Quality Engineer - Automation

Citi•Mississauga, ON

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Engineer Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant experience in testing
Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience as functional tester
Experience in designing and implementing automation test frameworks, test scripting, test suite execution and test reporting.
Experience in selenium (Java) or Cypress automation framework (javascript) is a key expectation for this role.
Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Extensive experience with automation in tools Selenium or Cypress and BDD such as cucumber.
Preference would be Cypress
API testing and database testing (able to run queries on database) .

Responsibilities

Works collaboratively across product lines and department boundaries to enable functional testing and work closely with the engineering team to help build out the tooling and automation.
Deeply understands test methodologies - such as agile; functional, integration and regression testing
Manage and run the QA cycle as part of the agile development cycle and work towards taking the sprints to closure.
Increasing automation percentage and use of AI in testing and perform API/UI/ database and end to end testing
Build reliable automated test suites that run as part of the project CI and/or nightly build system.
Have a basic understanding of automation testing and performance testing.
Is disciplined, with an eye for detail, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Triage efficiently, prioritizing issues by the highest impact and scope.
You know how to get the right bugs fixed
Is comfortable in a collaborative, agile, and distributed development environment.
Ensure essential procedures are followed and help define operating standards and processes
Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
Takes ownership of tasks assigned and reports to senior management appropriately at regular agreed intervals.
Maintaining the manual & automated test suites and enhance it as the product matures
Foster a spirit of innovation and collaboration regarding Quality Assurance.
Collaborate and partner closely with program managers, development leads, test leads and production support teams to ensure that software is tested to highest quality.
Explore, test, and configure not just technical flows but actual business transaction and provide deep insights
Drive and promote quality culture within and outside QE