Most important skillset they're looking for is that the candidate has good skill & understanding of Java development, SpringBoot, and Selenium. Please do not send Java developers to this role. They need automation engineers who can code in Java and have strong experience in SpringBoot. Someone who has developed automation scripts from scratch, not someone who has just run the scripts.
Summary : The Software QA Automation Engineer - Retail is responsible for developing, executing automated test suites, and testing approaches throughout the SDLC from design, delivery, operations, and maintenance. This individual will collocate with the Development teams and Operations teams for ensuring overall code quality and ongoing maintenance and operations of a set of applications.
Job Description:
Develop automation test suite using Java, SpringBoot for API testing
Develop UI automation suites using Java & Selenium
Participate in developing and documenting User Stories by providing the test strategy and automation estimates
Develop, document, and maintain the test strategy and test scenarios
Build and execute unit, component, acceptance, integration, load, security, scalability, usability, and platform tests
Conducts code reviews to ensure consistency, quality, and reusability of test automation artifacts
Partner with the developers to ensure all areas of the application are fully tested and to find technical solutions for test automation
Build and manage automated test suites and ensure execution through various environments, CI-CD pipelines and to be used by NOC teams.
Regularly execute, maintain and upkeep automated test suites and analyze the results to identify the cause for failures.
Create defects for issues found with appropriate details and ensure issues are resolved, including validation of the fix, and required automation updates
Present appropriate results to sign off on software functionality for new Production releases
Work with cross team impacts and release management to manage dev, QA, and production release of the software
Perform exploratory testing to understand the feature and how it is implemented, to find additional or unexClientted behavior, and to refine and define additional test cases for the feature
Contribute to the QA automation framework using industry standard tools and approaches
Leverage and enhance coding standards and best practices for automated QA code
Participate in analyzing Major Incidents and Emergency Change controls to identify opportunities to automate software quality test cases to reduce or eliminate those
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
Minimum 7 years of industry experience, preferably in an Agile development environment.
Must have 5+ years experience in API automation testing using JAVA Springboot
Must have 5+ years experience in automation UI using Selenium & Java
Experience in Mobile Automation is a plus
Ability to work independently with an aptitude for detailed work and follow-up activities.
Ability to multitask in a fast-paced agile work environment
Experience in heavy traffic eCommerce applications.