QA Automation Engineer (Python) - Morningstar!

Job Description

About the Role

As a QA Automation Engineer, you will contribute to the work of the digital products team and ensure that new and existing products meet high standards of usability and quality. This role is a full stack QA role which needs a blend of SQL skills, automation and manual testing.

Job Responsibilities

• Play an active part in the product team throughout the Lifecycle to collaborate on the analysis, design, development and testing
  • Actively participate in release planning meetings to create stories with acceptance criteria by helping identify missing or incomplete requirements
  • Maintain and develop new strategies for Automation framework and all related automation activities.
  • Creates and Executes automated scripts for regression, integration, and functional testing on newly designed or modified applications/systems
  • Clearly articulates verbally and in writing the specifics around defects
  • Monitors and updates defect reports as needed to ensure timely problem resolution
  • Performs application and project risk analysis and recommends quality improvements
  • Independently follows up with design/development resources regarding defects
  • Communicates in a clear and concise manner all time delays or defects in the software immediately to appropriate team members and management
  • Mentor and coach team members and new team members
  • Evaluate solution to design, script and execute Performance tests (Load, Stress)
  • Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant QA technical experience;
  • Knowledge of tools, concepts and methodologies of QA, as well as ensuring the technical translation of requirements into test plans;
  • Clear communicator (written and verbal) to ensure cross functional team collaboration and ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders;
  • Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office and databases;
  • Working knowledge of the following technologies and concepts is required:
  o SQL (PostgreSQL) complex queries;
  o Test Automation, with the focus on Python, Selenium, JMeter, Jenkins, Postman;
  • Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables – be motivated and take informative quick decisions.

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer