate in requirements discussion, test planning, test scenarios, test cases and test data creation, and execution of testing Plan in adherence with MasterCard standards, processes and best practices.
Work with project team to meet scheduled due dates, while identifying emerging issues and recommending solutions for problems and independently perform assigned tasks.
Design and develop test automation scenarios to validate system to system interfaces and complete software solutions (for API, UI, performance, compatibility and security tests)
Technology stack - Java, Selenium and REST Assured & Serenity BDD framework for test automation, JMeter, Postman, Eclipse IDE for Script automation, Git Lab for SCM
Identify and implement complex automation efforts, including refactoring of automation code where needed
Develop test scripts and perform automated and manual exploratory testing to ensure software meets business and security requirements and established practices.
Generate test data for defined test cases, recognize test environment preparation needs, and execute existing test plans and report results
Own responsibility for defect management and oversight and escalation of issues discovered during the testing phase
Document as per Software Development Best Practices. Follow MasterCard Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes.
Document performance test strategies and test plans, and execute performance validation
Collect quality metric data and communicate test status/risks to stakeholders
Interact with business and development stakeholders to define test plans and schedules
Translate complex system requirements into test requirements and testing methods

All About You:
Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Management Information Systems or equivalent work experience.
Proven industry experience of 6 to 9 years in Software quality engineering and automation.
Technical skills in Java, Spring framework, Selenium and REST Assured & Serenity BDD framework, JMeter, Postman, Karate framework, REST, JSON, Eclipse, GIT,
Excellent SQL skills to work on large and complex data sources and capability of comprehending and writing complex queries.
Experience testing APIs (REST and SOAP), web user interface, and/or reports.
Experience in implementing CI/CD build pipelines with tools like Git/Bit Bucket, Jenkins and Maven
Successfully validated one or more application codebases via automation, for new feature functionality and regression testing
Experience working in Agile teams and conversant with Agile/SAFe tenets and ceremonies. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with quick adaptation to new technologies, methodologies, and systems.
Excellent English communication skills (both written and verbal) to effectively interact with multiple technical teams and other stakeholders.
High-energy, detail-oriented and proactive, with ability to function under pressure in an independent environment along with a high degree of initiative and self-motivation to drive results.

Responsibilities:
- Write clean, high-quality scripts that test product functionality automatically.
- Ensure adoption of best quality testing practices for cloud native applications with principles of 12 factor applications.
- Understands automated test suites, front end GUI automation, service layer automation testing.
- Comprehends user stories to understand task items per story in the context of all levels of testing (unit, functional, integration, smoke and regression).
- This position will be responsible for driving best practices around Quality, Functional testing, Exploratory testing, and adoption of Development services (Development Collaboration, Continuous Integration and Delivery, etc.), acceptance test automation, quality gating reviews for promotion of software, and continuous integration.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, product) to find ways on how automation can improve the workflow.
- Participate in scrum activities with dev team, discussions with Product/Business stakeholders.