QA Automation Engineer

You are someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests and be able to grow professionally. 

You bring to Applaudo the following competencies:

• 5+ years of automated testing experience in a web/client-server environment.
• Proficiency in creating high-level test plans, detailed test cases and unit test automation.
• Automation concepts such as API/White box testing.
• Playwright - Experience in writing automation
• JavaScript experience.
• API testing (Postman writing assertions, running, and resolving issues)
• Agile/ Scrum experience.
• Git experience.
• Experience working with Jenkins.
• Ability to identify and resolve critical issues with ease.
• Web services, client/server and Web-based testing experience.

You will be accountable for the following responsibilities:

• Participate in the entire project lifecycle, including design/requirements review, test plan development, designing and executing, functional, regression, performance and integration test cases.
• Ensure high-quality software which meets requirements; make sure every feature has clearly defined acceptance criteria, test cases and is well tested using documented test scripts. Full test coverage against requirements is expected.
• Participate in the organization-wide definition of testing approaches, tools, frameworks and processes.
• Accurately communicate testing estimates, status, risks, and continually work toward removing project roadblocks.
• Create automated test scripts based on business requirements, workflows and use cases; Execute and maintain the test scripts and document test results; Modify the scripts depending on requirements change. 
• Setup/Configure and maintain automation environment, frameworks and create test applications.
• Develop testing approaches and participate in various testing types including Micro Service / API testing, Functional, GUI, Regression, Performance, Security, Ad-hoc, System, End-end, and integration testing.
• Apply a prioritized approach to testing, to find the most serious issues first.
• Record, maintain, archive and communicate test results.
• Analyze test results and defects to substantiate the quality of the application/system; analyzing trends, severity, and characterization of defects; and tracking and providing reports of discovered defects.
• Participate in continuous improvement of testing process and procedures by analyzing reported bugs/issues and assess test coverage and project execution around these areas.
• Utilize strong troubleshooting/ problem-solving skills